| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
Hambleton exhibited in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1944, 1949-53, 1955-58, and 1968. During the war he was a Corporal in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He exhibited in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibitions in 1955 and 1961.
One of his paintings was used on the cover of the 1960 Vancouver telephone book. In 1949 he painted the demolition of the former Hotel Vancouver on Georgia at Granville. His painting Vancouver From Grouse Mountain was Number 223 in the 1958 "100 Years of B.C. Art" exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The painting was listed for sale at $150.00. Forty years later the painting came up for sale again in an estate auction, selling for little more than its original price.
Also, per card file at Vancouver
Art Gallery Library:
B.C. Society of Fine Arts: 1951 through 1963.
He had a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1963. In 1964 he moved to Kelowna, B.C., where he opened his own art gallery, also continuing to paint.
He died in 1988 while staying at a summer cottage on Sheridan Lake, near Lone Butte. He was married to Lorna Irene Nichol.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1940 April 2 - 14 | Atelier Sketch Club Group exhibition | Charcoal Study |
| Lorna | ||
| The Plaid Jacket | ||
| 1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | Willow Trees |
| New York Central Bridge, St. Thomas, Ontario | ||
| Railway Siding | ||
| 1949 Oct. 8 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 18th Annual | Nancy |
| Lynn Draw | ||
| 1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 | VAG B.C. Artists 19th Annual | From North Lonsdale |
| 1951 April 24 - May 13 | VAG BCSA 41st Annual | Winter Landscape |
| Burrard Bridge | ||
| 1951 Nov. 27 - Dec. 16 | VAG B.C. Artists 20th Annual | Penticton, B.C. |
| Autumn Landscape | ||
| 1952 April 1 - 20 | VAG BCSA 42nd Annual | Joan |
| Indian Church, Penticton | ||
| 1952 Oct. 21 - Nov. 16 | VAG B.C. Artists 21st Annual | Clearing |
| From British Properties | ||
| 1953 May 5 - 31 | VAG BCSA 43rd Annual | Lorna |
| Bridge | ||
| Spring Landscape | ||
| 1953 Sept. 15 - Oct. 4 | VAG B.C. Artists 22nd Annual | Okanagan Landscape |
| Bridge | ||
| 1954 May 25 - June 13 | VAG BCSA 44th Annual | Early Morning |
| Sumas Prairie | ||
| Two Boats | ||
| 1955 April 26 - May 15 | VAG BCSA 45th Annual | Mountain Stream |
| Landscape With Boats | ||
| Pitt Meadows | ||
| 1955 Sept. 20 - Oct. 9 | VAG B.C. Artists 24th Annual | Thompson Valley |
| 1956 Feb. 28 - Mar. 18 | VAG BCSA 46th Annual | Winter Day |
| Grain Elevator | ||
| 1956 Oct. 23 - Nov. 11 | VAG B.C. Artists 25th Annual | Low Tide |
| 1957 March 5 - 24 | VAG BCSA 47th Annual | Tugboats |
| Houses | ||
| Grain Elevator | ||
| 1957 Oct. 23 - Nov. 11 | VAG B.C. Artists 26th Annual | From Grouse Mountain |
| Swedish Freighter | ||
| 1958 Feb. 4 - 22 | UBC BCSA 48th Annual | Waterfront |
| Landscape | ||
| 1958 Oct. 22 - Nov. 16 | VAG B.C. Artists 27th Annual | Vancouver Waterfront |
| 1959 June 2 - 21 | VAG BCSA 49th Annual | Mooring Place |
| Oregon Landscape | ||
| 1960 May 22 - June 12 | VAG BCSA 50th Annual | October Landscape |
| Fishing Boats | ||
| Seymour River | ||
| 1961 May 10 - 28 | VAG BCSA 51st Annual | Japanese Freighter |
| Seton and Anderson Lake | ||
| 1962 May 8 - June 3 | VAG BCSA 52nd Annual | Boats No. 1 |
| Boats No. 2 | ||
| 1963 May 1 - May 19 | VAG BCSA 53rd Annual | Taxco, Mexico |
| 1968 | VAG B.C. Artists 37th Annual | ? |
100 YEARS OF B.C. ART
"An Exhibition Held at the Vancouver Art Gallery to Celebrate the British Columbia Centennial Year"
1958, unpaginated, no ISBN, illustrated with black and white photographs of works in exhibition.
Represented by #223: Vancouver From Grouse Mountain (casein tempera on board)
See also VAG58
B.C. PAINTINGS BURNABY 58 (refer to BAG58)
B.C. ARTISTS 27th ANNUAL (refer to BCA58)
SPRING EXHIBITION - FCA - BC REGION (refer to FCA64)
1968 DIRECTORY OF HANDICRAFTS (refer to IDTC68)
THE SHELL CANADA COLLECTION (refer to SHEL77)
VISUAL ARTS BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to VABC77)
A GUIDE TO SCULPTURE IN VANCOUVER (refer to GSV80)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
2 references cited for Hambleton, including Macdonald above.
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE (refer to BCVS) death
"Atelier Sketch Club Takes A Bow"
News Herald, April 3 1940
"Art Group, Youth Share City Gallery"
Vancouver Province, April 4 1940