BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

August (Gus) Roozeboom (Private)

1921 - 1944

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August Roozeboom married Marguerite Ellen Goulding. His artwork was posthumously exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the 1945 14th Annual B.C. Artists exhibition. The artist was killed in action at Arnheim in 1944, fighting with the Netherlands Airborne Commandos.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual Composition, India, No. 1
Composition, India, No. 2

References

FROM DESOLATION TO SPLENDOUR (refer to FDTS77)

B.C. Archives - transcript summary of Bill & Marguerite Roozeboom interview, taken at White Rock May 7 1981.

Clippings

"In the graphic arts room two of the finest and most powerful drawings, based on themes in India, were made by the late Pte. August Roozeboom, who lost his life in Holland while serving with the Netherlands airborne commandos. This gifted young artist, with a most promising future, was born in Holland and came to Vancouver as a child. He interrupted his studies at the Vancouver School of Art to join the armed forces and was first sent to India where the present exhibits were made. Later the artist-soldier was ordered to Holland where he was killed in action at Arnheim, close to his birthplace."
      From "Graphic Arts and Sculpture Place in Gallery Exhibition" by Palette
      Vancouver Province, September 24 1945

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