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| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She showed work in the B.C. Artists' annual exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1933 to 1945.
B.C. Vital Statistics on-lines records a Lois Gilpin passing away July 25 1963 at the age of 93. This is probably the same person.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1912 Nov. 25 - 30 | BCSFA Annual Exhibition | Study of a Young Girl |
| 1917 May 5 | Sketch Club Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1917 Dec. 1 - ? | Sketch Club Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1918 Feb. 2 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1918 April | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (watercolour) |
| (watercolour) | ||
| 1919 Sept. 6 - ? | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | A Turkey and Her Brood |
| A White Baby Calf | ||
| Purple Hills at Eventide | ||
| 1920 Feb. 7 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (North Vancouver snow scene) |
| (seascape) | ||
| 1920 April 10 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1920 Dec. 4 | Sketch Club Annual Exhibition | Addul Baha (portrait) |
| (portrait of a bride) | ||
| (sketch of a lady) | ||
| Fishing (boat scene) | ||
| 1923 March 3 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | June in Ontario |
| 1923 May 12 - 19 | BCSFA 15th Annual Exhibition | Winter Sunset |
| In Ontario | ||
| 1923 June | Sketch Club Semi-Annual Exhibition | After the Storm |
| Spring | ||
| Stamp River | ||
| 1924 Feb. 2 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (study from life) |
| 1924 May 3 - 17 | BCSFA 16th Annual Exhibition | Portrait (artist's father) |
| 1924 July | Sketch Club Midsummer Exhibition | Fishing |
| 1924 Aug. 9 - 16 | Vancouver Exhibition Annual Exhibition | Moses Coulee, Washington |
| 1924 September | Sketch Club September Exhibition | View From Sechelt |
| 1924 October | Sketch Club October Exhibition | Capilano in Flood |
| View from Chuckanut Drive | ||
| Study from Life | ||
| Quick Sketch | ||
| 1924 December | Sketch Club Semi-Annual Exhibition | The Coming Storm |
| 1925 Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 | Sketch Club Semi-Annual Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1927 April 2 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (B.C. landscape) |
| 1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual | Moonlight From Grouse Mountain |
| 1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual | Autumn at Sproat Lake |
| 1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual | Storm and Sunshine |
| 1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 | VAG B.C. Artists 5th Annual | A Garden By the Sea - Cannon Beach, Oregon |
| 1936 Oct. 15 - 20 | VAG B.C. Artists Chilliwack Exhibition | A Garden By the Sea - Cannon Beach, Oregon |
| 1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 | VAG B.C. Artists 12th Annual | Abide with us |
| 1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 | VAG B.C. Artists 14th Annual | Sunset at Comox |
THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE (refer to BCVS)
"At their new quarters in the Victoria block, the Vancouver Sketch Club
had an interesting exhibition on Saturday afternoon. Among the exhibitors were ... Mrs. G.T. Gilpin ..."
"Many Visitors At Sketch Club"
Vancouver Daily World, December 3 1917
"Sketches were sent in by the following: ... Mrs. Gilpin ... "
From "Sketch Club Display"
Vancouver Daily World, February 4 1918
"Mrs. Gilpin's two water colors represented the most successful work seen from her brush."
From "Miss Neilson Terry is Guest of Sketch Club"
Vancouver Daily World, April 1918
" ... "A Turkey and Her Brood," "A White Baby Calf," and "Purple Hills at Eventide" by
Mrs. G.T. Gilpin."
From "Sketch Club Opens Winter Season's Work"
Vancouver Daily Province, September 8 1919
" ... Mrs. Geo. T. Gilpin (was represented by) by a snow scene at North
Vancouver, and a seascape; "
From "Sketch Club Has Resumed Exhibitions"
Vancouver Daily World, February 9 1920
"Miss M. Conran, Mrs.
George T. Gilpin, Miss Batiste,
Mr. Laing, and Mr. J. Scott,
with two clever portraits in charcoal, all helped to keep up the credit of the club."
From "Art Exhibits Fewer But Maintain Standard"
Vancouver Daily Province, April 13 1920
""A Little Marine", by Mrs. George Gilpin is a credit to the artist."
From "Freshness and vitality in Exhibition of Vancouver Sketch Club"
Western Woman's Weekly, June 5 1920
"Mrs. George Gilpin, of North Vancouver, won second prize for portrait from life in
water colors, and third prize for figure from life."
From "Arts Clubs Active - Vancouver Sketch Club"
Western Woman's Weekly, September 18 1920
"Mrs. Geo. T. Gilpin (was represented) by a sketch of a most natural looking little boy, "Buddy"."
From "Vancouver Sketch Club"
Western Woman's Weekly, October 9 1920
"Mrs. Gilpin, the kindly hostess, had a
very fine painting in water colour of Addul Baha, the Persian prisoner, who was
forty years in the prison city of Aeca in Syria, because of his views of unity,
brotherhoood and iniversal peace, which did not meet with the approval of the
Mohammedan Mullah. Mrs. Gilpin also sent a dainty portrait of a bride, which was
claimed by a very young person in no dulcet tones as "his mama.""
