BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Thomas Charles "Addis" Mayne

March 11 1856 - June 11 1944

B.C. Society of Fine Arts
Vancouver Studio Club & School of Art


T. Addis Mayne was born in Liverpool, England. Addis was his mother's maiden name. He married Ann Jane Davies in Liverpool on August 20, 1879. He moved to Vancouver in 1909, where he worked as a Decorator.

He exhibited artwork in 1909 with the Vancouver Studio Club, and in 1910 with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their Third Exhibition, held at the Pender Hall in Vancouver.

Mayne died in Vancouver in 1944 at the age of 88. Thanks to Paul Miniato of Powell River (Mayne's great-grandson) for getting in touch to advise of the Wiki page for Mayne (see references).


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1909 Oct. 27 - Nov. 6 Studio Club    Autumn Exhibition "examples of the work"
1910 May BCSFA   Third Exhibition The Old Mill
A Country Cottage
1924 July Sketch Club    Midsummer Exhibition Fishing Village
1925 Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 Sketch Club    Semi-Annual Exhibition (titles not known)

References

THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)
      Mayne is listed on page 40 as exhibitor in the BCSFA Third Exhibition, no other info

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mayne-7
      The best source of information on Mayne, courtesy Paul Miniato

Clippings

"I am only attempting to call attention to this exhibition so I will merely add that in addition to the exhibits named above, there are examples of the work of ... T. Addis Mayne ..."
      "Vancouver Studio Club" by Felix Penne
      B.C. Saturday Sunset, November 6 1909

""Fishing Village," by Mr. Mayne is beautifully soft and cool; the neutral tints conveying the atmosphere of the seashore."
      From "The Midsummer Exhibit of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
      British Columbia Monthly, July 1924

"Others exhibiting were Mr. T.A. Mayne ... "
      From "Private View Precedes Sketch Club Exhibition"
      Vancouver Province, November 30 1925


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