BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Arthur (also Art) Calder

1893 -


Arthur Calder was born in London, England, in 1893. He was a pupil of C.H. Collins-Baker, in London, England. He was also a student of Frederick H. Varley and J.W.G. Macdonald after he arrived in Vancouver. He was a painter in oil.

CALDER, Art
609 Province Building, Vancouver, B.C.
     Painter (oil) - Born London, Eng., 1893. Pupil of C.H. Collins-Baker, London; Frederick H. Varley, and James W.G. Macdonald, Vancouver. Exhibitor at B.C. Artists' Exh., 1935 - 1938.
WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART
(1941, Frank McCaffrey, Seattle)

He exhibited in the B.C. Artists annuals at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The 1940 City Directory has an entry for Calder, Arth. J., Production Manager, J.J. Gibbons. This may be the artist.

BC Vital Statistics on-line did not provide any information on the artist as of December 2025.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 VAG   B.C. Artists 3rd Annual Across the Street
Through the Trees
1934 ? - ? VAG   B.C. Artists Edmonton Exhibition Across the Street
Through the Trees
1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 VAG   B.C. Artists 4th Annual Garden in Spring
Coal Harbour
Bernard
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Shacks at Steveston
Picnic at the Beach
Home on the Fraser
1936 Oct. 15 - 20 VAG   B.C. Artists Chilliwack Exhibition Picnic at the Beach
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 6th Annual Symphony
Suburban Gardens
Farm in August
1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 VAG   B.C. Artists 7th Annual Decay
Rural Route
1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 VAG   B.C. Artists 8th Annual Flowers Growing
Day's End
1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 9th Annual Green Lagoon
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 VAG   B.C. Artists 10th Annual Old Homestead

References

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

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      1 reference cited for Calder: WWNA above.

Clippings

"On the other hand, there are three works by Art Calder which are more in the classical tradition. One deals with a symphony concert in Stanley Park and is itself a symphony of blues and greens, remarkable for sheer beauty and careful detail. The other two, "Suburban Gardens" and "Farm In August," are luminous brown tones, marked by the same attention to detail."
      From "Exhibition of B.C. Artists Best in Gallery's History" by E.N.B.
      Vancouver Province, September 18 1937

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