Beatrice Stone medal awarded annually by the
Vancouver Art Gallery for a painting in oil of a
high order of merit is this year awarded to Lieut.
Marcel Godfrey for his painting, "Signor Rossi," it was announced by
the Art Gallery Council today.
A veteran of the First Great War, Lt. Godfrey, artist, writer, and
traveller, came to British Columbia five years ago and established a
studio at Oyama. In 1936 (sic: 1937) he held a
successful one-man show at the Art Gallery here. At present he is serving
with H.M. Forces at a West Coast depot.
MEDAL FOR PASTEL
As previously announced, this year's B.C. Artists
Exhibition sees the institution of an Association
Bronze Medal for a work in pastels of a high order of merit.
This has been awarded to Miss Bessie A. Fry, New
Westminster, for her painting "Rocky Mountain Study." Miss Fry has been a
regular contributor to Gallery exhibition(s) for years and has also exhibited
in Eastern Canada. She is a member of the B.C. Society of
Fine Arts and an art teacher of wide experience.
The Association Bronze Medal for a watercolor painting of a high order of
merit goes to Gordon J. Munro, New Westminster, for
his painting, "Farmyard." Mr. Munro, a native of Victoria, attended Burnaby
High School and received his early art training under F.H.
Varley, A.R.C.A., subsequently attending evening classes at the
Vancouver School of Art, under P.
von Ustinow. He is a commercial artist by profession.
BLACK AND WHITE
Mrs. Irene Hoffar Reid, West Vancouver, receives the
Association Bronze Medal for work in black-and-white of a high order of merit
for her drawing, "The Valley." Mrs. Reid is one of the original students of the
Vancouver School of Art.
"Youth," a carving in black stone, gains for its creator, Miss Doris
LeCocq, A.R.M.S., the Association Bronze Medal for a piece of sculpture in
a high order of merit. Miss LeCocq, a native of England, came to Canada some years
ago and is a teacher of pottery and sculpture at the Vancouver School of Art.
The special silver medal awarded for the first time by W.H. Malkin, president of
the Art Gallery, has been awarded to Fred A. Amess,
supervisor of night classes at the Vancouver School of Art for his painting
"Artists in the Wind." English by birth, Mr. Amess graduated from the South
Vancouver High School and was one of the originial students at the Vancouver
School of Art. He later studied in London and Paris.
OUTSTANDING WORKS
The customary honorable mentions have been made as follows: Oil Paintings:
W. Charles Forrest, Courtenay, "New Mexico";
Miss Lorraine E. Hodge, West Vancouver, "Happiness."
Pastels: Lieut. Marcel Godfrey, "Peonies and Lily";
Baroness Herry, Vernon, "Sunset Impromptu."
Watercolors: Jack L. Shadbolt, Vancouver, "Winter Landscape";
John Ensor, Victoria, "Henry Bulwer, Esq."
Black and white: Miss Christina D. Kennedy, Vancouver, "Head of a Woman";
Mrs. J.R. Morgan, Queen Charlotte Islands, "Skidgates."
Sculpture: Phlip Butterfield, Vancouver, "James Butterfield, Esq.";
"Fairlie", Vancouver, "Flame No. 2."
Medals and certificates of merit will be presented to the winners at a private
ceremony to be held on conclusion of the Art Gallery Council meeting on Oct. 18.
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