BC ARTISTS: Helen A. West

Helen Agnes West
(m David Kahma)

September 7 1911 - July 17 1971

B.C. Society of Fine Arts (Member 1942-1960, Hon. Sec. 1947-1950)

Helen A. West exhibited in a number of the B.C. Artists Summer Exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

She exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their annual exhibitions from 1940 to 1957.

Information available on-line from B.C. Vital Statistics notes that Helen Agnes Kahma died in North Vancouver at the age of 59. She was widowed at the time, her employment was noted as "Don - Women's Residence, U.B.C." from which she had retired in September 1970.

Exhibitions

	EXHIBITION	ARTWORK

1940 May 17 - June 2	BCSFA 30th Annual	Okanagan Landscape
		Self Portrait
1941 May 10 - June 1	BCSFA 31st Annual	White Lake Valley, Okanagan
		Girl's Back
1942 May 15 - 31	BCSFA 32nd Annual	Landscape I
		Landscape II
		Abstraction
1942 July 7 - Sept. 2	VAG B.C. Artists 1st Annual Summer	Portrait of a Girl
1943 May 15 - June 6	BCSFA 33rd Annual	Figure Composition
1943 July 2 - Aug. 25	VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual Summer	Figure Composition
1944 May 13 - June 4	BCSFA 34th Annual	Tutelary Synod
1945 May 18 - June 10	BCSFA 35th Annual	Lillian
		Mary
1945 July 3 - Aug. 26	VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual Summer	Mary
1946 May 31 - June 23	BCSFA 36th Annual	Yellow Bolero
		Dita
		Harlequin Dress
1946 July 2 - 28	VAG Jubilee Exhibition	Yellow Bolero
1947 May 9 - June 1	BCSFA 37th Annual	Figure Harmony
1947 July 8 - 27	VAG B.C. Artists Summer Exhibition	Figure Harmony
1948 May 18 -June 6	BCSFA 38th Annual	Roche de Boule
		Kispayax
		Landscape, Hazelton
1949 May 3 - 22	BCSFA 39th Annual	Landscape, Skeena River
		Portrait
		Indian Graves, Hazelton
1949 July 12 - July 31	VAG Stanley Park in Pictures	Brockton Point
1950 April 25 - May 14	BCSA 40th Annual	Portrait
		Portrait

References

A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

Clippings

" ... forms part of a group of abstract or semi-abstract compositions by ... Helen West ..."
From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts Display Sets New High Mark," by Palette
Vancouver Daily Province, May 16, 1942

"Among other prominent exhibitors are ... Helen West ... (continues)
From "Summer Show at Gallery Major Event for Art Lovers," by Palette
Vancouver Daily Province, July 7, 1943

"However, one can not omit mentioning the ... forthright affirmatively painted oils by Helen West ... (continues)"
From "Lively Spirit Pervades B.C. Artists' Exhibition" by Palette. Vancouver Daily Province, May 3 1949