BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Julius Edward Lindsay Griffith (Jr.)

April 21 1912 - November 10 1997

Canadian Society of Graphic Art (Member 1950)
Ontario Society of Artists
Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (Member 1956 President 1958-60)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (Elect. 1974, RCA 1976)


Julius Edward Lindsay Griffith (Jr.) was born in Vancouver in 1912, and became an engraver (wood) and painter. He studied at the Vancouver School of Art, but did not apparently receive a diploma.

He had a duo show with K.R.H. Roberts at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1933, and a solo exhibition in 1934.

He later studied in London, England before returning to Canada and exhibiting mostly in the East.

He showed work in a number of the Vancouver Art Gallery annual B.C. Artists' exhibitions, and with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in 1941.

He exhibited two paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1947.


Russian Street Car

In the Orchard (private collection)

Griffith died in Toronto in 1997.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
1933 April 22 - 30 Exhibition with K.R.H. Roberts Vancouver Art Gallery
1934 June 1 - 10 Oils, Watercolours, Drawing and Prints Vancouver Art Gallery

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1932 Oct. 5 - 30 VAG   B.C. Artists 1st Annual Lambeth Bridge
1933 Feb. 13 - 18 Sylvia Court    West End Artists Exhibition (titles not known)
1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 VAG   B.C. Artists 2nd Annual Saanich Oatfield
Morning on the Beach
Deep Cove
Three Dinghies
Figures on the Sand
Grain Elevator
1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 VAG   B.C. Artists 3rd Annual Portrait
Stone Works
In Drydock
Second Narrows
1934 ? - ? VAG   B.C. Artists Edmonton Exhibition Portrait
1934 Dec. 4 - 16 VAG   B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition Second Narrows
Hawsers
1936 Aug. 18 - 28 David Spencer    B.C. Artists' Golden Jubilee (artwork)
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Portrait of Louis
Portrait
Buttermere Church
1936 Oct. 15 - 20 VAG   B.C. Artists Chilliwack Exhibition Portrait of Louis
Buttermere Church
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 6th Annual Farmyard
The Lock
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 VAG   B.C. Artists 10th Annual Baths, A.R.P. Depot, Convent of the Assumption, London, England
Yellow Light Warning Approaching Planes, A.R.P. Warden's Dugout, London

References - MONOGRAPHS

Refer to BIBLIO.

References - GROUP EXHIBITIONS

3rd BC GRAPHIC & CANADIAN SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC ART (refer to BCG57)

PRINTMAKING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1889-1983 (refer to AGGV83)

VANCOUVER: ART & ARTISTS 1931 - 1983 (refer to VAG83)

IMAGES OF THE LAND - CANADIAN BLOCK PRINTS 1919 - 1945 (refer to GLEN84)

References - GENERAL

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
      Good one-page biography, numerous eastern exhibitions listed.

ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS - EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (refer to RCA81)

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

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      10 references cited for Griffith.

ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to AIC)

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

THE FECKLESS COLLECTION (refer to FECK18)

Clippings

" ... and Julius Griffiths have excellent examples of their work on view."
      From "'West End' Show Of Art Works" by D.S.M.
      Vancouver Sun, February 15 1933

"Julius Griffith Jr.'s One-Man Art Show"
      Vancouver Sun, June 2 1934

"Most of British Columbia's many artists are represented. ... So is Julius Griffith, Jr. who has been in Europe for the past year ... "
      From "400 B.C. Pictures in Jubilee Art Show"
      Vancouver Sun, August 15 1936

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