BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Art Association of Montreal
(now Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)

1860 - (1938-)

The Art Association of Montreal was founded in 1860, and produced an extensive series of annual exhibitions. They included artists from outside of Montreal into their exhibitions, including American artists and artists from across Canada. The 55th Spring Exhibition in 1938, for example, included paintings by the following western artists:
     Harry Hood
     Beulah Jaenicke
     W.P. Weston
     W.J. Phillips
     R.W. Major
     Philip Surrey

Additional west coast artists who exhibited in Montreal included Melita Aitken, Jane Billaux, Statira Frame, Marguerite Marie Frechette, T.W. Fripp, Mary Riter Hamilton, Gwendolen Kortwright Lamont, Beatrice Lennie, J. Delisle Parker, Molly Privett, Peter Sager, Charles H. Scott, Hilda J. Stewart, Mildred Valley Thornton, and Gerald Hall Tyler.

The compilation of information by Evelyn McMann titled Montreal Museum of Fine Arts formerly Art Association of Montreal Spring Exhibitions 1880 - 1970 contains not only complete listings of all works exhibited during that period of time, but also includes a list of biographical sources, lists of members of the Juries, and a list of exhibitions. An excellent source of information.

Exhibitions

DATE EXHIBITION
1938 March 17 - April 10 55th Spring Exhibition, Montreal

References

PAINTING IN CANADA - A HISTORY by John Russell Harper
      1966 First edition; 1977 2nd edition; ISBN 0-8020-2271-5 (hardcover)
      Numerous short references to the group

MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS -
SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)

Clippings

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