BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
He exhibited in the 1920 Annual Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts, held at the Vancouver School Board offices on Hamilton Street.
He exhibited in numerous annual B.C. Artist exhibitions at the VAG, from 1933 to 1951. In 1935 his address was noted as Ballantyne, Alberta.
In 1932 he was a signatory to an agreement to boycott the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa for their exhibition and purchase policies related to Canadian artists. He was noted as being a Vancouver artist.
He showed work in the B.C. Artists Christmas exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1933.
He also exhibited with the West Vancouver Sketch Club in 1961 and 1964; and at the Vancouver Exhibition in 1931 and 1932, as a member of the Vancouver Sketch Club.
He retired from a lifetime of work as a municipal draughtsman in 1958, and died in North Vancouver at the age of 74 in 1967.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
1942 June 16 - 28 | Solo exhibition (25 paintings) | VAG |
DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
1920 September 18 - 25 | BCSFA Annual Exhibition | Gateway, Battle Abbey |
St. Augustine's, Canterbury | ||
Old Country Farm House | ||
1932 Aug. 29 - Sept. 5 | VanExh Vancouver Sketch Club Exhibit | Georgia Street |
1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual | Elevator |
1933 Dec. 1 - 17 | VAG B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition | City from Coal Harbour |
Foothills | ||
Landscape | ||
1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual | Gas Works - False Creek |
Sheep Herder's Hut, Eastern Washington | ||
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 | VAG B.C. Artists 5th Annual | The Golden Ears |
On Lulu Island | ||
October, Alberta | ||
1936 Oct. 15 - 20 | VAG B.C. Artists Chilliwack Exhibition | The Golden Ears |
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 6th Annual | Fraser Valley |
1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 | VAG B.C. Artists 8th Annual | Rooftops |
Elevator | ||
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 | VAG B.C. Artists 10th Annual | Eastern Washington |
1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 | VAG B.C. Artists 11th Annual | Winter, Ontario |
Firs | ||
Dawn Patrol | ||
1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | Sawmill |
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 15th Annual | West End Scene |
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 | VAG B.C. Artists 16th Annual | Old Mill Site |
1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 17th Annual | Scene |
1949 Oct. 8 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 18th Annual | Tenements |
SPRING EXHIBITION - FCA - BC REGION (refer to FCA64)
WEST VANCOUVER SKETCH CLUB - LIST OF MEMBER 1947-1977 (refer to WVSC)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE (refer to BCVS)
" ... Robert Coventry, ... and others are exhibiting in the various classes."
From "Bargains in Art" by D.S.M.
Vancouver Sun, December 1 1933
"Artists represented in the group comprise the following ... Robert Coventry ... "
From "Maritime Art Association"
Vancouver Art Gallery Bulletin, November (?) 1939
"Robert Coventry and Edward Goodall are
showing fine water colors ... "
From "B.C. Artists Evading War's Responsibility" by
Mildred Valley Thornton
Vancouver Sun, September 26 1942