BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Charles Frederick Barker

October 4 1872 - May 19 1953

Vancouver Sketch Club
Island Arts and Crafts Society (1931-1941)

Charles Frederick Barker was born in London, England in 1875. After arriving in B.C. he was a pupil of John Innes and John Radford. He exhibited his work in Victoria, Vancouver, and Toronto. He was a painter in oil and watercolour.

He exhibited in a number of the Vancouver Art Gallery's annual B.C. Artists' exhibitions, and lived in Victoria and Vancouver at the time.

BARKER, Charles F.
1054 Southgate St., Victoria, B.C.
     Painter (oil; water color) - Born: London, Eng., 1875. Pupil of John Innes, Vancouver; J. Radford. Member: Island Arts and Crafts Society, Victoria. Work: "Mt. Burgess" and "Cathedral Park" (oils), Douglas and Co., Vancouver. Exhibitor at Victoria; Vancouver; Toronto.
WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART
(1941, Frank McCaffrey, Seattle)

He died in Victoria in 1953 at the age of 80, according to B.C. Vital Statistics on-line, although WWNA41 gives his birth year as 1875.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1930 Aug. 6 - 16 VanExh   Oil Paintings & Water-colours Mount Sir Wilfred Laurier
Lake Louise
1930 Aug. 22 - Sept. 6 CNE   Small Pictures Mt. Waddington
1932 Oct. 5 - 30 VAG   B.C. Artists 1st Annual Goldstream, Victoria, B.C.
1933 Mar. 3 - 15 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Early Morning Bathers
Mt. Biddle, Lake McArthur, B.C.
Mountain Flowers, Canadian Rockies
1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 VAG   B.C. Artists 2nd Annual April Alders
A By-Path Off the Malahat
1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 VAG   B.C. Artists 3rd Annual April Alders, Goldstream
Stoney Indian Squaw
Kimquit Squaw
1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 VAG   B.C. Artists 4th Annual Valley of the 10 Peaks
Lake McKinley
Croteau Lake, Forbidden Plateau
1936 Aug. 18 - 28 David Spencer    B.C. Artists' Golden Jubilee (artwork)
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Wetterhorn and Hurtenbulhalp
Goldstream Pals
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 6th Annual Maligne Lake
Mystery
1939 Mar. 14 - 26 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Afterglow
Responsibility
Chrysanthemums

References

WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      3 references cited for Barker, including WWNA above.

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

Clippings

" ... there are paintings by many artists whose names are prominently mentioned wherever British Columbia artists are discussed. These include ... C.F. Barker of Victoria ... "
      From "400 B.C. Pictures in Jubilee Art Show"
      Vancouver Sun, August 15 1936

"Charles F. Barker, dealing vigorously with the Rockies, has two arresting canvases - "Maligne Lake" and the more successful "Mystery.""
      From "Exhibition of B.C. Artists Best in Gallery's History" by E.N.B.
      Vancouver Province, September 18 1937

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