BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
He exhibited his work with the Royal Canadian Academy from 1894 to 1909.
He moved to Vancouver in 1911, where he continued to be active in the arts, and wrote an arts column for the Vancouver Sun, also writing short stories. Radford provided a cover illustration for the January 1911 issue of Man to Man, for an article titled "The Totem Pole of Itswoot the Canoe Maker." He illustrated additional cover pages in February, March, and April 1911.
He exhibited at the Vancouver Exhibition in 1925, 1930, and 1932, representing the Vancouver Sketch Club.
In 1932 Radford 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. He was noted as being a Vancouver artist.
He continued to exhibit his work, with the Vancouver Sketch Club in 1933, and in a solo show in 1939.
He exhibited his work in the 1937 B.C. Artists annual exhibition.
In 1940 he exhibited two watercolours of Vancouver and one of Bute Inlet, in an exhibition held by the Island Arts and Crafts Society.
Radford died in Vancouver in 1940 at the age of 79.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
1923 March 3 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (tempera painting) |
The Goose Girl | ||
1930 Aug. 6 - 16 | VanExh Oil Paintings & Water-colours | Pleasant Valley |
Rollers | ||
The Salmon Haunt | ||
1932 Aug. 29 - Sept. 5 | VanExh Vancouver Sketch Club Exhibit | Point Kittery, Maine, from Newcstle, N.H. |
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 6th Annual | Arete, Snow and Erosion |
Point Mugu, California | ||
Derelicts, Kitsilano Beach | ||
1946 July 2 - 28 | VAG Jubilee Exhibition | South Corner of False Creek |
EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS IN CANADA (refer to H70)
THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)
ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors
AN EXHIBITION OF OUR COLLECTION OF EARLY WESTERN CANADIAN WATERCOLORS (refer to UL78)
ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS - EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (refer to RCA81)
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)
3 references cited for Radford.
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"A deputation committee composed of ... and John A. Radford was appointed to wait on
the Board of Board (sic) to set aside the necessary site for the memorial."
From "Important Meeting of B.C. Art League"
Western Woman's Weekly, April 23 1921
"The Executive Council was enlarged by the addition of the following members ...
Mr. J.A. Radford ... "
From "Important Meeting of B.C. Art League"
Western Woman's Weekly, April 23 1921
"A feature among the smaller pieces is the tempera work of Mr. John
Radford: he has demonstrated with a few strong and definite strokes the possibilities
of this medium for rapid sketching, the masses and details are inserted with unerring
judgment and the combination of strength and softness is instructive. The same artist has
a good subject picture, "The Goose Girl," which is a departure from the unadorned
landscape so popular with the amateur."
From "Vancouver Sketch Club"
Vancouver Province, March 5 1923
"The school has been open since September and during the past term 160 day pupils have
been in attendance. The work has been under the direction of Mr. John
Redford (sic), but commencing next September will be taken over by
Mr. Charles Scott ... "
From "Art School to Stage Exhibit"
Vancouver Province, June 14 1926
" ... the 118 artists who have signed the agreement to date
... include ... J.A. Radford ... "
From "Canadian Artists Unite to Boycott
National Gallery" by The Canadian Press
Montreal Gazette, December 8 1932