BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Francoise Marise Sylvaine Andre
(m Charles Stegeman)

August 13 1926 - December 4 2009

B.C. Society of Artists

Francoise Andre was born in Les Sables d'Olenne, France, and arrived in Vancouver in 1952

She married artist Charles Stegeman in Vancouver in 1952.

She exhibited artwork in the 1953 43rd Annual exhibition of the B.C. Society of Artists, and in 1954, 55, 57, 58, and 1960.

Andre exhibited work in the VAG BC Artists annual exhibitions in 1953/54/56/57/60.

She exhibited in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibition in 1962.

She and her husband moved to Chicago in 1962.

Andre taught in the Banff School of Art summer school.

She died in Malvern, Pennsylvania in 2009 at the age of 83.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1953 May 5 - 31 VAG    BCSA 43rd Annual Discussion
1954 May 25 - June 13 VAG    BCSA 44th Annual The Lantern
1955 April 26 - May 15 VAG    BCSA 45th Annual Unity
1957 March 5 - 24 VAG    BCSA 47th Annual Rex
2 Sphinxes and The Sun
1958 Feb. 4 - 22 VAG    BCSA 48th Annual Nativity in Forest
Morning Flower

References - Exhibitions

3rd BC GRAPHIC & CANADIAN SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC ART (refer to BCG57)

100 YEARS OF B.C. ART (refer to VAG58)

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM - NORTHWEST ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS 1914 - 1975
     Refer to NWA BC artists by exhibition
     Refer to NWAA BC artists alphabetically

SPRING EXHIBITION - FCA - BC REGION (refer to FCA64)

VANCOUVER: ART & ARTISTS 1931 - 1983 (refer to VAG83)

GENERATIONS - FIVE DECADES OF ART IN WEST VANCOUVER 1912 - 1962 (refer to WVMA99)

A MODERN LIFE: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-1960 (refer to VAG04)

References - General

ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS - EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (refer to RCA81)

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

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      6 references cited for Andre.

GREATER VANCOUVER ART GALLERIES 1954-2020 (refer to GVAG20)
     2 references to Andre.

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
      Full page bio on the artist & numerous references.

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

https://artistfrancoiseandre.com/

Clippings

"Give-and-Take in 'Art War' Delights Artist Newcomer" by Naomi Lang
      Vancouver Sun, May 10 1952

"She Paints Life as She Finds It" by J. Delisle Parker
      Vancouver Province, February 21 1953

"Talented Artist to Display Her Work"
      Kamloops Daily Sentinel, February 5 1971

"Hangs Her One-man Show on Campus"
      London Evening Free Press, May 1 1971

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