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FOSTER, Hilda Vincent
- Born
- Nottingham, England, 1897
- Died
- Saanich, British Columbia, 1970
- Biography synopsis
- Hilda V. Foster studied art at the Nottingham Municipal School of Art with her father H. Wilson Foster before emigrating to Edmonton In 1927. She became involved in the local art community, serving as the president of the Edmonton Art Club from 1930-1934. Her work was included in the Alberta Artists collection for 1933, and in 1935 Foster participated in the Women Sketch Hunters of Alberta exhibition which included the works of a group of women who were excluded from the the Alberta Society of Artist's male-only membership. Foster also submitted works to the exhibitions of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1936-45). She moved to Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1940 where she joined local arts groups, including the Victoria Sketch Club. From 1945-1948 her works were included in B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery. A collection of her watercolours is held at the Royal B.C. Museum.
- Media used
- Painting
- Watercolour
- Memberships
- Edmonton Art Club, President (1930-1934)
- Edmonton Sketch Club
- Victoria Sketch Club, 1967 President; 1968 Past President
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Royal British Columbia Museum
- City of Edmonton Archives, AB
- British Columbia Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Alberta Artists Will Entertain At Garden Party." Edmonton Journal 30 May 1941: 18
- "Edmonton Artists Work on Display." Vancouver Sun 13 Jan. 1943: 12
- "Miss Foster and Mrs. Hobbs: Paintings." Daily Colonist (Victoria) 19 Mar. 1963
- "Miss Foster's Pictures accepted by Academy." Daily Colonist (Victoria) 1 Nov. 1945
- "Miss H.V. Foster has Watercolor in Toronto Show." Edmonton Journal 5 Nov. 1936: 18
- "The Victoria Sketch Club." The Daily Colonist 11 June 1967
- "Two Cobble Hill Artists to Exhibit Paintings here." The Daily Colonist 5 Dec. 1948
- “Artists Show Paintings.” The Daily Colonist 21 Mar. 1961
- Ainslie, Patricia and Mary-Beth LaViolette. Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2007
- Jupp, Ursual. "Sketch Club." Daily Colonist 1969
- Lover, John Gordon. The Victoria Sketch Club: A Centennial Celebration, 1909-2009 Victoria, B.C.: Victoria Sketch Club, 2008
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Royal Canadian Academy of Arts/Académie royale des arts du Canada: Exhibitions and Members 1880-1979 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981
- Townshend, Nancy. A History of Art in Alberta, 1905-1970 Calgary, Alberta: Bayeux, 2005
- Tuele, Nicholas, and Christina Johnson-Dean. British Columbia Women Artists, 1885-1985 Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1985
- Young, India Rael. "Normative/Deviant: The Artistic Life of Hilda Vincent Foster" CWAHI Conference 2021
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