Helen D. Beals (May 27, 1898 – April 17, 1991)Obituary
Beals-genealogy.com. Accessed February 18, 2024. was a Canadian artist and educator. She is best-known for her involvement with the

Maritime Art Association The Maritime Art Association (1935–1945) was a Canadian regional alliance of art clubs and societies, public schools, universities, social organizations, service and civic groups, artists, art students and art appreciators. As the first organi ...

and the publication '' Maritime Art Magazine''.

Biography

Helen Dorothy Beals was born in 1898 in Canso, Nova Scotia, the elder sister of astronomer

Carlyle Smith Beals Carlyle Smith Beals, FRS (June 29, 1899 – July 2, 1979) was a Canadian astronomer. Early life and education Carl Beals was born in Canso, Nova Scotia to Reverend Francis H. P. Beals and Annie Florence Nightingale Smith, on June 29, 1899 ...

. After graduating from

Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...

in 1919, Beals traveled to Boston, Massachusetts to study at

Simmons College Institutions of learning called Simmons College or Simmons University include: * Simmons University, a women's liberal arts college in Boston, Massachusetts * Simmons College of Kentucky, a historically black college in Louisville, Kentucky * Har ...

. In 1920, she earned a certificate in Library Sciences. Beals worked as a librarian, first in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Episcopal Theological School, then in Wolfville, Nova Scotia at Acadia University. Beals was a founding member of the Maritime Art Association and was involved with the publication of ''Maritime Art Magazine''. Concurrent with her positions at Acadia University, Beal served as

Walter Abell Walter Halsey Abell (1897–1956) was an American Art teacher and theoretician. Early years Walter Halsey Abell was born in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. The Barnes Foundation sponsored him to study in France. He became a teacher of art and an a ...

's assistant in the Department of Art and also as his assistant at Maritime Art Magazine. In 1945, Beals became the Head of the Department of Art at Acadia University and continued until 1963. Throughout her academic career Beals continued to paint and exhibit her works at the ''Nova Scotia Society of Artists'', the ''Maritime Art Association'', and the '' Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour''. Beals was also a potter and a member of the ''Minas Potters Guild''. Beals died on April 17, 1991, aged 92, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beals, Helen D. 1898 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Canadian women artists Artists from Nova Scotia Acadia University alumni Simmons University alumni Academic staff of Acadia University