BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Dr. Elmore Graham Kemp

September 18 1898 - April 28 1953

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Dr. Elmore G. Kemp was born in Innisfail, Alberta in 1898. He was a pupil at the Vancouver School of Art and the School of Associated Arts, according to the entry in Who's Who in Northwest Art, which also noted that he was a sculptor, living in New Westminster in 1941.

He exhibited work in the B.C. Artists annuals at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1936, 1937, and 1938. He won an Association bronze medal in 1936. He was in a group exhibition at the Gallery in 1939, exhibiting with 5 other artists including J. Delisle Parker and Emily Carr.

Kemp died in Vancouver in 1953 at the age of 54.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
1939 July 4 - 23 Six Local Artists VAG

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Nude in Teak
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 6th Annual Dreams - Marble Carving
1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 VAG   B.C. Artists 7th Annual Fountain Figure

References

WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)

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

A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      1 reference cited for Kemp: WWNA above.

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

Clippings

"Special Show at Art Gallery"
      Vancouver Sun, July 6 1939

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