BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Alfred M. (Moray?) Read

? - (?Dec 16 1926 per BC Vital Statistics?)

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


Alfred M. Read exhibited in Vancouver starting at least as early as 1909, showing artwork that year in the spring at the B.C. Society of Fine Arts' debut First Annual Exhibition at the Dominion Hall in Vancouver. Later that year another four paintings were shown at the Exhibition of Pictures held by the Vancouver Studio Club and School of Art. The exhibition catalogue for the latter show gives his name as A.M. Read.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1909 April 20 - 28 BCSFA   First Annual Exhibition Bidston Church, Cheshire, Eng.
1909 June 19 - July 17 Studio Club   Exhibition of Pictures Sunset, English Bay
Burrard Inlet, Evening
The Lions
Second Narrows, Burrard Inlet
1909 Oct. 27 - Nov. 6 Studio Club    Autumn Exhibition "examples of the work"
1924 July Sketch Club    Midsummer Exhibition Grouse Mountain
1924 October Sketch Club    October Exhibition Brockton Point Lighthouse
1925 Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 Sketch Club    Semi-Annual Exhibition (titles not known)

References

THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)

Clippings

"I have only space this week to note ... the pictures of ... Alfred M. Read ... "
      "The Studio Club Autumn Exhibition" by Felix Penne
      B.C. Saturday Sunset, October 30 1909

""Grouse Mountain," by Mr. Read, is an effective bit of coloring - soft and hazy."
      From "The Midsummer Exhibit of the Vancouver Sketch Club" by Bertha Lewis
      British Columbia Monthly, July 1924

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


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