BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

John (C.M.) Scott
(also John F. Scott?)

dates

A.B.W.S. (Associate, British Watercolour Society?)
Vancouver Sketch Club
B.C. Society of Fine Arts (Member)

John Scott exhibited his work in 1920 in monthly exhibitions of the Vancouver Sketch Club. He also exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in the May 1925, June 1927, May 1929, and May 1930 Spring Exhibition.

Two men named John Scott were listed as members of the society in the exhibition catalogue for the 1930 Spring Exhibition. One had the letters A.B.W.S. appended to his name (also in the 1925 exhibition catalogue).

He exhibited his work in the annual B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1937, 1939, 1942, and 1947.

His work was also in the 1950 annual exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts, in the exhibition catalogue he was listed as living in Penticton, B.C.

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1924 May 3 - 17 BCSFA   16th Annual Exhibition The Friendly Road
An April Day
Beside Still Waters
1925 May 9 - 16 BCSFA   17th Annual Exhibition Portrait: Miss Beatrice Hay
Idle Boats
April
"Portrait", Miss Thelma Vance
1927 June 10 - 25 BCSFA   19th Annual Exhibition Miss Jean Scott
Miss Netta Harvey
1929 May 18 - June 8 BCSFA   21st Annual Exhibition Miss Kate Paige
Miss Evelyn Hanes
1930 May 31 - June 14 BCSFA   Spring Exhibition Entrance to Capilano Canyon
1930 Aug. 6 - 16 VanExh   Oil Paintings & Water-colours Entrance to Capilano Canyon
1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 6th Annual The Gold of Autumn
Kitty Moore
A Native Son of B.C.
Miss Doris Fee
1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 VAG   B.C. Artists 8th Annual Mount Hector, Alberta
Miss Eleanor Gray
1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 VAG   B.C. Artists 11th Annual "Deena"
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Garden Bay
1950 April 25 - May 14 BCSA   40th Annual Exhibition The Bleached Rocks

References

THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM)

Clippings

"Mr. John Scott shows two engaging examples of his refined work."
      From "Freshness and Vitality in Exhibition of Vancouver Sketch Club"
      Western Woman's Weekly, June 5 1920

"Mr. John Scott's charcoal drawings, most of them done at the evening life class, were exceedingly well done."
      From "Vancouver Sketch Club"
      Western Woman's Weekly, October 9 1920

"The Society membership has been constantly strengthened in the succeeding years by the addition of other members, which included in the early years ... John Scott ... "
      From "B.C. Society of Artists - A History" by J.D. Parker
      B.C. Society of Fine Arts 40th Annual Exhibition Catalogue, 1950


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