Ted Lindberg, a freelance writer and curator, has recently completed a cultural biography of Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic; her life and times in Victoria, London and New York, titled Myfanwy.

A Portrait By Myfanwy - Un Portrait par Myfanwy

In the autumn of 1990, painter Myfanwy Pavelic was approached by her Montreal agent, Franklin Silverstone, about adding her name to a shortlist of figurative artists to be considered for the commission of an official portrait of Pierre Trudeau. The portrait was to be installed in the House of Commons in Ottawa, along with those of all other former Canadian prime ministers. With Silverstone’s assistance, Mr. Trudeau wished to select an appropriate artist, after looking at slides and photographs from a half dozen studios.