BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Dr. Cyril Astley Eskil Forssander
(incorrectly Forsander)

dates

groups


C.A. Forssander was "an Englishman newly arrived in this country" and a physician, as noted in a 1948 solo exhibition catalogue, see below.

He exhibited work in the 1947 annual B.C. Artists exhibition. The artist was living in Sidney, on Vancouver Island.

Forssander's wife Dr. Dorothy Jean Ogilvie, born in Alicedal, South Africa, pre-deceased him in 1953. He was living in Victoria at the time.

BC Vital Statistics on-line did not provide any information on the artist as of May 2021.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
1948 April 20 - May 9 Oil paintings VAG

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Priscilla
Near Sydney

References

VAG Gallery Bulletin, Vol. 15, #6 & #7.

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

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

Clippings

"Doctor's Gallery Exhibit Inspired by B.C. Scenes" by Palette
       Vancouver Province, April 30 1948

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