BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
After the war they moved to Calgary, Alberta, where she taught school. The couple briefly moved to Vancouver, where she exhibited her artwork from 1926 to 1930. The 1927 City Directory lists F.J. Wilcocks as employed by J.B. Leyland as an Insurance Agent, residence at 6 - 2230 Cornwall. Edna is not listed. By 1929 he had his own insurance business at home. He is not listed in the 1931 Directory.
Edna is listed in the exhibition catalogue of the 1930 Spring Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts as a member, and as one of the Executive Committee. She exhibited her work with the group in May 1926, June 1927, May 1929, and November 1929.
She also exhibited work at the Vancouver Exhibition in 1926, and with the Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1928.
They moved to Altadena, California in the early 1930s, where she taught school for over twenty years. She also exhibited with the California Water Colour Society, Pasadena Art Institute, and other groups.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
1926 May 8 - 15 | BCSFA 18th Annual Exhibition | Miss Betsey Spohn (Loaned by Dr. Spohn) |
A New England Homestead | ||
Stanley Park | ||
1927 June 10 - 25 | BCSFA 19th Annual Exhibition | Lady in Japanese Priest Coat |
Bunty | ||
1929 May 18 - June 8 | BCSFA 21st Annual Exhibition | Fisherman's Cove |
Portrait |
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