Jack Weldon Humphrey (1901-1967)

Born in Saint John , NB to Charles Percy and Nellie Alberta (Weldon) Humphrey

Education

1917-18         Mount Allison University , Sackville , NB

1920-23         Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston , MA . (Studied under Philip Hale)

1924-29         National Academy of Design, New York , NY (Studies under Charles Hawthorne)

1925-27        Cape Cod School of Art , Provincetown , MA

Spring 1930   Hans Hoffmann's School, Munich , Germany

Career

1929-30        Traveled and studied in Europe for nine months.

1938              Painted in Mexico for 2 ½ months

1945              Teacher at Queens University Summer School

1952-4           Painted in France

Member

Eastern Group, Montreal

Canadian Group of Painters

Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolours (Director 1944, Vice President 1945)

Canadian Society of Graphic Art

(Regional representative 1946,1956 and 1959; Eastern Vice President 1959)

Canadian Arts Council Committee of the International Association of Plastic Arts

Awards and Honours

1951              LL.D. from University of New Brunswick , Fredericton

1952             Canadian Government Royal Society Overseas Fellowship

1958             Canada Council Short-term Grant

1958             Prize, Winnipeg Art Gallery Show

1960             Canada Council Senior Arts Fellowship

1961             First Purchase Prize, First Atlantic Awards Exhibition, Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS

Solo Exhibitions

1938-9                                 Picture Loan Society, Toronto

1943 and 1955                     Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

1945                                    Vancouver Art Gallery

1946,1950,1961 and 1964   University of New Brunswick Art centre, Fredericton

1949,1954,1964 and 1972   New Brunswick Museum , Saint John

1949 and 1954                     Owens Art Gallery , Sackville

1954                                     Robertson Galleries, Ottawa

1962,1965, and 1971           Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal

1963                                     Penthouse Gallery, Montreal

1966-67 Jack Humphrey: A Retrospective Exhibition

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Winnipeg Art Gallery , Winnipeg

Mendel Art Gallery , Saskatoon

Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown

The New Brunswick Museum , Saint John

Beaverbrook Art Gallery , Fredericton

1971                                        Wallack Galleries, Ottawa

                                                Cassel Galleries, Fredericton

1972                                        Sunbury Shores Art & Nature Centre Inc, St Andrews

                                                Restigouche Art Gallery , Campbellton

1974                                        Dresdnere, Toronto

Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor

Beaverbrook Art Gallery , Fredericton

Canadian Industries Limited, Montreal

Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown

Dalhousie University , Halifax

Edmonton Art Gallery , Edmonton

Hart House, University of Toronto , Toronto

London Public Library and Art Museum, London ON

Memorial University of Newfoundland , St John's

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

The New Brunswick Museum , Saint John

Owens Art Gallery , Sackville

Sir George Williams Art Galleries , Montreal

Université de Moncton

Winnipeg Art Gallery