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Inez Barford (G.) Brewton

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C.F.A. (Member 1948)


Inez Barford Brewton was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. She "studied art in England, Belgium, France and Germany," then spent two years travelling. In 1939 she was in Bangkok, Siam, when World War Two broke out in Europe. She was in Hawaii to study at the University of Hawaii when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. She studied at the University of Washington before moving to B.C.

She had a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1948. An address tag was included in her correspondence with the gallery about the show, it noted that she did "lithographs, silkscreen prints, woodcuts, impression portraits, composition, frames." Editor's note: the membership with the "C.F.A." was also printed on the card. This may be a reversal of the initials for the Federation of Canadian Artists, or FCA.

She submitted work to the 1949 B.C. Graphic exhibition, but it was disqualified from the exhibition as it was in colour. She was living in Victoria. A 1947 letter to the VAG noted her address as "Windermere, Victoria."

She exhibited in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibitions in 1946 and 1948.

B.C. Vital Statistics has no on-line information about her as of April 2021.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1948 Feb. 17 - March 7 VAG   Solo Exhibition Abstract Composition
Abstract Composition (or Puppets)
Abstract Composition (or Blue Lady)
Abstract Composition (or Bathers)
Gene
Andre

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Laura
Divided
1949 Oct. 8 - 30 VAG   B.C. Artists 18th Annual Composition
1949 Nov. 22 - Dec. 11 VAG   First B.C. Graphic Portrait of Capt. Farina (rejected)

References

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM - NORTHWEST ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS 1914 - 1975
     Refer to NWA BC artists by exhibition
     Refer to NWAA BC artists alphabetically

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

BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)

Clippings

"Miss Inez Barford Brewton is one of that small group of B.C. artists who follow in the footsteps of the world-renowned Emily Carr in their impressionist interpretation of Indian life. ... "
     "City Artist Finishes Murals at Malibu Club"
     Vancouver Province, July 15 1947

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