BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
Work proceeded in fits and starts in 2018 - a binge of information
entering, then two or three months off, then some research, and
another binge of additions, finishing off the year with a week of
work over the holidays. In total, a significant amount of information was added this year: 286 new web pages were created, an increase of over 10% to 2,894. 103 new images were added, an increase of 20% to 610. 750 artists were added to the index, an increase of 4% to 18,874. 130 artist biographies were created, an increase of 9% to 1,581. 3,260 cross-references were added, an increase of 10%. 1,500 artworks were listed from 34 transcribed catalogues, an increase of 15%. The continuing emphasis for input to BC ARTISTS is the collecting and recording of information for the period prior to 1950. Information from 1950 to the present day is added as time permits and when interesting documents are acquired. |
Summary: |
14 new artist biographies, 29 new artists, 2 BC artist references,
6 new images, 1 reference, 1 clipping, 7 new exhibition catalogues
(439 artworks listed), 8 BC Vital Statistic updates, 3 new groups listed.
NEW ARTISTS: 29
NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 14
NEW JPG FILES: 6
NEW HTM FILES: 30
NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 2
NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 31 (488 in progress) |
NEW REFERENCES | |
CW85 | CAMERA WORKERS (1985) {CROSS REFERENCES ARE NOT COMPLETE} |
SS03 | BEAUTY IS ... A COLLECTION OF OKANAGAN ART (2003) |
NEW CLIPPINGS | |
1936 "PASOVAS CLUB Annual Display on View at Art Gallery" |
NEW EXHIBITIONS - GROUP | |
1932 PASOVAS group exhibition (98 artworks) | |
1934 BC Artists Christmas exhibition (91 artworks) |
NEW EXHIBITIONS - SOLO | |
1932 R. Bruce Inverarity - Exhibition (119 artworks) | |
1933 H.G. Cox - Exhibition (50 photographs) | |
1933 James Kennedy - Exhibition (19 shadow inlays) | |
1939 R.W. Hunter - Exhibition (22 artworks) | |
1939 Emily Carr - Exhibition (40 artworks) |
NEW IMAGES | |
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Summary: |
73 new artists, 1 BC artist reference, 50 BC Vital Statistic
updates, 70 new images, 11 new groups & artist studios listed for a
total of 244. 2 new clippings, 24 new exhibition catalogues with
a total of 800 artworks shown. A number of listings from provincial
and city directories were added to DIR. A review of the Vancouver Art Gallery list of exhibitions from 1932 to 1950 resulted in over 50 artist biographies being updated with additional solo exhibition listings. An afternoon in the VAG Library doing research provided 40 "new" exhibition catalogues and/or exhibition lists for solo and group shows. A number of these have been completed, per list below. A number of additions were made to the list of reviewer "nom de plumes" from reviews related to the exhibitions.
New files were created as Occasional
Papers for: Updates to the 1949 First B.C. Graphic exhibition catalogue, first transcribed in 2004, resulted in 11 new artist biographies, and most of the 60 other artists in the exhibition had artwork updates from listing rejected work.
NEW ARTISTS: 73
NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 78
NEW JPG FILES: 70
NEW HTM FILES: 180
NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 1
NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 117 |
NEW REFERENCES | |
AIM08 | ARTISTS IN OUR MIDST (2008) |
NEW CLIPPINGS | |
1945 "B.C. Industry Lives in Gallery Display" | |
1947 "Goutiere Art Gallery Exhibit Vivid, Poetic" |
NEW IMAGES | |
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Summary: |
32 new artists, 0 new biography files, 2 BC artist references,
17 BC Vital Statistic updates, 8 artist monographs added (837
total for 417 artists). 9 new images. Numerous artist
cross-references were added from review of back issues of
Amphora. McMann's ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS (see below) was cross-referenced to 334 BC artists, of whom only 22 are new to BC Artists, mostly architects. 128 artist biographies were updated.
NEW ARTISTS: 32
NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 0
NEW JPG FILES: 9
NEW HTM FILES: 4
NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 2
NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 414 |
NEW REFERENCES | |
RCA81 | ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS - EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (1981) |
FECK18 | THE FECKLESS COLLECTION (2018) |
NEW IMAGES | |
Summary: |
64 new artists, 1 new biography file, 2 BC artist references,
30 BC Vital Statistic updates, 8 artist monographs added (829
total). Macdonald's Dictionary of Canadian Artists Volume 8.1 was
recently acquired. 155 BC artists were referenced from this
volume (668 pages), 46 of them new to BC Artists.
NEW ARTISTS: 64
NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 1
NEW JPG FILES: 0
NEW HTM FILES: 3
NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 2
NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 320 |
NEW REFERENCES | |
WVM17 | WE ALL DREW, ALWAYS (2017) |
NEW BIOGRAPHIES | |
Shaw, Jane Brunn |
Summary: |
Extensive updates to Stanley D.F. Tytler biography.
37 new artist biographies, one new clipping, 16 new images, misc. updates,
3 new exhibitions with 308 artworks listed in total,
3 new books referenced, 17 artist monographs added, 23 BC Vital
Statistics updates, 2017 "what's new" page added. 554 new artists referenced. --------------------------- Acquisition of the 1982 Artists in Canada publication allowed for a review of its contents compared to BC artists, and a surprising number of "new" artists showed up, along with a number of name and date additions. All artists noted as "BC" (plus a few others) in AIC82 have now been referenced into BC Artists. There are 527 "new" artists from 2,273 applicable (BC artist) references, out of approximately 21,000 Canadian artists listed in the publication.
A summary of information referenced: ---------------------------
NEW ARTISTS: 554
NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 37
NEW JPG FILES: 16
NEW HTM FILES: 64
NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 6
NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 2,382 |
NEW EXHIBITIONS | |
1947 BC Artists 16th Annual Exhibition (272 artworks) | |
1947 Gordon Smith Paintings & Sketches (19 artworks) | |
1948 Auree Sinkins Paintings & Sketches (17 artworks) |
NEW REFERENCES | |
AGH84 | VANCOUVER 6 (1984) |
AIC82 | ARTISTS IN CANADA (1982) |
LIM75 | THE LIMNERS (1975) |
LIM78 | THE LIMNERS (1978) |
SSBC84 | SCULPTURE '84 (1984) |
VAL88 | FEAR OF OTHERS (1988) |
NEW CLIPPINGS | |
S.D. Tytler, B.C. Artist Succumbs (1948) |
NEW IMAGES | |
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