BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Anna Isabel Cowan
(m John M. MacKillop)

May 28 1920 - September 23 2018

Vancouver School of Art (Diploma 1942)
B.C. Society of Fine Arts


Isabel Cowan was born in Vancouver. She graduated from Magee High School, then attended the Toronto School of Art, and graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1944 (per obituary).

Cowan exhibited her work in the B.C. Artists annuals at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1938, 1940, 1943, 1951, and 1952. In 1943 she was living in Vancouver.

She also had work in the 1952 annual exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts.

In 1977 the artist was living in Vancouver. She died in Tsawwassen in 2018.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 VAG   B.C. Artists 7th Annual Still Life
1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 9th Annual Nocturne
1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 VAG   B.C. Artists 12th Annual Blue Mountain, Anderson Lake
Fishing Boats at Rest
1952 April 1 - 20 VAG    BCSA 42nd Annual The White Boat

References

VISUAL ARTS BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to VABC77)

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

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

ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to AIC)

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

https://www.amherstcremation.com/memorials/mackillop.html

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