BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She exhibited work with the Vancouver Sketch Club from at least 1917 to 1925.
She later showed work with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in the 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1924 annual exhibitions. The 1920 exhibition was held at the Vancouver School Board offices on Hamilton Street.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
1900 Sept. 25-27 | VACA First Annual Exhibition | Three Sisters, Canmore |
A Sunburst | ||
1917 May 5 | Sketch Club Exhibition | (titles not known) |
1917 Sept. 14 - 22 | BCSFA Eleventh Exhibition | The Casco |
1917 December 1 | Sketch Club Exhibition | (titles not known) |
1918 Feb. 2 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (titles not known) |
1918 April | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (view of mountains across harbour) |
(bit of foreshore in the glow of evening) | ||
1919 Sept. 6 - ? | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | The Narrows |
Sleeping Beauty Mountains | ||
1920 Feb. 7 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (pencil sketches from the model) |
1920 September 18 - 25 | BCSFA Annual Exhibition | Brockton Point |
1920 Dec. 4 - ? | Sketch Club Annual Exhibition | (landscape) |
(landscape) | ||
(marine view) | ||
(marine view) | ||
(marine view) | ||
1921 Sept. 19 - 24 | BCSFA 13th Annual Exhibition | View in the Narrows |
A Breezy Day | ||
1921 Nov. 5 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (three landscapes) |
1922 April 1 | Sketch Club Monthly Exhibition | (the Lions) |
1922 Sept. 16 - 23 | BCSFA 14th Annual Exhibition | The Lions |
A Bit of the Narrows | ||
1924 May 3 - 17 | BCSFA 16th Annual Exhibition | Deepening Shadows |
1925 Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 | Sketch Club Semi-Annual Exhibition | (titles not known) |
"At their new quarters in the Victoria block, the Vancouver Sketch Club
had an interesting exhibition on Saturday afternoon. Among the exhibitors were ... Mrs. Rankine ..."
"Many Visitors At Sketch Club"
Vancouver Daily World, December 3 1917
"Sketches were sent in by the following: ... Mrs. Rankin ... "
From "Sketch Club Display"
Vancouver Daily World, February 4 1918
"Mrs. Rankin's satisfactory rendering of a view of the mountains across the harbor
was excelled by (a) more pleasing bit of foreshore in the glow of evening."
From "Miss Neilson Terry is Guest of Sketch Club"
Vancouver Daily World, April 1918
" ... "The Narrows," and "Sleeping Beauty Mountains," by Mrs. J.S. Rankin ... "
From "Sketch Club Opens Winter Season's Work"
Vancouver Daily Province, September 8 1919
" ... Mrs. J.S. Rankin (was represented) by pencil sketches
from the model at the club's evening classes; ... "
From "Sketch Club Has Resumed Exhibitions"
Vancouver Daily World, February 9 1920
"Mrs. J.S. Rankin (was represented) by water color sketches of "Dead Man's Island," and
"Boats at Anchor""
From "Vancouver Sketch Club"
Western Woman's Weekly, October 9 1920
"Mrs. Rankin's landscapes are always a pleasure to everybody
and this time equally so. She also shows three marine views soft and lovely in color."
From "Annual Exhibit by Sketch Club"
Vancouver Province, December 6 1920
"The exhibitors were: ... Mrs. Rankin, three landscapes; ... "
From "Many View Sketch Club Exhibit and Much Work Shown"
Vancouver Sun, November 7 1921
"Mrs. Rankin hung a scene of The Lions, done in her usual distinctive style."
From "Sketch Club Tea Enjoyable Event; Good Work Shown"
Vancouver Daily World, April 3 1922
""Deepening Shadows" by Mrs. Rankin is done in washes of
delicate colors. The sense of distance is satisfying. Wavering reflections of mauve,
brown and green in the pale shimmering water give poetry to the picture."
From "Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Art" by
Alice M. Winlow
British Columbia magazine, June 1924
"Others exhibiting were ... Mrs. Rankin, ... "
From "Private View Precedes Sketch Club Exhibition"
Vancouver Province, November 30 1925