BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Josephine (Zeffie) Crease

August 7 1864 - December 24 1947

Island Arts and Crafts Society (Honorary President 1941)
B.C. Society of Fine Arts



Josephine Crease was born in New Westminster in 1864, the youngest daughter of watercolourist Sarah Crease. She studied art at Angela College and later under Ellen Chaffrey Richards. She also studied in England.

She exhibited her work with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in May 1924. She also exhibited work with the Island Arts and Crafts Society from 1910 to 1941.

She exhibited artwork in the B.C. Artists' annual exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1934 to 1940.

Refer also to the Josephine Crease diaries at the B.C. Provincial Archives, and The Crease Family Archives exhibition catalogue of 1981.

She died in Victoria in 1947 at the age of 83.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1910 September IACS   1st Annual Exhibition A Summer Day in Vancouver Harbour
Arbutus and Rocks, Shoal Bay, Victoria, B.C.
Low Tide, Second Beach, Vancouver
In Stanley Park, Vancouver
1911 Oct. 5 - 7 IACS Alexandra Club   2nd Annual Broom near Shoal Bay
Mountain Stream
Lake Louise
Broom, Beacon Hill
Illecillewaet Glacier
Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise
North Arm
An August Evening
North Arm
A Wet Day, North Arm
1912 Oct. 17 - 19 IACS Alexandra Club   3rd Annual Fruitlands, Kamloops
On the North Thompson
Woodland Trail, Glacier
Illecillewaet Glacier
Shawnigan Lake
A Glimpse of Hermit Range
A Windy Day in the Straits
Autumn Uplands
1913 Oct. 16 - 18 IACS Alexandra Club   4th Annual Road to Sol Duc Farm
Broom, Beacon Hill
Sol Duc River
The Approach to Sol Duc
Sol Duc River
Spring
Yellow Broom
In Plumper's Pass
1914 Nov. 19 - 21 IACS Alexandra Club   5th Annual Molten Comhe, Oak Bay
Fraser River, Eburn
Comox Harbor
Spring Time
From Country Club, Vancouver
Patricia Bay
Pentrelew
The Spit, Comox
1915 Nov. 23 - 27 IACS Union Bank Building.   6th Annual Cowichan Bay
In Pentrelew Garden
Golden Broom, Beacon Hill
Sapling Dogwood
1916 Oct. 24 - 28 IACS Union Bank Building   7th Annual Beach, Beacon Hill
From Marine Drive, Vancouver
Broom, Gonzales
Broom, Beacon Hill
From "Grouse Nest", Sooke
The Old Arbutus, Sooke
The Farm Bonnybrook
Reflections
Small Sketches suitable for Christmas gifts
1917 Oct. 23 - 27 IACS Pemberton Building   8th Annual Victoria, February 1916
Snow, Pentrelew
June, Beacon Hill
Dallas Road in 1908
Willow Point, Kootenay Lake
Kootenay Lake, Nelson
Broom Time, Beacon Hill
Four Mile Point, Kootenay Lake
(entry in poster competition)
1918 Jan. 14 - 18 IACS Pemberton Building   9th Annual Broom, Beacon Hill
Third Beach, Vancouver
From Point Grey
Morning, Quamichan Lake
North Arm, Vancouver
Wind-Bent Broom
Cake Cover
1919 Oct. 23 - 29 IACS Belmont Building   10th Annual The Old Cottage
Broom Time
Plas Panthoel Camp
Dogwood and Honeysuckle
Misty Weather, Salt Spring
Lake Louise
Sunset, Montagu Harbour
An Old Home
1920 Oct. 25 - 30 IACS Belmont Building   11th Annual Smoky Day, Salt Spring Island
Haycocks, Voctoria, B.C.
Saanich Inlet
Early Spring, Saanich
Pentrelew
Spooks Hill, Salt Spring Island
Summer Cottage, Salt Spring
Stormy Evening, Clover Point
Riveted Vase (with Mrs. G.P. Napier)
1921 Oct. 18 - 25 IACS Belmont Building   12th Annual A Glimpse in the Butchart's Gardens
Haycocks, Patricia Bay
Evening From Dr. Wace's
The Royal Yacht Club
Brppm, Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill, Looking West
The Angel's Gateway
Sunset, Patricia Bay
1922 Oct. 19 - 25 IACS Belmont Building   13th Annual Salt Spring Island
Mt. Baker From Saanich
Bazan Bay, Saanich
Winter
Bothell Road, Washington
Finerty
The "Amoy"
Near Victoria
Window Wedges (with H. Pate, carver)
1923 Oct. 23 - 30 IACS H.B.C. Building   14th Annual Hope River
Mt. Chiam (sic)
Waiting Till the Clouds Roll By
Waterfall, Sol Duc
Garden
1924 May 3 - 17 BCSFA   16th Annual Exhibition Hope River, Chilliwack
1924 Oct. 20 - 25 IACS Belmont Building   15th Annual Arbutus, Saanich
Bow Falls, Banff
Orcas Island, U.S.A.
Cascade Mountain, Banff
Bow Bridge, Banff
Bow River, Banff Hotel
Sunrise, Saanich
Thunderstorn, 5 a.m.
1925 Oct. 20 - 31 IACS Crystal Garden   16th Annual From Breed's Cross Road
Forbes Landing
Early Morning, Denman Island
Beaufort Range, V.I.
The Sentinel, Denman Island
1925 December IACS Crystal Garden   2nd Loan Exhibition Saanich
1926 Oct. 19 - 30 IACS Crystal Garden   17th Annual Old Cariboo Trail, Craig Lodge
The Meeting of the Seton and Cayoosh Rivers
Camass, Uplands, Victoria
Mount Tolmie
1927 Oct. 25 - 31 IACS Belmont Building   18th Annual Pt. Comfort Lighthouse
Blue Flowers at Uplands
Olympic Mountains
1928 Oct. 23 - 31 IACS Belmont Building   19th Annual Arbutus Bough
Holy Cross Mountain, Hope
Mountains, Hope, B.C.
Sooke River
View in South Saanich
Autumn, "Pentrelew"
1929 Oct. 22 - 31 IACS Belmont Building   20th Annual After Rain (oil)
Satellite Channel
Arbutus Lane, Mayne Island
Mercer Island, Lake Washington
1930 Oct. 28 - Nov. 8 IACS Board of Trade Building   21st Annual Camass, Uplands
Slough, Sardis, B.C.
Cowichan River
Two Rivers, Sproat Lake
1931 Oct. 20 - 31 IACS Belmont Building   22nd Annual Comas (sic) in the Uplands
Sweet Pea Farm
Boats, Inner Harbour
Maxwell Mountain
1932 Oct. 11 - 22 IACS Belmont Building   23rd Annual Penticton, B.C.
The Ramparts, Penticton, B.C.
Olympian Mountains, Victoria
Taylor Arm, Sproat Lake
(handicrafts)
1933 Mar. 3 - 15 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Sweetpea Farm
Two Rivers, Sproat Lake
Penticton, B.C.
1933 Oct. 24 - Nov. 4 IACS Belmont House   24th Annual Cliffs, Okanagan Lake
Olympic Mountains
Active Pass
Beaufort Mountains
1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 VAG   B.C. Artists 3rd Annual The Open Gate
Mt. Douglas Golf Links
In Beacon Hill Park
1934 Oct. 22 - 27 IACS Belmont House   25th Annual In Beacon Hill Park
The Open Gate
Mt. Douglas Golf Links
1935 Nov. 4 - 9 IACS Belmont House   26th Annual Old Boat House, Mayne Island
Tranquility, Deep Cove
Sunshine Through the Trees
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Tranquility, Deep Cove, V.I.
Snow in a Private Garden, Victoria, B.C.
1936 Oct. 26 - 31 IACS Coast Hall   27th Annual Snow In A Home Garden
Foot of Mt. Edith Cavell
Quamichan Lake
1937 Oct. 20 - 27 IACS Belmont House   28th Annual From Gorge Park
At Albert Head
From Denman Island
1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 VAG   B.C. Artists 7th Annual Albert Head, Metchosin, V.I.
1938 Oct. 20 - 29 IACS Belmont House   29th Annual Arbutus, Queenswood
Saxe Park
Veddar (sic) River, Sardis, B.C.
1939 Mar. 14 - 26 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Arbutus Lane, Mayne Island
Cowichan River
1940 April 8 - 13 IACS Crystal Garden   30th Annual Mountain on Lake Edith
Haycocks, Saanich
Mount Cheam From Sardis
1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 9th Annual Springtime Comes to Uplands, Victoria BC
1941 April 28 - May 3 IACS Crystal Garden   31st Annual Camas Time
The Old Doctor's House
Old Friends, Pentrelew

