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Ruth Bagshaw |
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Merle Smith's associate, Ruth Bagshaw, studied art at the Bournemouth School of Art on the south coast of England, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields Art School, both in London. After graduation, Ruth taught drawing at the Medway College of Art, Rochester, Kent, and the Woolwich Art School, London, and art therapy in a number of London hospitals. In 1956, she came to Canada and taught for year in Kingston before coming to Toronto to work for the University Press. While there, she met Merle Smith and for a time worked with him, later become an associate of his. Ruth has illustrated a number of books in Nelson's Reading series, several historical text books and has also provided illustrations for various books published by both Dent's and Longman's.
* This article was used with permission from "A History of Peel County: To Mark Its Centennary", published in 1967, by what is now the Region of Peel. The segment in the book entitled "Renowned for Artists and Art" was written by Paddy Thomas. Thanks to the Peel Archives at the Peel Heritage Complex for the reprinting permission. All information was factually correct as of publication 1967, but may be inaccurate presently.
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