| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She exhibited her artwork in a number of B.C. Society of Fine Arts annual exhibitions. She was listed in the 1929 and 1930 exhibition catalogues as Hon. Sec. Treasurer of the Society.
Her husband Alfred was an accountant in Vancouver City Hall, becoming Comptroller before his retirement. Around 1946 the couple moved to North Vancouver.
She also exhibited artwork with the Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1911.
In 1932 she was a signatory to an agreement to boycott the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa for their exhibition and purchase policies related to Canadian artists. She was noted as being a Vancouver artist.
B.C. Vital Statistics on-line database states that Adela Winifred Pilkington died in North Vancouver on April 2, 1962 at the age of 88. Her occupation was noted as "Housewife." The death certificate does not note the names of her parents, so her maiden name is currently not known to the Editor.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1909 November | BCSFA Second Exhibition | Still Life Study |
| 1917 May 5 | Sketch Club Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1917 December 1 | Sketch Club Exhibition | (titles not known) |
| 1919 Sept. 6 - ? | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | A Cottage Garden |
| 1920 Feb. 7 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (snow scene) |
| (study of roses) | ||
| 1920 Dec. 4 - ? | Sketch Club Annual Exhibition | Marjory (daughter) |
| "Succo" (boy's portrait) | ||
| A Snow Scene in Surrey | ||
| 1924 December | Sketch Club Semi-Annual Exhibition | Northumberland Coast |
| 1925 May 9 - 16 | BCSFA 17th Annual Exhibition | Avon Warwick |
| Borrowdale, Keswick | ||
| 1925 Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 | Sketch Club Semi-Annual Exhibition | The Tired Model |
| 1926 May 8 - 15 | BCSFA 18th Annual Exhibition | Penzance, Cornwall |
| 1929 May 18 - June 8 | BCSFA 21st Annual Exhibition | Wallflowers |
| Still Life | ||
| Still Life (Purple and Amber) | ||
| 1929 Nov. 16 - 30 | BCSFA Winter Exhibition | The Blue Lustre Bowl |
| 1930 May 31 - June 14 | BCSFA Spring Exhibition | Still Life |
| 1933 June 3 - 11 | VAG BCSFA 23rd Annual Exhibition | Zinnias |
| 1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual | The Witch Ball |
THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)
ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)
CITY & PROVINCIAL DIRECTORIES 1919/21 (refer to DIR)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"At their new quarters in the Victoria block, the Vancouver Sketch Club
had an interesting exhibition on Saturday afternoon. Among the exhibitors were ...
Mrs. Pilkington ... "
From "Many Visitors At Sketch Club"
Vancouver Daily World, December 3 1917
" ... "A Cottage Garden" by Mrs. Pilkington."
From "Sketch Club Opens Winter Season's Work"
Vancouver Daily Province, September 8 1919
" ... Mrs. A.W. Pilkington (was represented) by a snow scene in oils and a study
of roses in oils; ... "
From "Sketch Club Has Resumed Exhibitions"
Vancouver Daily World, February 9 1920
"Several landscape studies by Mrs. A. Pilkington are full of poetic feeling."
From "Freshness and Vitality in Exhibition of Vancouver Sketch Club"
Western Woman's Weekly, June 5 1920
"For some time the meetings and exhibitions of the club were held at the
studio of Miss Wake, but about two years ago an independent
studio was secured at the present quarters, 342 Pender street west.
This location has become known for its art associations, the building having also
contained the studios of such well known artists as
Mr. Thos. W. Fripp,
Miss Margaret Wake,
Miss Isabel Weir, and
Mr. Norman Hawkins."
From "Sketch Club Is Well Organized" by I.B.
Vancouver Province, July 17 1920
"In the Loan Exhibit members represented were ... Mrs. A.J. Pilkington, ..."
From "Arts Clubs Active - Vancouver Sketch Club"
Western Woman's Weekly, September 18 1920
"Adela W. Pilkington, the popular and more than kind
secretary of the club, also showed portraits. One of her lovely little daughter
Marjory dressed as a flower girl in pale blue with a basket of lovely violets in
her hands. The boy "Succo" was also excellent in likeness. Usually Mrs. Pilkington
shows some fine still life or flower paintings, but this time she has given us one
of her landscapes instead "A Snow Scene in Surrey.""
From "Annual Exhibit by Sketch Club"
Vancouver Province, December 6 1920
"In the larger realm of landscape subjects are: ... "Northumberland Coast," by Mrs.
A.J. Pilkington; ... "
From "Semi-Annual Exhibition of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
British Columbia Monthly, January 1925
"The only portrait in oils was shown by Mrs. A.J. Pilkington,
entitled "The Tired Model," a noticeable and very decorative piece of work."
From "Private View Precedes Sketch Club Exhibition"
Vancouver Province, November 30 1925
Miss Wake painted "Sophie," a finely executed piece of work representing
another well-known old indian woman. This has been frequently exhibited
in Vancouver, and is now the property of Mrs. A.J. Pilkington, the
wife of the City Comptroller."
From "The City Art Gallery" by G.H. Lardner
Museum and Art Notes, Vol. IV, No. 1. March 1929
"The B.C.S.F.A. has recently had the expert and capable
assistance of Mrs. A.J. Pilkington as honourary
secretary treasurer, and the society owes much to her in this regard. The
catalogues were ready and the arrangements were complete."
From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts" by
Diogenes
Vancouver Province, November 13 1930
" ... the 118 artists who have signed the agreement to date
... include ... Adela W. Pilkington ... "
From "Canadian Artists Unite to Boycott
National Gallery" by The Canadian Press
Montreal Gazette, December 8 1932