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He came to Canada in 1913, and married Christina K.E. Mecredy (Neeredy?) on December 28 1916 in Cranbrook, B.C. He exhibited with the Island Arts and Crafts Society between 1916 and 1935.
A portrait of Fairbairn by Ina D.D. Uhthoff was exhibited in the 1929 21st Annual exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts.
He exhibited at the Vancouver Exhibition in 1930, representing the Island Arts and Crafts Society. He also exhibited in the 1941 B.C. Artists annual exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
B.C. Vital Statistics notes that he married Norah Helen Marcia Mengens in Victoria on September 12 1934. He was divorced at that time, and the marriage certificate later notes that this marriage was dissolved at Victoria on June 30 1947.
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FAIRBAIRN, Archibald Macdonald, Duff, A.W.S. Born in South Aftrica, February 6, 1883, son of William A.S. Fairbairn of East London, South Africa and Anna Georgina (Smith) Fairbairn. Educated City of London School, London; Leipsic, Germany; and University of Cape of Good Hope. Articled as law student with Drake, Hammer and Orsmond, East London, South Aftrica, 1902; admitted to practise as attorney-at-law, etc., 1910; practised at Johannesburg, Transvaal. Came to Canada 1913; entered service of the provincial government of British Columbia, 1915; appointed private secretary to His Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia in 1936. Married, Katherine, daughter of T.T. Neeredy, 1916; has two sons. Mr Fairbairn has studied painting in England, Germany and America and has exhibited in many exhibitions including that of the American Water Colour Society and the New York Water Colour Society (1929). Appointed member of American Water Colour Society (1929). Has also written and published or produced a number of short plays, short stories, etc. Recreations: tennis and hiking. Residence: 960 Joan Crescent, Victoria, B.C. |
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FAIRBAIRN, Archibald M.D. No. 12, Tweedsmuir Mansions, Heywood Ave., Victoria Painter (water color; tempera; oil); Drawing (pen and ink; charcoal) - Born East London, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Pupil of Frank Dicksee, London, Eng. Studied in South Africa; Germany; England. Free lance. |
The Bill Reid Gallery in Vancouver hosted an exhibition of Fairbairn's watercolours in 2019 (see link below).
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1916 Oct. 24 - 28 | IACS Union Bank Bldg 7th Ann. | Near Amsterdam, Holland |
| Entering the Harbour, Victoria | ||
| Berwick on Tweed | ||
| Oak Bay Golf Links | ||
| Pass of Glencoe, Scotland | ||
| In the Selkirks | ||
| Pemba Bay, Portuguese East Africa | ||
| The Sower | ||
| View from Craigflower Bridge | ||
| Rome, the Forum | ||
| On the Norfolk Broads | ||
| 1917 Oct. 23 - 27 | IACS Pemberton Bldg 8th Ann. | Coast Scene |
| Cadboro Bay | ||
| Broom, Oak Bay | ||
| Suez Canal | ||
| Uplands | ||
| Government House | ||
| Winter in Selkirks | ||
| The Edge of the Sahara | ||
| (poster competition entry) | ||
| 1926 Oct. 19 - 30 | IACS Crystal Garden 17th Ann. | Rain |
| Rum Runner Row | ||
| Dawn, Victoria Harbour | ||
| S.V. Livia de Aqua, Victoria Harbour | ||
| Sunset, Lowestoft | ||
| Street Scene, Cairo | ||
| 1927 Oct. 25 - 31 | IACS Belmont Bldg 18th Ann. | Haida Canoes at Dawn |
| F.R.C.S. | ||
| Jean M. Donald | ||
| The Needles, Knight Inlet | ||
| Street Scene, Cairo | ||
| H.R.H. Canada, 1927 | ||
| Pierrot | ||
| The Last of the Totems | ||
| In the Old Town, Gibraltar | ||
| 1928 Oct. 23 - 31 | IACS Belmont Bldg 19th Ann. | Arbutus |
| Silver Dawn | ||
| The Caravan | ||
| Seton Lake | ||
| Blackfeet Indian at Prayer | ||
| The Patriarch | ||
| Kwakiotl (sic) Indian | ||
| Blackfeet Patrol | ||
| Blackfeet Indians, etc. | ||
| 1930 Aug. 6 - 16 | VanExh Oil Paintings & Water-colours | A Backwater - Knight's Inlet |
| Summer Golf | ||
| Van Courtland Park, New York | ||
| Siwash and Canoe | ||
| 1930 Oct. 28 - Nov. 8 | IACS Board of Trade Bldg 21st Ann. | Grey Day on the Malahat |
| Rip Van Winkle | ||
| Siwash and Canoe | ||
| Knight Inlet | ||
| Van-Cortland Park, N.Y. | ||
| On Esquimalt Indian Reserve | ||
| Old Squaw and Totem | ||
| Design | ||
| Winter Resort in the Rockies | ||
| The Little Church Around the Corner | ||
| Lake of the Hanging Glacier | ||
| 1931 Oct. 20 - 31 | IACS Belmont Bldg 22nd Ann. | The Countess |
| The Ramparts | ||
| Graylands | ||
| N.W. Bay | ||
| Norma | ||
| End of the Road | ||
| Coquette in Victoria Harbour | ||
| 1932 Oct. 11 - 22 | IACS Belmont Bldg 23rd Ann. | Black Tusk Meadows |
| Black Tusk Mountain | ||
| The Spirit of Black Tusk Mountain | ||
| Camp, Black Tusk Meadows | ||
| Garibaldi Mountain from the Glacier | ||
| Garibaldi and Castle Mountains | ||
| Klootchman No. 2 | ||
| B.C. Mongolian | ||
| Kloochman No. 1 | ||
| 1933 Mar. 3 - 15 | VAG IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition | Landscape |
| Mountain Scene | ||
| Landscape | ||
| 1935 Nov. 4 - 9 | IACS Belmont House 26th Ann. | Blue-Gums, Sydney, Australia |
| Suva Harbour, Fiji | ||
| "several interesting exhibits" (crafts) | ||
| 1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 | VAG B.C. Artists 11th Annual | The Dugout, Thompson River, Kamloops |
WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)
ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
1 reference cited for Fairbairn: WWNA above.
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE 2 marriages (refer to BCVS)
https://www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/exhibitions-page/counternarratives-watercolour-paintings-by-archibald-fairbairn