The Victoria Sketch Club is a Canadian arts organization, the oldest Canadian arts group west of Ontario. It was established in 1909 as The Island Arts Club. The 56 charter members included

Emily Carr Emily Carr (or M. Emily Carr as she sometimes signed her work) (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer who was inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the painters in Canada to ado ...

Samuel Maclure Samuel Maclure (11 April 1860 – 8 August 1929) was a Canadian architect in British Columbia, Canada, from 1890 to 1920. He was born on 11 April 1860 in Sapperton, New Westminster, British Columbia, to John and Martha Maclure. He studied painti ...

and Josephine Crease. The club's stated purpose was "to bring together artists and those interested in art; to hold public exhibitions of art and craft work; and to stimulate general interest in arts and crafts". It was renamed the Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1912. Most early members were immigrants from Britain and were interested in portraying the local scenery. In 1952, the society was renamed The Sketch Club and subsequently became the Victoria Sketch Club. The club continues to hold an annual exhibition of members' work. In 2009, the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery presented a retrospective ''Rebels and Realists: 100 Years of the Victoria Sketch Club''.

Notable members

* Emily Carr * Samuel Maclure *

Jack Shadbolt Jack Leonard Shadbolt, (February 4, 1909 November 22, 1998) was a Canadian painter. Early life Born in Shoeburyness, England, Shadbolt came to Canada with his parents in April 1911. He was raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He studied at t ...

* Max Maynard *

Ted Harrison Edward Hardy Harrison LL.D. (August 28, 1926 – January 16, 2015) was an English-Canadian artist who created many paintings of the Yukon. Early life and education Ted Harrison was born in Wingate, County Durham, England, in 1926. He star ...

* Ina Uhthoff * Katharine Maltwood * Stella Langdale *

Sarah Lindley Crease Sarah Lindley Crease (1826–1922) was a Canadian artist. Born in England, as the daughter of botanist John Lindley, Crease studied art with Charles Fox and Sarah Ann Drake. Her early works were botanical illustrations for her father's pub ...

* Thomas Fripp * Edythe Hembroff * Margaret Kitto *

Sophie Pemberton Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton or Sophie Pemberton Deane-Drummond (13 February 1869 - 31 October 1959) was a Canadian painter considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist. Despite the social limitations placed on female a ...

* Nell Bradshaw

References

External links

* 1909 establishments in British Columbia Canadian artist groups and collectives Clubs and societies in Canada {{BC-stub