BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Joseph Henry Lee-Grayson

December 10 1875 - December 15 1953

Federation of Canadian Artists (Founding Member 1941)

J.H. Lee-Grayson was born in Harrogate, England. He came to Canada in 1906, living in Montreal for two years. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War One, losing one eye in combat. He lived in Regina from 1927 to 1933.

He exhibited work at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the 1945 14th Annual B.C. Artists exhibition. The artist was a founding member of the FCA in 1941. He lived in Summerland from at least 1941 until his death there in 1953.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual In the Okanagan

References

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

MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)
      6 paintings listed in 3 exhibitions from 1927 to 1933.

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
      Short biography, two references.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
     3 references to Grayson.

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

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