BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Gladys Kathleen MacKintosh Ewan
(m George Ewan)

May 9 1911 - January 31 1996

B.C. Society of Artists (Assoc. Member 1952-66, Member 1967)


Gladys K. Ewan was born in Victoria. She married George Ewan in Victoria on December 3 1941. Her occupation was noted as "commercial art (advertising) - B.C. Electric." She was living in Oak Bay, Victoria, at the time. Her husband was a photographic merchant, born in Maple Leaf, Alberta.

She exhibited her work in the 1944 B.C. Artists exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, winning the Beatrice Stone Medal for her painting Study in Light. She gave her address as Victoria, B.C. She also had work in the 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1950 B.C. Artists exhibitions.

She also had work in the 1944 and 1945 British Columbia At Work exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

She won an award at the Second Annual BC at Work exhibition in 1945, sponsored by the Labour Arts Guild.

Ewan exhibited with the B.C. Society of Artists from 1951 to 1962, and 1968.

Ewan was widowed when her husband George Lawrence Ewan died in Victoria in 1972, he was recently retired from 17 years with BC Provincial Forestry doing aerial survey work. Gladys died in Victoria in 1996 at the age of 84, her occupation was noted as "Library - U.Vic." Her niece Peggy Dickson of Duncan was the informant.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 VAG   B.C. Artists 13th Annual Study in Light
Indian Village, Shalalth, B.C.
1944 Nov. 21 - Dec. 10 Labour Arts Guild   1st B.C. At Work Noon Hour
Drill Press
Control
1945 July 3 - Aug. 26 VAG   B.C. Artists 4th Annual Summer Study in Light
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual Figure Study
Conversation
1945 Nov. 13 - Dec. 2 Labour Arts Guild   2nd B.C. At Work Bridge Repairs
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Still Life
1949 Oct. 8 - 30 VAG   B.C. Artists 18th Annual Landscape
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 VAG   B.C. Artists 19th Annual Drawing
1951 April 24 - May 13 VAG   BCSA 41st Annual West Coast, Vancouver Island
1953 May 5 - 31 VAG   BCSA 43rd Annual Still Life
1954 May 25 - June 13 VAG   BCSA 44th Annual The Path
Still Life
1956 Feb. 28 - Mar. 18 VAG   BCSA 46th Annual Sea Coast
Landscape
1957 March 5 - 24 VAG   BCSA 47th Annual Trees on the Shore
1958 Feb. 4 - 22 UBC   BCSA 48th Annual Harbour Industrial
1959 June 2 - 21 VAG   BCSA 49th Annual Stoneface 2
1961 May 10 - 28 VAG   BCSA 51st Annual Afternoon Shore
1962 May 8 - June 3 VAG   BCSA 52nd Annual Shore
1967 May 3 - 28 VAG   BCSA 57th Annual ?

References

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

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

EYE APPEAL 1987 (refer to CNIB87)

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
      Half page biography with references.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
     2 references to Ewen.

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

Clippings

"Art in Victoria and elsewhere on Vancouver Island has taken on fresh impetus during the past six months. Among individual successes, Victoria-born Gladys E. Ewan won top award in the last annual B.C. artists exhibition at the gallery."
      From "Collection of Eastern Artist Features Art Gallery Display" by Palette
      Vancouver Province, January 24 1945

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