Fonds MS-1246 - Hilda Vincent Foster fonds

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Hilda Vincent Foster fonds

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  • Graphic material - artwork

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Fonds

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CA EDM MS-1246

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  • 1931 - 1937 (Creation)
    Creator
    Foster, Hilda Vincent

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Physical description

6 pieces of art

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Name of creator

(1896 - 1970)

Biographical history

Hilda Vincent Foster was born in Nottingham, England in 1896. She studied art at the Nottingham Municipal School of Art with her father, H. Wilson Foster, before crossing the Atlantic and moving to Edmonton in 1927.

She quickly entered the local art scene and was considered a “newcomer of promise” by the Edmonton Journal (July 17, 1929). She joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1930 and served as its President from 1930-1934. Around 1942 Hilda and her life partner Edith Forester moved to Cobble Hill, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

Hilda Foster was active in many arts groups, including the Alberta Society of Artists, the Women’s Lyceum Art Association, the Women Sketch Hunters of Alberta, and the Victoria Sketch Club. She exhibited with these groups, as well as with the Royal Canadian Academy and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Custodial history

Scope and content

This fonds contains 6 watercolour paintings of Edmonton scenes by artist Hilda Vincent Foster.

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Immediate source of acquisition

This fonds was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Hilda Vincent Foster in 1963.

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  • English

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    Restrictions on access

    There are no restrictions on access.

    Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

    Public Domain.

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    Associated materials

    See also BC Archives Collection F4 - Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection.

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    No further accruals are expected.

    General note

    Accession number: A63-111

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    City of Edmonton Archives

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    • Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
    • Archives Society of Alberta Subject Terms

    Status

    Final

    Level of detail

    Full

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