From "Annual Exhibit by Sketch Club"
Vancouver Province, December 6 1920
"Another increasing sign of the great vitality of the club is the inclusion of seventeen
new members during the last month as a result of the forceful drive carried out mainly
by Mrs. L.M. Gilpin, (sic) the secretary. ... "June in Ontario" by Mrs. Gilpin,
is a rich and flowery conception of the garden of Canada, and is almost sub-tropical in its
soft luxury of greens."
From "Vancouver Sketch Club"
Vancouver Province, March 5 1923
"In "After the Storm" by Mrs. Gilpin, purple clouds seem to
disperse before one's eyes, and trees are still slightly swayed by the wind. ...
"Stamp River" by Mrs. Gilpin, shows the power and swiftness of
a rapid. Water dashes like shattered crystal from a wide pool of molten green glass.
... "Spring" is a water color by Mrs. Gilpin. This artist is a
lover of luminous spaces. Trees appear magically out of a mist irradiated with light.
In the foreground the trees seem powdered slightly with emerald dust. The morning light
has been caught by the mist and shattered into fragments of fleecy gold. "The chief person
in a picture is light" is the dictum of art, and in "Spring" light is the motif, the person,
the music. The whole picture suggests the shimmering crystal music of Debussy."
From "Semi-Annual Exhibit by the Vancouver Sketch Club"
by Alice M. Winlow
British Columbia Monthly, June 1923
"Mrs. George Gilpin, in her picture of Moses Coulee, Wash., has given us a clever
portrayal of sun-baked rocks and parched grass of a very high order."
From "Sketch Club Semi-Annual Art Exhibition"
B.C. Ladies' Mirror, December 15 1923
"... and Mrs. George Gilpin is honorary secretary."
From "Student Classes At Sketch Club" by L.H.G.
British Columbia Ladies' Mirror, December 15 1923
"Mrs. Gilpin exhibited the best study from life she has so far showen. (sic)"
From "Sketch Club Exhibit Held"
Vancouver Daily World, February 4 1924
"In a Study by Mrs. G. Gilpin, a lifetime of rich experiences
is shown in the eyes. One knows by the smile of understanding on the lips that here is
a man to whom one could go in any trouble and find sympathy and the right word."
From "Impressions of the Sketch Club" by
Alice M. Winlow
British Columbia Monthly, March 1924
"Mrs. Lois Gilpin has a portrait head of a pleasant old gentleman full
of humor and gentle kindliness that is an interesting piece of work."
From "Exhibition of B.C. Society of Fine Arts (Second Notice)"
Vancouver Province, May 9 1924
"A new fine arts committee for 1924 has been struck as follows: ...
Mrs. Gilpin and Miss Wake, representing
the Vancouver Sketch Club"
From "Will Feature B.C. Artists"
Vancouver Province, May 10 1924
"Mrs. Lois Gilpin shows a portrait of her father. The eyes are
speaking, benevolent and understanding. The mouth shows the kindliness and sympathy that win
many friends. A picture one is glad to recall and revisulaize again and again."
From "Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Art" by
Alice M. Winlow
British Columbia magazine, June 1924
"Mrs. Gilpin's picture, "Fishing," is a delightful study in
contrasts. The seductive peace and calm of the river far back under shading trees,
accentuates the mad rush of noisy waters in the foreground."
From "The Midsummer Exhibit of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
British Columbia Monthly, July 1924
"Mrs. G. Gilpin's "View from Sechelt" is in deep glowing
tones of bronze, green, blue, cobalt, jade and turquoise. The water is exquisitely
clear and crystalline, emerald, jade and turquoise, reflecting red and brown foliage
and rocks. To one who responds to vivid and passionate colors it is a most
stimulating picture."
From "September Exhibition of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by
Alice M. Winlow
British Columbia Monthly, September 1924
"In the larger realm of landscape subjects are: ... "The Coming Storm," full of life, by
Mrs. Gilpin; ... The success of this exhibition is due to the splendid organizing ability of the
Sketch Club's enthusiastic secretary Mrs. Gilpin,
and her assistants, and the hearty co-operation of the members in sending in their work."
From "Semi-Annual Exhibition of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
British Columbia Monthly, January 1925
"Others exhibiting were Mrs. L. Gilpin ... "
From "Private View Precedes Sketch Club Exhibition"
Vancouver Province, November 30 1925
"Mrs. Gilpin's strong B.C. landscape in water color and pastel was exceedingly effective."
From "By The Way In Art"
Vancouver Province, April 4 1927
"Artist Inspired by Scenes of Northwest"
News Herald, November 14 1934 by T.H.W.
"Mrs. Gilpin was an arts crazy of her time, a member and officer of every
Vancouver organization in existence. She was also an artist, and a
reproduction of one of her paintings serves as frontispiece."
From STIGMA, List 80 - Canadian Literature
n.d., catalogue by William Hoffer, bookseller
Editor's note: Hoffer was noted for acerbic comments in his catalogues.
He was selling Gilpin's volume for $20.00 in catalogue 80. Hoffer is
now deceased, but remains a legend in Vancouver antiquarian
bookseller circles.