Norah Elizabeth Bittancourt
(nee Ashton, m Lyndell Arthur Bittancourt)
December 28 1899 - June 5 1972
N.E. Bittancourt was born in England in 1899. She arrived in
B.C. around 1915, and moved to Salt Spring Island around 1925.
She exhibited artwork in the 1948 group exhibition
of the Salt Spring Island Art Group
at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
She died at home on Salt Spring Island at the age of 77. She
was living on Bittancourt Road.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE |
EXHIBITION |
ARTWORK |
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| 1948 Nov. 2 - 14 |
Group Exhibition - VAG |
Marjorie & D'Arcy |
|
|
Spring Scene |
|
|
Dorothea |
|
|
Class Study Room |
|
|
End of the Harbour |
|
|
The Links |
|
|
Down the Harbour |
|
|
Portrait |
References
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
Clippings
"We hope that what measure of success we have attained from our humble start in the
brief period of two years or less may encourage other such groups to form. I enclose
the fee for the two weeks of display, Nov. 2-Nov. 14, $15.00. Very truly yours,
Nora E. Bittancourt"
From "Letter re Saltspring Island Art Group exhibition"
Personal correspondence, October 25 1948
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