Description: The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation provides grants to emerging artists from all around the world.
HOLLIS DUNLAP, 2001 / 2003 Grantee Blue Sky Blue Van , 2006 Oil on panel © Hollis Dunlap
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation was created in 1955 by Charles Glass Greenshields, Q.C., a distinguished Montreal lawyer and amateur artist, in memory of his mother, Elizabeth.
Mr. Greenshields firmly believed that discipline, hard work and serious training in the traditional means of artistic expression were fundamental to the growth and development of the artist. His determination to help dedicated young artists and students pursue the mastery of the traditional techniques and workmanship in painting and sculpture prompted him to establish and endow a foundation for this purpose.