- Dora de Pedery-Hunt
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Dora de Pedery-Hunt, CM, O.Ont (born November 16, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary) was an artist who designed various coins and medals and was awarded the Order of Canada. On September 29, 2008, she died from colorectal cancer. In 1943, she received a Masters Diploma in Sculpture from the Royal School of Fine and Applied Arts in Budapest.[1] Five years later, through the sponsorship of Major Thomas S. Chutter, she immigrated to Canada.[2]In 1963, she was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists.[3] She created the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II that was used on Canadian coinage in 1990.[4] She was the first Canadian citizen to design an effigy for Her Majesty, The Queen. [5]
She was a founding member of the Canadian Portrait Academy and the Medallic Art Society of Canada. [6] On numerous occasions, she represented Canada as a Delegate to the International Art Medal Federation FIDEM. Besides being an artist, she taught sculpture and was elected to the Sculptors Society of Canada. [7] Her teachings took place at the Ontario College of Art[8] Her medal design of Sir Donald Alexander Smith was used by Canada Post as a six cent postage stamp.[9] Two of her portraits of Dr. Frances Loring are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[10]
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Royal Canadian Mint coins
Besides the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, various Royal Canadian Mint gold coins with a face value of one hundred dollars were designed.
Year Theme Finish Mintage Issue Price 1976 Olympic Commemorative Proof 650,000[11] $105.00 1976 Olympic Commemorative (22k) Proof 350,000 $150.00 1986 International Year of Peace Proof 76,255[12] $325.00 Notable medallions
- The J. B. Harkin medal for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Canadian Government official medal for Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan[13]
- John Drainie Award medal for the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists
- The Reach for the Top Award for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- The 1981 Canadian Numismatic Association Convention Medal[14]
- The A. J. Casson Award for the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, in 1991.
- With the collaboration of the Toronto Historical Society, she designed a medal for the city of Toronto's bicentennial in 1993.[15]
References
- ^ http://www.ontariosocietyofartists.org/profiles/depedery.html
- ^ http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&s2=&s3=138&l=20&Sect4=AND&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=BIPHPEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=BIPH&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&r=1&f=G
- ^ http://www.ontariosocietyofartists.org/profiles/depedery.html
- ^ A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, 2006, p.75, Edited by W.K. Cross, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-88968-297-6
- ^ A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, 2006, p.75, Edited by W.K. Cross, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-88968-297-6
- ^ Canadian Coin News, November 11, 2008, p.10, Trajan Publishing
- ^ Canadian Coin News, November 11, 2008, p.10, Trajan Publishing
- ^ http://www.cansculpt.org/memberDetails.php?id=27&fn=%20Dora&ln=de%20Pedery-Hunt
- ^ http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=0518&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F020117%2F020117030203_e.html&r=1&f=G&SECT3=POST
- ^ http://www.cansculpt.org/memberDetails.php?id=27&fn=%20Dora&ln=de%20Pedery-Hunt
- ^ A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, 2006, p.372, Edited by W.K. Cross, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-88968-297-6
- ^ A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, 2006, p.375, Edited by W.K. Cross, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-88968-297-6
- ^ Canadian Coin News, November 11, 2008, p.10, Trajan Publishing
- ^ The Charlton Standard Catalogue of the Canadian Numismatic Association’s Medals and Awards, p.54, R. Brian Cornwell, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-88968-100-7
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081014.OBIREM14-2//TPStory/Obituaries
External links
Categories:- Canadian designers
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- People from Budapest
- People from Toronto
- Deaths from colorectal cancer
- 1913 births
- 2008 deaths
- Canadian women artists
- Artists from Ontario
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