Josephine Crease
Josephine Crease (August 7, 1864 – December 24, 1947) was a Canadian artist.
Josephine Crease
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- Name
- Josephine Crease
- Born
- 7 August 1864
- Birthplace
- New Westminster, British Columbia Colony
- Died
- 24 December 1947
- Place of death
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Education
- King's College London
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- English
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Josephine Crease (August 7, 1864 – December 24, 1947) was a Canadian artist.
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Josephine Crease was a Canadian painter. Born in New Westminster, the painter died in Victoria. Josephine Crease studied at King's College London. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Josephine Crease • Born — 7 August 1864 • Birthplace — New Westminster, British Columbia Colony • Died — 24 December 1947 • Place of death — Victoria, British Columbia • Education — King's College London
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• Illustration — One of her watercolours She was the daughter of Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease and Lady Sarah Lindley Crease. She was born in New Westminster and moved to Victoria with her family in 1869. She attended art classes at King's College in London with her sister Susan. Crease took sketching trips around Vancouver Island and painted watercolours of local landscapes. She was a founding member of the Island Arts and Crafts Society, serving as its honorary president in 1939, and a member of the Victoria Sketch Club, serving as its president in 1903. She was included in exhibitions by the British Columbia Society of Fine Arts, at the Vancouver Art Gallery, which exhibited her work in 1978, and at the Victoria Fair. She died in Victoria at the age of 83. Her work is held in the collections of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
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Josephine Crease was born at New Westminster.
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Josephine Crease died at Victoria.
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- 1.Person Details for Josephine Crease. familysearch.org.
- 2.JOHNSON, CHRISTINA. Emily Carr and Others at Victoria. RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 5. 2. 130–131. 1 January 1978. 42630163.
- 3.Victoria Sketch Club. Josephine Crease.
- 4.Crease, Josephine. Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
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- For more on the Crease's participation in the arts, see Christina B Johnson-Dean, The Crease family and the arts in Victoria, British Columbia, Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1983.
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