| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
Margaret's younger sister Edith C. Carter was also an artist, and they graduated together from the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts, receiving their diplomas in the school's fourth graduating class in 1932.
The 1931-32 Prospectus for the school noted that Margaret Carter had passed Third Year Drawing and Painting. She later exhibited with the Vancouver School of Art Graduates' Association.
She exhibited in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibition in 1934.
She showed work in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1933 to at least 1951. The paintings titled Edith and Isobel are presumably portraits of her sisters. She won a silver medal at the 1933 B.C. Artists exhibition.
In 1936, the Spring issue of The Smock Pocket noted that Carter was sharing a studio with Irene Hoffar Reid at 581 Granville Street.
She had a two-person exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1938 with George Goutiere, and also showed her work at the Seattle Art Museum. She was a volunteer art teacher at a local community center.
In 1945 the artist was listed as living in Creston.
In 1951 the Vancouver City directory listed her and her sister as both living at 2296 East 6th Avenue.
She exhibited work with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in 1959.
Carter died in Vancouver in 1982. She was living at 1661 Burnaby Street in the West End of Vancouver, occupation noted as retired teacher.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
| 1938 Oct. 12 - 21 | Margaret Carter & George Goutiere | VAG |
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1933 Feb. 13 - 18 | Sylvia Court West End Artists Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1933 May 3 - 18 | VAG VSAGA 1st Annual Exhibition | Water Front Drama |
| Water Street | ||
| Cathedral Arches | ||
| Sick Girl | ||
| Edith | ||
| The Dead Christ | ||
| 1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual | Berry Pickers |
| Marie | ||
| Profile | ||
| 1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual | Cabbage Leaves |
| Peace | ||
| Fraser Canyon | ||
| 1934 Dec. 4 - 16 | VAG B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition | Lynn Valley |
| Dawn | ||
| 1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 9th Annual | Cactus |
| Self Portrait | ||
| 1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 | VAG B.C. Artists 10th Annual | Alley |
| Irene | ||
| 1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 | VAG B.C. Artists 11th Annual | Nanaimo and Charles Street |
| Alley | ||
| The White Store | ||
| Isobel | ||
| Backwash | ||
| 1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | Connie |
| 1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 | VAG B.C. Artists 14th Annual | Sheila |
| 1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 15th Annual | Corner of the Kitchen |
| 1946 Oct. ? - ? | FCA 40 Selections from 15th BCA | Corner of the Kitchen |
| 1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 | VAG B.C. Artists 16th Annual | Back View |
| 1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 17th Annual | The Elevators |
| Roof Tops | ||
| 1949 Oct. 8 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 18th Annual | Cigarette Set |
| 1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 | VAG B.C. Artists 19th Annual | War and Peace |
Attendee at the 1935 Vancouver School of Art Summer Camp
(refer to SUMMER SKETCHING CAMP - SAVARY ISLAND)
THE SAVARY PUDDING folio by Frederick A. Amess, private collection.
Original drawings, paintings and text by Amess, C.H. Scott, Grace Melvin,
H. Mortimer Lamb, Plato von Ustinov, and other students and visitors.
June 1935 (various dates), June 1939 (various dates)
52 loose 12"x18" sheets of brown sketch paper
WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)
SPRING EXHIBITION - FCA - BC REGION (refer to FCA64)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)
THE HISTORY OF THE ARTS IN WHITE ROCK (refer to WR93)
EARLY BRITISH COLUMBIAN WOMAN ARTISTS (refer to HG95)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
1 reference cited for Carter, WWNA above.
VANCOUVER SCHOOL OF ART - LIST OF GRADUATES & STUDENTS (refer to VSA)
Vancouver City Directories online - 1911 to 1955, especially 1951
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"The sea is a molten background
For tall straight trees
With arms that stretch
Upwards and love the breeze
Fronds of green mix with blue
And yield to the beauty
Of the earths evening hues."
From "Tone Pome" by Margaret Carter
Savary Pudding, Vol. 2, 1935
"On the walls of the studio shared by Margaret
Carter and Irene Hoffar Reid are murals,
landscapes, portraits in oils and conte, the latter a medium much
used by the Old Masters."
From "GRADUATES IN ART" by Cintra
(unknown newspaper), April 25 1936
MARGARET CARTER AND GEORGE GOUTIERE.
"A graduate of the Vancouver School of Art, Miss Carter is
exhibiting drawings in wash, conte and charcoal illustrating phases
of social life in which she has been interested for some time."
Vancouver Art Gallery Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 2. October, 1938
"Interesting aspects of B.C. scenery are also shown by ... Margaret H. Carter,
whose "Alley" is slight but personal and sensitive."
From "Colorful Display Presented In Exhibition By B.C. Artists"
by Palette
Vancouver Province, September 19 1942