BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

A. Burgess Beach

dates

B.C. Society of Fine Arts
B.C. Art League (Executive 1920)


A. Burgess Beach exhibited in the September 1921 thirteenth Annual Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts, held at the Vancouver School Board offices on Hamilton Street.

Arthur B. Beech (note spelling) is listed in the 1921 Vancouver Directory as "Chief Instructor, S.C.R. School." In 1922 he is noted as "cabinet maker" at 1155 Pender Street. The listing for that address includes three businesses: S.C.R., Fine Art Furniture Ltd., and Vancouver Upholstering Ltd.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1921 Sept. 19 - 24 BCSFA   13th Annual Exhibition Fire Screen - woodwork

References

THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM69)

(not in Biographical Index of Artists in Canada)

(not listed in BC Vital Statistics as of April 2021)

Clippings

"The other exhibit of craft work was a fire screen, the mahogany frame of which was designed and made in the Burgess Beach workshops. Mr. C.A. Ferguson, B.C.A., designed the embroidery, which was sewn by his wife."
      From "By the Way in Art" per B.C. Art League
      Vancouver Province, Thursday October 6 1921, page 12

"In the near future three members of the league, Messrs. Burgess Beach, Wilbert Rattray, and D. Donaldson will begin their artistic craft classes at their Pender street atelier. Design, wood carving and cabinet making will be taken up."
      From "By the Way in Art" per B.C. Art League
      Vancouver Province, Thursday October 6 1921, page 12


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