| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
He taught for a while at the Canadian Institute of Associated Arts in Vancouver.
He exhibited in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1934 to 1951.
He showed one painting in the 1935 Spring Exhibition of the Art Association of Montreal.
He was on a list titled "Leading Vancouver Artists," provided to the Labour Arts Guild on April 10, 1946 by the Vancouver Art Gallery to assist in the Guild's call for entries to the second annual B.C. At Work exhibition.
In 1946 he was also appointed Curator of the Vancouver Art Gallery, an interim position he held until 1948.
He exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in many of their annual exhibitions from 1936 to 1967.
Tyler died in Vancouver in 1983 at the age of 86.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual | Up the Capilano |
| The Blue Hill | ||
| The House in the Country | ||
| 1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual | Mountains - Haney |
| The Gap - Buccaneer Bay | ||
| Along Coal Harbour | ||
| 1936 June 26 - July 12 | BCSFA 26th Annual | Old Shacks, Kitsilano |
| Rough Sea | ||
| 1937 April 16 - May 1 | BCSFA 27th Annual | Afterglow |
| Sketch | ||
| Sketch | ||
| 1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 6th Annual | Landscape, Lynn Valley |
| Landscape, Grouse Mountain | ||
| Marine | ||
| 1938 April 29 - May 15 | BCSFA 28th Annual | B.C. Landscape, Late Afternoon |
| Near Ruskin, B.C. | ||
| False Creek | ||
| Rain Clouds, Howe Sound | ||
| A Bit of B.C. Coast | ||
| Landscape | ||
| 1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 | VAG B.C. Artists 7th Annual | Landscape |
| Fraser River, Hope, B.C. | ||
| Holy Cross Mountain, near Hope, B.C. | ||
| 1939 June 9 - 25 | BCSFA 29th Annual | Cariboo Highway, Haig, B.C. |
| The Cove - Summer | ||
| Entrance to Chinese Garden | ||
| The Cove - Winter | ||
| Marine | ||
| November - Lynn Valley | ||
| The Inlet | ||
| 1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 | VAG B.C. Artists 8th Annual | Reflections, Pavilion Lake |
| Evening Sky, Pavilion Lake | ||
| Evening | ||
| Fraser Canyon, Near Lytton, B.C. | ||
| Near Hope, B.C. | ||
| 1940 May 17 - June 2 | BCSFA 30th Annual | The Fraser, Hope, B.C. |
| Ogilvie Range | ||
| Clouds Over The Holy Cross | ||
| 1941 May 10 - June 1 | BCSFA 31st Annual | Spring, Lynn Valley |
| Fire Ranger's Shack | ||
| Hope, B.C. | ||
| Trout Stream, Hope, B.C. | ||
| 1942 May 15 - 31 | BCSFA 32nd Annual | Landscape, Hope, B.C. |
| Ogilvie Range, Hope, B.C. | ||
| Hope Mountain | ||
| 1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 | VAG B.C. Artists 11th Annual | Landscape, Alta Lake |
| 1943 May 15 - June 6 | BCSFA 33rd Annual | Autumn Uplands, Victoria |
| Spring Uplands, Victoria | ||
| Landscape, Victoria | ||
| Thetis Lake, Victoria | ||
| 1943 July 2 - Aug. 25 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual Summer | Thetis Lake |
| 1944 May 13 - June 4 | BCSFA 34th Annual | Golden Ears from the Pitt |
| Stormy Day, Howe Sound | ||
| Near Hope, B.C. | ||
| Farm Yard | ||
| B.C. Landscape | ||
| 1944 July 4 - Aug. 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual Summer | B.C. Landscape |
| 1945 May 18 - June 10 | BCSFA 35th Annual | Storm Over Seton Lake, Shalalth, B.C. |
| B.C. Coast | ||
| White Cap Mtn., Shalalth, B.C. | ||
| 1945 July 3 - Aug. 26 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual Summer | Storm Over Seaton Lake, Shalalth, B.C. |
| 1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 | VAG B.C. Artists 14th Annual | B.C. Landscape |
| 1946 May 31 - June 23 | BCSFA 36th Annual | Coal Harbour, Sketch No. 1 |
| Coal Harbour, Sketch No. 2 | ||
| Sketch, Lytton, B.C. | ||
| Lynn Valley | ||
| Landscape, Near Port Moody, B.C. | ||
| 1946 July 2 - 28 | VAG Jubilee Exhibition | The Red Barn, Lytton |
| 1947 May 9 - June 1 | BCSFA 37th Annual | Indian Shacks, Lytton, B.C. |
| Okanagan Landscape | ||
| 1947 July 8 - 27 | VAG B.C. Artists Summer Exhibition | Indian Shacks |
| 1948 May 18 -June 6 | BCSFA 38th Annual | Landscape, Lynn Valley |
| Rough Sea, Late Afternoon | ||
| 1949 May 3 - 22 | BCSFA 39th Annual | April |
| Stumps | ||
| 1950 April 25 - May 14 | BCSA 40th Annual | The Red Barn |
| Landscape with Stumps | ||
| 1951 April 24 - May 13 | VAG BCSA 41st Annual | Still Life |
| 1952 April 1 - 20 | VAG BCSA 42nd Annual | Stormy Day |
| Marine | ||
| 1953 May 5 - 31 | VAG BCSA 43rd Annual | Landscape No. 1 Evening |
| Landscape No. 2 Spring | ||
| After the Storm | ||
| 1954 May 25 - June 13 | VAG BCSA 44th Annual | Winter Landscape |
| 1955 April 26 - May 15 | VAG BCSA 45th Annual | Stormy Day Near Haney |
| Blue Pool, Lynn Valley | ||
| 1957 March 5 - 24 | VAG BCSA 47th Annual | Forest Interior |
| Study, Mt. Revelstoke 1 | ||
| Study, Mt. Revelstoke 2 |
WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)
100 YEARS OF B.C. ART (refer to VAG58)
VISUAL ARTS BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to VABC77)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
2 references cited for Tyler: McMann's Montreal
Museum list of Spring Exhibitions, and WWNA above.
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"G.T. Tyler (sic), G.L Thornton Sharp,
James Amess, and Stanley Tytler and others
make contributions which should be studied."
From "Leading Provincial Artists Exhibit at Show" by T.H.W.
News-Herald, June 10 1939
"Artists represented in the group comprise the following ... G.H. Tyler ... "
From "Maritime Art Association"
Vancouver Art Gallery Bulletin, November (?) 1939
" ... together with oil and watercolour paintings by ...
G.H. Tyler ... all contribute much to this extraordinary show."
From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts
Display Sets New High Mark" by Palette
Vancouver Province, May 16 1942
"... G.H. Tyler (was elected) vice-president ..."
From "B.C. Artists' Display To Calgary
For Exhibition" by Palette
Vancouver Province, May-June 1942
"Among other exhibits are ... Gerald H. Tyler's "Thetis Lake, Victoria," ... "
From "Fine Creative Spirit Marks Exhibition By B.C. Artists"
Vancouver Province, May 21 1943
"G.H. Tyler has several small landscapes to his credit."
From "Notable Exhibits of Artists' Work"
by Mildred Valley Thornton
Vancouver Sun (presumed), May 1944
"We, in turn, are invited to attend "Group Two's" first regular meeting
next week . . . for which (we're proud to confess), they've secured
G.H. Tyler as speaker . . . before we got a chance at him."
From "Painter's Colic" by E.L.
The Lions Gate Times, March 11 1948