BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
May wrote poetry, and was published in Vancouver as early as 1907, in the December issue of Man to Man magazine. She had two poetry chapbooks published by Ryerson Press, one in 1931 and one prior to that. The cover illustration for The Way to Fairyland is below.
May had work in the 1933 B.C. Artists exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and also in the 1933 B.C. Artists Christmas exhibition.
The 1940 B.C. Directory listed her as a School Teacher. In 1946 she and her sister Grace Judge gave an exhibition of their watercolours at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Both of the women were living at 239 East 10th Avenue, North Vancouver at the time, telephone number North 774R. It cost them $5.00 to rent a room from the gallery for their exhibition.
May's work was included in the retrospective 1960 B.C. Society of Fine Arts exhibition, and later in the exhibition "Contemporaries of Emily Carr", at the Simon Fraser University Gallery, February 5 - 22, 1974.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
1946 Nov. 19 - Dec. 8 | Exhibition by May Judge and Grace Judge | VAG |
1909 November | BCSFA Second Exhibition | Deadman's Island |
1910 May | BCSFA Third Exhibition | Evening |
1911 November | BCSFA Fall Exhibition | ? |
1912 Nov. 25 - 30 | BCSFA Annual Exhibition | Twilight, Union Bay |
The Year's at the Spring | ||
Cowans Pt. | ||
The After Glow | ||
1920 September 18 - 25 | BCSFA Annual Exhibition | Sissinghurst |
Harrison Lake | ||
1921 Sept. 19 - 24 | BCSFA 13th Annual Exhibition | Scenes in Santa Barbara |
1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual | The Lions, North Vancouver |
1933 Dec. 1 - 17 | VAG B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition | Gonzales Hill, Victoria |
Scenes in Santa Barbara | ||
English Bay, Vancouver | ||
1934 Dec. 4 - 16 | VAG B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition | Views of Vancouver, B.C. |
Views of Howe Sound, B.C. |
BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)
THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
1 reference listed for May Judge, surprisingly no entries for her
sister or brother.
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)
"The Judge Family is well represented with S.P. Judge and
the Misses Grace and May P. Judge all exhibiting."
From "Bargains in Art" by D.S.M.
Vancouver Sun, December 1 1933
"Judge. On Jan. 11, 1966 Miss Mary Edith Percival Judge, 239 East
10th Street, North Vancouver. Survived by her loving sisters, Miss Ruth, Vernon;
Miss Grace, North Vancouver; her sister in law, Mrs. A.P. Judge, Vernon;
other relatives in England. A charter member of Vancouver's Poetry Society.
Funeral Services, Burrard Chapel Jan. 13. Cremation. Ocean View.
Vancouver Province, Jan 12 1966 p 24 col 3