Regina Seiden (4 July 1897- 11 January 1991), also known as Regina Seiden Goldberg was a

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who was an early member of the Beaver Hall Group. She was primarily interested in painting figurative work and portraits.

Biography

Seiden was born on 4 July 1897 in Rigaud, Quebec. she moved with her family to

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in 1905. Between 1905 and 1912, Seiden attended the French Catholic school Académie Marie-Rose, located in the

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neighbourhood of Montreal, where she was encouraged to explore her talents as a painter. Between 1913 and 1918 Seiden attended the

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where she studied with

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and Maurice Cullen. Along with other former students of

, Seiden joined the Beaver Hall Group and took part in their first exhibit in 1921. In 1921 Seiden moved to

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where she studied for a year at the

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. In 1926 Seiden returned to Paris where she met her husband, fellow artist Eric Goldberg. They got married in 1928 at which point she stopped painting until after his death in 1969. Seiden lived in Montreal and taught art at the couple’s Westmount synagogue for 20 years. She died in 1991. Her work is included in the collections of the

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, the National Gallery of Canada and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.

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Images of Regina Seiden's paintings
in the National Gallery of Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Seiden, Regina 1897 births 1991 deaths Canadian women painters Artists from Quebec People from Montérégie Jewish Canadian artists 20th-century Canadian painters 20th-century Canadian women artists Jews and Judaism in Montreal 20th-century women painters