BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

George Walter Rust

May 3 1897 - December 28 1987

Vancouver Sketch Club


George Walter Rust was born in London, England. He was married to Ruth Alberta Gabel.

He exhibited artwork with the Vancouver Sketch Club in 1932 at the Vancouver Exhibition, and in the group's May monthly exhibition. The 1932 City Directory lists him as a Salesman, employed by Canada Westinghouse, living at 3725 West 34th.

He was living in Richmond when he died at the age of 90, a "retired Sales Manager."


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1932 May 7 Sketch Club   Monthly Exhibition North Lumby, B.C.
1932 Aug. 29 - Sept. 5 VanExh   Vancouver Sketch Club Exhibit In the Interior
Near Kamloops

References

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

Clippings

"Although there was a trifle of monotony to the layout of the fields in G.W. Rust's "North Lumby, B.C.," there was a good idea of distance and a clear sweep of sky."
      From "Sketch Club Showing Has Fine Pictures" by D.S.M.
      Vancouver Sun, May 9 1932


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