BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Miss Mildred Mary M. Conran

c1870 - April 9 1952

Vancouver Sketch Club
B.C. Society of Fine Arts


Miss Mildred Conran exhibited in Vancouver from 1919 to 1924 with the Vancouver Sketch Club, and in 1924 with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts.

According to B.C. Vital Statistics on-line, she died in Vancouver on April 9 1952 at the age of 82.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1919 Sept. 6 - ? Sketch Club    Monthly Exhibition A Cottage at Seaton Street
1920 Feb. 7 Sketch Club    Monthly Exhibition (landscape)
1920 April 10 Sketch Club    Monthly Exhibition (titles not known)
1920 Oct. 9 - ? Sketch Club    Monthly Exhibition (sketch of Stanley Park)
1921 Sept. 19 - 24 BCSFA   13th Annual Exhibition Capilano River
1921 Nov. 5 Sketch Club    Monthly Exhibition (portrait sketch)
1922 April 1 Sketch Club    Monthly Exhibition (view of the old station)
(watercolour)
(watercolour)
1924 May 3 - 17 BCSFA   16th Annual Exhibition Lost Lagoon
Stuart Island
Lynn Creek
1924 July Sketch Club    Midsummer Exhibition Gates of the West
1924 September Sketch Club    September Exhibition Capilano River
1924 October Sketch Club    October Exhibition Off Willows Beach, Victoria
Sleeping Beauty, Vancouver
Cardero Channel, B.C.
1924 December Sketch Club    Semi-Annual Exhibition The Lost Lagoon
1925 May 9 - 16 BCSFA   17th Annual Exhibition An Old Barn
Indian Cottages, Stanley Park
1933 Dec. 1 - 17 VAG   B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition Brockton Point
Mt. Sonora, Yuclataw
On the Cliffs, Victoria
1946 Aug. 13 - 25 VAG   Stanley Park in Pictures Lumberman's Arch
Old Indian Cottage
The Lonesome Pine

References

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

Clippings

"Other exhibits were "A Cottage at Seaton Street" by Miss M. Conran ... "
      From "Sketch Club Opens Winter Season's Work"
      Vancouver Daily Province, September 8 1919

" ... Miss Conran (was represented) by a pleasing water color landscape; ... "
      From "Sketch Club Has Resumed Exhibitions"
      Vancouver Daily World, February 9 1920

"Miss M. Conran, Mrs. George T. Gilpin, Miss Batiste, Mr. Laing, and Mr. J. Scott, with two clever portraits in charcoal, all helped to keep up the credit of the club."
      From "Art Exhibits Fewer But Maintain Standard"
      Vancouver Daily Province, April 13 1920

Miss Conran's delightful sketch of Stanley Park with its bright autumn tints was much admired."
      From "Vancouver Sketch Club"
      Western Woman's Weekly, October 9 1920

"The exhibitors were: ... Miss Conran, Mrs. A.J. McKenna, Mrs. F.C. Ashby, portrait sketches; ... "
      From "Many View Sketch Club Exhibit and Much Work Shown"
      Vancouver Sun, November 7 1921

"Three charming watercolors by Miss Margaret Conran attracted much attention, and especially the view of the old station."
      From "Sketch Club Tea Enjoyable Event; Good Work Shown"
      Vancouver Daily World, April 3 1922

"Miss Conran's "Lost Lagoon" also has lovely autumn coloring. Vancouver Island shows dimly in the distance. The reds, browns, and yellows of the foliage on the bank of the lagoon are delicately reflected in the water."
      From "Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Art" by Alice M. Winlow
      British Columbia magazine, June 1924

""Gates of the West," a charming bit of color beckoning us towards the setting sun, is painted by Miss Conran."
      From "The Midsummer Exhibit of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
      British Columbia Monthly, July 1924

"Miss Conran's "Capilano River" has a coloring and singing quality that are unique. We are all so familiar with just this spot, that it is a delightful surprise to find a mood of cool grey-blues and purple and not too tempestuous water."
      From "September Exhibition of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Alice M. Winlow
      British Columbia Monthly, September 1924

"In the larger realm of landscape subjects are: ... "The Lost Lagoon," by Miss Conran; ... "
      From "Semi-Annual Exhibition of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
      British Columbia Monthly, January 1925

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