BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Dr. Erich (Eric) Loewe

October 26 1892 - August 2 1967

B.C. Society of Artists (Member 1952-1967)
Federation of Canadian Artists (Member)
German Canadian Art Society (former President)
Canadian Art Teachers' Society


Erich (Eric) Loewe was born in Munich, Germany, and studied art in Munich, Paris, and Rome. He came to Canada in 1940, settling in Vancouver. One of his first commissions was for the Shaughnessy Military Hospital on Oak Street in Vancouver. He was also employed at the hospital as an art therapist.

He exhibited in a number of the annual B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, from 1946 to 1948, 1950 to 1952, 1954, and 1956.

Loewe exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in a number of their annual exhibitions from 1947 through to 1962 and in 1967.

Loewe was married to Luise Arndt. He died of cancer in Vancouver in 1967 at the age of 76. His occupation was noted as "teacher, art therapy, Pearson Hospital" from which he retired in August 1966 after 22 years.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
1949 Feb 8 - 27 Watercolours VAG

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual Portrait of Louisa H.
1947 May 9 - June 1 BCSFA   37th Annual Pacific Coast
Girl with Oar (Car?)
1947 July 8 - 27 VAG   B.C. Artists Summer Exhibition Girl With Car (Oar?
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Pacific Coast
Girl in Den
1948 May 18 -June 6 BCSFA   38th Annual Old World
1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 17th Annual In Vancouver's West Coast Woolen Mills
Winter Scene in Vancouver Westend
1949 May 3 - 22 BCSFA   39th Annual Spring is Coming
1949 Nov. 22 - Dec. 11 VAG   First B.C. Graphic Barbara (did not come in)
1950 April 25 - May 14 BCSA   40th Annual In A Kerrisdale Garden
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 VAG   B.C. Artists 19th Annual "Hofgarden" in Munich
Helga of Norway
1951 April 24 - May 13 VAG   BCSA 41st Annual Early Summer
Elizabeth
1951 Summer Park Royal    BCSA Summer Exhibition Kerrisdale Garden
City
Vancouver Street
Flowers in Window
1951 Nov. 27 - Dec. 16 VAG   B.C. Artists 20th Annual Summer
1952 April 1 - 20 VAG   BCSA 42nd Annual Nude Study
1952 Oct. 21 - Nov. 16 VAG   B.C. Artists 21st Annual On the West Coast
Helga
1953 May 5 - 31 VAG   BCSA 43rd Annual Flowers
Riviera
1954 May 25 - June 13 VAG   BCSA 44th Annual Glacier Lake in the Rockies
Western City
1954 Sept. 21 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 23rd Annual Indian Bay, Cape Flattery
1955 April 26 - May 15 VAG   BCSA 45th Annual Canadian City
1956 Feb. 28 - Mar. 18 VAG   BCSA 46th Annual Image of a Western City
1956 Oct. 23 - Nov. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 25th Annual A Windy Day
1957 March 5 - 24 VAG   BCSA 47th Annual Portrait in Gothic Style
Trees
1958 Feb. 4 - 22 UBC   BCSA 48th Annual Dead Wood
1959 June 2 - 21 VAG   BCSA 49th Annual Centennial City
1960 May 22 - June 12 VAG   BCSA 50th Annual The Painter and His Family
Old Sawmill, Port Alberni
1961 May 10 - 28 VAG   BCSA 51st Annual Undergrowth
1962 May 8 - June 3 VAG   BCSA 52nd Annual Undergrowth
1967 May 3 - 28 VAG   BCSA 57th Annual The Painter and His Family (1942)
Portrait (1941)

References

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

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      1 reference cited for Loewe: Macdonald listed above.

A MODERN LIFE: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-1960 (refer to VAG04)

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

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

Clippings

"Other works which catch the eye are by W.P. Weston, Beth (sic) Harris, Erich Loewe, and Gordon A. Smith."
      From "B.C. Art Exhibit Non-Experimental"
      News Herald, May 12 1947

"However, one can not omit mentioning ... pictures by ... Eric Loewe, ... "
      From "Lively Spirit Pervades B.C. Artists' Exhibition" by Palette
      Vancouver Province, May 3 1949


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