BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Alfred Stanley Colton

July 28 1921 - June 7 2012

Vancouver School of Art (Diploma 1947)
B.C. Teachers' Federation
B.C. Society of Artists (Associate Member)

Alfred Stanley Colton was born in Toronto. He was educated at the Ontario College of Art from 1940-42, then joined the RCAF. After World War II he moved to Vancouver, where he graduated from the art school in 1947.

He exhibited his work in the 1948 and 1949 Stanley Park in Pictures exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and in the B.C. Artists' exhibitions from 1946 to 1950.

In the late 1950s to early 1960s Colton edited Perception, the journal of the B.C. Teachers' Federation, and illustrated a number of the front covers for The B.C. Teacher.

He exhibited with the BCSFA in 1952, listed as an associate member.

The 1990 IMAGES AND OBJECTS VIII catalogue notes that he had a solo exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery in 1987, and several pieces were purchased for their permanent collection. The artist was living in Langley in 1990.

Colton died June 7, 2012.

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1946 Aug. 13 - 25 VAG   Stanley Park in Pictures Georgia Entrance
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual Fishboats From Georgia Viaduct
Household Art
1946 Oct. ? - ? FCA    40 Selections from 15th BCA Fishboats From Georgia Viaduct
1947 April 12 - 13 WVCAC   Exhibition of Fine Arts Our Neighbours
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Alley off Dunsmuir
1948 July 27 - Aug. 15 VAG   Stanley Park in Pictures Man on a Bench
1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 17th Annual Landscape, North Vancouver
Tenement Dwellers
1949 July 12 - July 31 VAG   Stanley Park in Pictures Georgia Entrance
Pond in the Park
1950 April 25 - May 14 BCSA   40th Annual Easter
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 VAG   B.C. Artists 19th Annual Indian Village, North Vancouver
Figures in the Street

References

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

B.C. FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS - IMAGES AND OBJECTS VIII (refer to BCFA90)

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
      Half page biography, partially based on document from the artist in 1961.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
     1 reference to Colton: Macdonald (above)

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-stanley-colton&pid=158051986

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