About The Artist:
Adela Smith Lintelmann
A U.B.C. graduate in the 20's, Adela Smith was a role model for future artists and feminists. She established herself as a mathematician and a scholar then, on attending a lecture by an established Canadian artist, she was inspired to paint. With her characteristly adventurous spirit and armed with only her degree, a teaching certificate and a course in typing, she left Vancouver for New York and the Arts Students League. To support her dream...
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About The Medium:
Pastel
An art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.