BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Harry G. Hunt

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Atelier Sketch Club (President 1946-48 at least)


Harry Hunt was a member of the Atelier Sketch Club, a group formed by art students taking Evening Classes at the Vancouver School of Art. The group put together an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1940. A portrait of Hunt by T. Fletcher was exhibited in the same show.


1943 sketching from a live model

Hunt later exhibited in at least the 1946 and 1948 Annual Exhibitions of the Atelier Sketch Club. The exhibition catalogues for those two shows listed Hunt as President of the group, living at 3254 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1940 April 2 - 14 Atelier Sketch Club   Group exhibition Respectable Citizen
Chinese Farm
1946 June 11 - 30 Atelier Club   7th Annual How's That?
By the Track
Launching
Brockton Light
1948 Mar. 23 - Apr. 1 Atelier Sketch Club   9th Annual On the Slough
Skyline
From the Office Window
In The Studio

References

Clippings

"Congratulations are due to the Atelier Sketch Club for their ambitious exhibition. This self-organized group of evening school students are meeting every Friday in the Holden building and an invitation is extended to all students to join."
      From "Evening School" by Fred Amess
      Behind The Palette, Vancouver School of Art Annual 1939-40

"Harry Hunt, whose sense of the ridiculous has crept into his portrayal of a respectable citizen, is the head of the Atelier Sketch Club ... "
      From "Students Hold Art Exhibition"
      Vancouver Sun, April 3 1940

"Atelier Sketch Club Takes A Bow"
      News Herald, April 3 1940

"Art Group, Youth Share City Gallery"
      Vancouver Province, April 4 1940

"Some of the present regular members are ... Harry Hunt, Government employee, ... "
      From "Office, Shipyard Workers Find Relaxation In Drawing"
      News Herald, April 17 1943

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