Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Society of Artists

This organization, founded at Winnipeg in 1902, advocated on behalf of an art gallery and school to be established in Manitoba, and arranged for artistic works to be exhibited here.

Presidents

Period

President

1902-?

Hay Strafford Stead (1872-1924)

?-1925

Inactive

1925-1929

Walter Joseph Phillips (1884-1963)

1929-1934

Alexander Johnston Musgrove (1882-1952)

1934-1936

Walter Joseph Phillips (1884-1963)

1936-1939

Percival James Edgar (1887-1946)

1939-1942

Henry Eric Bergman (1893-1958)

1942-1944

Alison Houseon Lockerbie Newton (1890-1967)

1944-1946

Newton Percival Brett (1889-1969)

1946-1950

James MacGregor

1950-1952

Albert P. Hunter (1901-1970)

1952-1954

Donald Smith

1954-1956

Georgie Wilcox

1957-1960

Leo Mol (1915-2009)

1960-1962

Kenneth Martin

1962-1964

Robert Bruce

1964-1966

Leonard Anthony “Len” Sandeman (1923-2017)

1966-1969

Cornelius “Neil” Hoogstraten (1910-2003)

1969-1971

Joseph Cortin

1971-1974

Betty Dimock

1974-1976

Jan Boning

1976-1977

Jerry Bone

1977-1978

Arnold Ross

1978-1980

Hans Osted

1980-1982

Ethel Percy

1982

John Gaudes

1982-1985

Eleanor Golfman

1985-1988

Jan Boning

1988-1990

Les W. Dewar

1990-1992

Bill Chody

1992-1994

Tony Kuluk

1994-1996

Leona Brown

1996-1998

Les W. Dewar

1998-2000

Gerald Folkerts

2000-2001

Vacant

2001-2003

Yisa Akinbolaji

Sources:

Obituary [A. P. Hunter], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 January 1970.

The Manitoba Society of Artists: Artists Directory, Manitoba Legislative Library, Reference N6546, Man.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 December 2021