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ARTS AND SCIENCES. - For such a comparatively young country as British
Columbia, the "Arts and Sciences" have made fair progress. The
British Columbia Art Association, with
Mr. E.S.
Sharpnel (sic) as president, was founded in 1890. The
first exhibition was formed that year, when
three hundred (sic) works of art were placed on view, the majority
being original. The "Art, Historical and Scientific
Association of Vancouver" was organized in 1894. Its
first exhibition
was opened by the Governor-General in November, 1894. THE ARTISTS. - The principal artists belonging to those associations are, Messrs. E.S. Sharpnel (sic), member of the Canadian Academy and Ontario Society of Artists; W. Wilson, of Cowichan, landscape painter - his works exhibited in Glasgow and Edinburgh; Lee Rogers, Vancouver, landscape painter, a native of Liverpool - works exhibited in the Royal Academy; H.H. Simpson, Victoria, painter of animals, exhibitor in the Royal Academy; R. Quentin, Victoria, portrait and historical painter, a native of Paris, pupil of Gerome, and exhibitor in the Salon; T. Bamford, Victoria, landscape and portrait painter in oil and water colors, a native of Liverpool, England - studied under John Finney, Art Academy, Liverpool, and at the Boston Art School; S. Maclure, Victoria, landscape painter in water colors, a native of British Columbia - studied in Philadelphia; C.L. Barff, Victoria, landscape painter in oil, a native of England, and recently from China; J. Carpenter, Victoria, water colorist, a native of England.
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