BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Gwladys (also Gladys) Clovelly L. Woodward

June 11 1885 - August 7 1978

Island Arts and Crafts Society

Gwladys Woodward was born in Uckington, Gloucester, England in 1885. She lived in Victoria beginning in 1928. She was a landscape painter in watercolour, and exhibited her work with the Island Arts and Crafts Society between 1910 and 1941. She was on the Committee for the 1940 and 1941 annual exhibitions.

In 1932 Woodward was a signatory to an agreement to boycott the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa for their exhibition and purchase policies related to Canadian artists. She was noted as being a Victoria artist.

She had work in a number of the the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

She was single when she died at home in Victoria in 1978.

Editor's note: I did a vertical listing of all artworks that Woodward exhibited with the IACS, adding 142 titles to her exhibition record. Although not much biographical material has been found for the artist, the titles of her artworks show that she travelled widely, not just Vancouver Island and the rest of B.C., but also to Tunisia, Hawaii, Banff, California, and perhaps England. There is a 4-year gap in exhibitions from 1924 to 1928.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1910 September IACS   1st Annual View Near Illecillewaet
Gordon Head, near Victoria
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
From Beacon Hill
1911 Oct. 5 - 7 IACS Alexandra Club   2nd Annual Near Alberni
A November Evening
Japanese Garden, Gorge Park
A Rose
Looking Down Moss Street
A Breezy Day at Ross Bay
Sealing Schooners
Camp at Shawnigan
1912 Oct. 17 - 19 IACS Alexandra Club   3rd Annual In the Harbour, Victoria
Sealing Schooners
Poppies in Grass
A Cloverdale Hay Field
Christ Church Cathedral
At Gordon Head
English Bay, Vancouver
1913 Oct. 16 - 18 IACS Alexandra Club 4th Ann. Flooded Meadows
A June Meadow
Cowichan River
Fishing Boats
Pussy Willows
Shawnigan Lake
Saanich Inlet
Spring Time
1914 Nov. 19 - 21 IACS Alexandra Club 5th Ann. A Gray Day
Water Lilies
In My Garden
A Peep of the Olympics
Mt. Arrowsmith
Haymaking
June Meadows
A Summer Storm
1915 Nov. 23 - 27 IACS Union Bank Bldg 6th Ann. In the Mountains
October Day
The Daisy Field
Burgoyne Bay, Salt Spring Island
1916 Oct. 24 - 28 IACS Union Bank Bldg 7th Ann. June Day
Sea Waves
From the Gorge
June Meadows
Sol Duc
Mt. Baker
Springtime
1917 Oct. 23 - 27 IACS Pemberton Bldg 8th Ann. Date Palms, Honolulu
Berkeley Hills, California
Surf, Hawaiian Islands
Cocoanut (sic) Palms
Tantalus Mountain, Honolulu
Coral Beach
Eventide, Hawaii
1918 Jan. 14 - 18 IACS Pemberton Bldg 9th Ann. Three Sisters
In the Woods
Shawnigan Lake
Mt. Rundle, Banff
In the Mountains
Sunset
Shawnigan Lake
1919 Oct. 23 - 29 IACS Belmont Bldg 10th Ann. June Fields
Somas River
A Breezy Day
Waves
Sproat Lake
Plumper's Pass
From the Train
Snowdrops
1920 Oct. 25 - 30 IACS Belmont Bldg 11th Ann. A Mountain Path
Fowl Bay
Among the Islands
The Fir Tree
Broom at Beacon Hill
View From Pender Island
Mt. Arrowsmith
1921 Oct. 18 - 25 IACS Belmont Bldg 12th Ann. Crescent Lake
Evening
The Hillside
In the Mountains
Waves
California Wild Flowers
Spring in California
1922 Oct. 19 - 25 IACS Belmont Bldg 13th Ann. Catkins
The Arbutus Glade
A Summer Morning
Deep Cove
The Lone Pines
Chinese Junk Boat
An Autumn Day
1923 Oct. 23 - 30 IACS H.B.C. Bldg 14th Ann. The Poplars
