BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Nathaniel David Blagdon Phillips

September 4 1875 - September 22 1952

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N.D. Blagdon-Phillips was born in Bristol, England. He came to Canada c1923, and moved to Vancouver c1925. A photograph on file at the City of Vancouver Archives refers to him as a "Vancouver inventor" interested in sundials.

He had a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1942, showing 22 pictures, and also exhibited work in the 1944 British Columbia At Work exhibition at the Gallery.

Phillips exhibited work at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the 1945 14th Annual B.C. Artists exhibition. The artist was living in Vancouver.

In 1948 there was an exhibition of watercolours at UBC, in Hut 0-16. The artist was noted as "H. Bladgon Phillips", this may be another person, or may be a typographic error.

Phillips died in Vancouver in 1952 at the age of 77. His occupation was noted as "Electrical Engineer - Own Business" from which he had retired in 1950 after 25 years employment. His father's last name was Phillips, and his mother's last name was Blagdon.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
1942 Nov. 3 - 15 Solo Exhibition VAG
1948 ? - April 15 Watercolours UBC Hut 0-16

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1944 Nov. 21 - Dec. 10 Labour Arts Guild   1st B.C. At Work Lower Deck Being Laid
Interior Structure
Cargo Ship
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual Galiano Island, B.C., Active Pass
At Keats Island, B.C.

References

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

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

Clippings

"Two new exhibitions are booked at UBC. In Hut 0-16 an interesting collection of watercolors is being shown, the work of H. Blagdon Phillips. Picardy in World War One is subject for many of the paintings. Apart from their artistic value, many of these pictures are valuable from the historic point of view as they are of places completely destroyed in the second war. The exhibit will be on view until April 15."
       From "Watercolours on View at Art Gallery" by M.V. Thornton
       Vancouver Sun, April 1948


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