BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

2016 BC ARTIST updates
2011-2015 BC ARTIST updates
2002-2011 AAEV updates


2017 UPDATES: New to Release 1.7.5

Issued August 29
Summary: Twenty artists updated from BC Vital Statistics on-line research. One new clipping, one new artist biography, one new artist group listed, one new artist group file.

NEW ARTISTS: 0
TOTAL ARTISTS: 18,124

NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 1
TOTAL ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 1,451

NEW JPG FILES: 0
TOTAL JPG FILES: 509

NEW HTM FILES: 3
UPDATED HTM FILES: 19
TOTAL HTM FILES: 2,612

NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 0
TOTAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 319

NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 0
TOTAL INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 32,537


  NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
  Gibbs, Hubert

  NEW CLIPPINGS
  "PAINTER'S COLIC" (1948)

  NEW GROUP
  WEST VANCOUVER SKETCH CLUB


2017 UPDATES: New to Release 1.7.4

Issued July 31 2017
Summary: NEW ARTISTS: 6
TOTAL ARTISTS: 18,124

NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 0
TOTAL ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 1,450

NEW JPG FILES: 2
TOTAL JPG FILES: 509

NEW HTM FILES: 4
UPDATED HTM FILES: 33
TOTAL HTM FILES: 2,609

NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 2
TOTAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 319

NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 53
TOTAL INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 32,537


  NEW REFERENCES
BAG17 THE ORNAMENT OF A HOUSE - FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING (2017)
RG09 THE MOST VIOLENT THING (2009)

  NEW IMAGES
 
   


2017 UPDATES: New to Release 1.7.3

Issued July 12 2017

Summary: The self-imposed task of cross-referencing Evelyn McMann's final work on Canadian art - the BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA published in 2003 - into BC Artists is complete. From the more than 8,800 artists listed by McMann, 1,144 artists are referenced into BC Artists, 62 of them "new" to BCA. Going through McMann also caused the referencing of another 100 or so artists from Macdonald's A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS, indexed in Release 1.7.1.

Re-formatting of biography listings for consistency is ongoing while files are open, and to point them to common files which can be easily updated for all references. Components from AAEV are slowly being merged, linked, or re-formatted directly into BCA, in preparation for the ultimate merging of AAEV into BCA to form one unified "look" for the project. This is also eliminating some duplication of information, for example art school publications have been moved from three places (none of them complete with all info) into one list. Three files have been deleted - almost going backwards!

I have completed cross-referencing listings from the BC Directories pages, 1887 through 1934. A total of 130 "new" artists are listed as a result, and 50 new galleries, studios, and art supply stores.

2 new biographies, 3 new occasional papers, 28 new artist monographs. There are further updates to Art & Framing Stores of Vancouver and Parakontas pages. 76 artists updated from BC Vital Statistics documents, and 38 artists updated from review of VPL on-line website for BC artists.

And finally, an extensive proof-reading and formatting exercise through the twenty-six A to Z artist index files is finally complete! Talk about dotting the i's and crossing the t's (crossing my eyes more likely).

NEW ARTISTS: 164
TOTAL ARTISTS: 18,118

NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 2
TOTAL ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 1,450

NEW JPG FILES: 54
TOTAL JPG FILES: 507

NEW HTM FILES: 53
UPDATED HTM FILES: 481
TOTAL HTM FILES: 2,605

NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 3
TOTAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 317

NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 1,354
TOTAL INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 32,484


  NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
  Shabaeff, Valentin
  Study, Herbert S.

  NEW EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
  P.G. Cowley Brown - Small Landscape Sketches

  NEW REFERENCES
BIAC03 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (2003)
MPS90 MALASPINA PRINTMAKERS - IN PRINT 1975-1990 (1990)
PARK17 PARKER STREET STUDIO - ARTISTS (2017)

  NEW OCCASIONAL PAPERS
  W. Kenneth Hoff - biographical letter
  Nicholson's Peerless Japanese Transparent Water Colors
  Number of artists referenced

  NEW IMAGES
 
       
     
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
   


2017 UPDATES: New to Release 1.7.2

(issued February 23 2017)

Summary: New images for Tomhu Huron Roberts, new photo portraits scanned from MUSEUM NOTES; T.R. Hardiman's Pioneer Gallery expanded, Sidney Baker framing stamp added, and another S.P. Judge drawing scanned. Much information was added from a review of 47 city and provincial directories, 1887 to 1933, which provided new listings for 79 artists and 55 galleries and other venues.

NEW ARTISTS: 79
TOTAL ARTISTS: 17,954

NEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 2
TOTAL ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES: 1,448

NEW JPG FILES: 13
TOTAL JPG FILES: 453

NEW HTM FILES: 12
UPDATED HTM FILES: 184
TOTAL HTM FILES: 2,553

NEW BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 1
TOTAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 314

NEW INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 126
TOTAL INDIVIDUAL BC ARTIST REFERENCES: 31,257


  ARTISTS
  Budden, Charles T.
  Janel, Emil

  BCA REFERENCES
  THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (1969)
  CITY & PROVINCIAL DIRECTORIES (expanded)

  IMAGES
 
       
     
     



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