Reid, Irene (Hoffar)

REID, Irene (Hoffar), artist (b 2 Sept 1908, Vancouver; d 1994, Sidney). The daughter of Henry HOFFAR, a boatbuilder, she attended the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts (later EMILY CARR INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN) from 1925 to 1930, studying with Fred VARLEY and Charles SCOTT. After further studies in London, England, she taught at the Vancouver School of Art from 1933 to 1937 and had a long and productive career as a painter and mixed-media artist. Twice president of the BC...

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