Artist and teacher
featured in exhibition

DON Jarvis was born
in Vancouver in 1923.

He studied at the
Vancouver School of Art
under the tutelage of B.C.
Binning and Jack Shadbolt,
graduating in 1948.

A year later, he furthered
his studies by working with
Hans Hoffman in New York.
He later returned to
Vancouver and enjoyed a
carver as an artist and paint-

ing instructor.
farvis and his wife built a
house on Sentinel Hill in the
1950s, joining the burgcon-
ing West Vancouver arts
community. .
In 1986, he retired from
Emily Carr College of Art
and Design after teaching
there for 35 years.
For the past nine years,
he has lived in West Sechelt.
Jarvis has exhibited widely -
in Canada‘and abroad, most -
notably at National Gallery
Bienaials in’ 1955, 1957,
1959, 1961 aiid 1965; a ret-
‘ rospective solo exhibition at
the-Vancouver Art Gallery in
1977; as part of Vancouver
Art and Artists, the inaugural _
exhibition for the new |

“ , Vancotiver Art Gailery; and
: art of the 1993 National
Gs lery show The Crisis of

Abstraction in Canada,

1950s.:
That same vear, he was
selected to create street ban-
“ners for the city of ‘
- Vancouver. : ;
Jarvis’ work is represented
in many private and public
collections including the
Vanccuver Art Gallery, the
National Gallery of Canada,
* the British Columbia Art
* Collection and the corporate *

,. collections of the Toronto -.

Dominion Bank, Imperial -
Oil Limited and the ‘Mendel

Collection.: ° >.

: Sid Jarvis earlier this _ hare ;
year: “My purpose is to si .
“experience through my -
painting — experience gath-
ered from diverse SOUFCES;

‘landscape, figure and ‘inner’.
images, brought together

: through abstraction and
improvisation to form new
ntities, which T hope will strike : a responsive

cord in the viewer.”

‘Don Jarvis is one of the artists featured in
“Generations, an exhibition presented by the
Wee Ye ‘Vancouver Museum and Archives, 680 |

On Saturday, Oat. 36, 1 to 2: 30 O p.m. ‘the

(Don fervielttau-Xi Galery

DON Jarvis W was a , member of West Vencouver’s bur-
-Seoning § arts community ¢ of the 7950s and ’60s.

museum will present an artists’ forum featur-
ing Jarvis and painters Joan and Bruce Boyd,
scuiptor Bill Koochin and painter/arts activist
Norma Sorensen. Call 925-7295 for more
information.
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