References

ISLAND ARTS & CRAFTS CLUB 5th ANNUAL EXHIBITION (refer to IACS14)

EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS IN CANADA (refer to H70)
      Includes short reference to Crease.

CONTEMPORARIES OF EMILY CARR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to SFU74)

ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors

FROM DESOLATION TO SPLENDOUR (refer to FDTS77)

ARTISTS OVERLAND - A visual record of British Columbia 1793 - 1886
      1980 Sept. 10 - Oct. 18; exhibition catalogue; Burnaby Art Gallery
      Also exhibited at the Provincial Archives Nov. 3 1980 - Jan. 9 1981.
      Illustrated throughout in black & white; 3 colour plates; 156 pages; no ISBN
      By Berenice C. Gilmore; Foreword by J.N. Hardman, Director - Burnaby Art Gallery.
      10 works by Crease listed.

THE CREASE FAMILY ARCHIVES - A Record of Settlement and Service in British Columbia
      By Christina B. Johnson-Dean; ISBN 0-7718-8259-9; 44 pages
      Colour cover, illustrated throughout black & white; includes catalogue of works
      1981 Oct. 10 - 1982 March 31 (exhibition), Provincial Archives of British Columbia
      Includes information on Crease (work illustrated p. 21), the Island Arts & Crafts Society, and art in Victoria.

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

NOT JUST PIN MONEY, Barbara K. Latham & Roberta J. Pazdro, Eds.
      1984, published by Camosun, Victoria.
      Includes essay: From Pastels to Chisel: the Changing Role of BC Women Artists
      Essay includes references to Josephine Crease, Sister Mary Osithe, Ina Uhthoff, and Beatrice Lennie.

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

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      3 references cited for Crease.

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

Clippings

"In "Hope River" by J. Crease there are washes of color suggesting depths of foliage, a windy sky, purple mountains in the distance. In the shimmering water are deliciously cool reflections of the green foliage."
      From "Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Art" by Alice M. Winlow
      British Columbia magazine, June 1924

Obituary, Victoria Colonist, December 25 1947

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