- About KnowBC
- Terms of Use
- Searching KnowBC
- BC Facts
- Books about BC
- BC Links
- For Teachers
- Connect to KnowBC FAQ
Art, Visual
ART, VISUAL in BC marks an immigrant history of people and ideas.
Early Painters
As settlers and visitors to a new land, artists have sought to accommodate a vast and diverse landscape, its gradual urbanization and a particular cultural given, the arts of its First Peoples (see ART, NORTHWEST COAST ABORIGINAL). First were the colonial documentarists, beginning with the meticulous sketches of John WEBBER, the artist on James COOK's expedition to NOOTKA SOUND in 1778. Webber's...
If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.
You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.
- Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
- Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
- Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC
If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.
-
Westward Drift by Jack Shadbolt, 1989. Courtesy Doris Shadbolt/Bau-Xi Gallery
The Great Eagle, Skidegate, a watercolour painting by Emily Carr, 1929. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Dress with Insects by Gathie Falk, 1998. Courtesy Equinox Gallery
View of English Bay Looking at Point Grey, William Ferris, watercolour. Courtesy Uno Langmann
Pond Painting F.S. IV, Gordon Smith, 1996, acrylic on canvas, 150x120 cm. Private collection/Courtesy Equinox Gallery
Chief Moody Humchitt, Mildred Valley Thornton, c 1940, oil on board, 60x50 cm. Courtesy Heiltsuk Nation Collection, Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre, Bella Bella
Marbled Murrelets, Robert Bateman, 1992, hand pulled lithograph, 22.5x30 cm. © Robert Bateman. Reproduction rights courtesy of Boshkung, Inc.
Mount Rundle, Frederick Bell-Smith. Courtesy Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Haida Dog Salmon, 1974 silkscreen by Bill Reid. Courtesy Martine Reid
In the Mineral Regions, a Prospector's Hut, Charles John Collings, watercolour. Courtesy Uno Langmann
First Narrrows Looking West. James Blomfield, 1905 watercolour. Courtesy Uno Langmann
Odalisque, Maxwell Bates. Courtesy Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Yale in the Morning, William Brymner, 1886, oil on canvas. Courtesy Uno Langmann
Blue Sky, Emily Carr, 1932–34, oil on canvas, 95.3x66.14 cm. Courtesy Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Mt Cheam, Fraser Valley, George Southwell, oil on canvas. Courtesy Uno Langmann
Final Break, Jack Shadboldt, 1993, acrylic on linen. Photo by Tien Huang/Courtesy Doris Shadbolt
Hermit Thrush, J.F. Lansdowne. Courtesy the artist
Leaves of a Box, Jock Macdonald. Courtesy Art Gallery of Greater Victoria -
Internet links
