BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Mrs. Alfred St. George Hamersley
(nee Maud Isobel Hastings Snow)

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Vancouver Art Association (1st Vice President 1890)


Mrs. A. St. G. Hamersley was one of the earliest artists to exhibit in Vancouver, and in 1889 was a founding member of the first important art organization in Vancouver, the Vancouver Art Association. She held the position of First Vice-President of the Association in 1890.

She also exhibited a number of paintings in the First Annual Exhibition of the Vancouver Art Association in 1890, winning a gold medal for water colours.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1890 October 6 - 11 V.A.A.   1st Annual Exhibition Mount Cook, New Zealand
Jones' Boat-house
Old Tree, Stanley Park
The Narrows from Stanley Park

References

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE birth of son (refer to BCVS)

Clippings

"The gold medal for water colors, given by the Governor-General, was won by Mrs. A. St. George Hamersley, ... "
      From "Our British Columbia Letter"
      The Dominion Illustrated, December 20 1890

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