Shawnigan Lake
Violets
Arbutus Tree
Pender Island
In My Garden
Autumn Sunshine
"When Wintry Winds Do Blow"
1924 Oct. 20 - 25 IACS Belmont Bldg 15th Ann. When Daylight Fades
Sunset on Sproat Lake
Among the Islands
Where Snow and Flowers Meet
Autumn
The Sentinels
Among the Hills
A Peep of the Olympics
1928 Oct. 23 - 31 IACS Belmont Bldg 19th Ann. Gateway, Tunis
Autumn Sunshine
Mt. Arrowsmith
The Path by the Sea
The Coral Beach
Pine Trees, Qualicum
1929 Oct. 22 - 31 IACS Belmont Bldg 20th Ann. Mill Valley, California
The Path by the Sea
A Peep of the Olympics
Christmas Cards
1930 Oct. 28 - Nov. 8 IACS Board of Trade Bldg 21st Ann. The Old Archway
Crocus
Tulips
Snowdrops
1931 Oct. 20 - 31 IACS Belmont Bldg 22nd Ann. Indians
Kootenay Lake
Old Stone Church
Mount Baker
(work in Crafts Section)
1932 Oct. 5 - 30 VAG   B.C. Artists 1st Annual The Straits of Juan de Fuca
1932 Oct. 11 - 22 IACS Belmont Bldg 23rd Ann. Spring
Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island
The Angel's Gateway
Firs at Qualicum
(work in Handicrafts section)
1933 Mar. 3 - 15 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Pines, Vancouver Island
Old Indian Church
The Angel's Gateway
1933 Oct. 24 - Nov. 4 IACS Belmont House 24th Ann. Breeze From the Sea
Spring Song
Snow and Flowers Meet
Evening Glow
1933 Dec. 1 - 17 VAG   B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition The Valley of the Limm
Olympics from Victoria
Winding Road Vancouver Island
1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 VAG   B.C. Artists 3rd Annual In the Mountains
1934 Oct. 22 - 27 IACS Belmont House 25th Ann. The Bend
Mountain View
Mount Rainier
1934 Dec. 4 - 16 VAG   B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition Where Snow and Flowers Meet
In the Mountains
1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 VAG   B.C. Artists 4th Annual Landscape
1935 Nov. 4 - 9 IACS Belmont House 26th Ann. Spring
Micamac River
The Old Willow
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Reflections
Canadian Landscape
1936 Oct. 26 - 31 IACS Coast Hall 27th Ann. Somas River, Alberni
Pines
Sproat Lake
1937 Oct. 20 - 27 IACS Belmont House 28th Ann. Autumn Mist
Maple Bend
Spring Symphony
1938 Oct. 20 - 29 IACS Belmont House 29th Ann. Reflections
Great Central Lake
Mountain Lake
1939 Mar. 14 - 26 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Our Camp
In the Mountains
1940 April 8 - 13 IACS Crystal Garden 30th Ann. Pines, Vancouver Island
English Woodside
Summer Skies
1941 April 28 - May 3 IACS Crystal Garden 31st Ann. Foxgloves
Mt. Arrowsmith
Cameron Lake
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 VAG   B.C. Artists 10th Annual The Hillside
1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 VAG   B.C. Artists 12th Annual Victoria Landscape
Landscape

References

ISLAND ARTS & CRAFTS CLUB 5th ANNUAL EXHIBITION (refer to IACS14)

WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)
      Short entry for Woodward.

ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      1 reference cited for Woodward: WWNA above.

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

Clippings

" ... the 118 artists who have signed the agreement to date ... include ... Gladys Woodward ... "
      From "Canadian Artists Unite to Boycott National Gallery" by The Canadian Press
      Montreal Gazette, December 8 1932


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