Artist Information
Artist
Ronald Threlkeld Jackson (1902-1992)Role
PainterDate made
n.d.Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in Hamiota, Manitoba, Ronald Threlkeld Jackson is well known for his British Columbia coastal views that often include a small fishing vessel. A graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art, London where he won the School’s Duveen Award, he did further studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He received government commissions in the United Kingdom, Canada and B.C. Jackson exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts and at the annual B.C. Artists exhibitions in 1934, and from 1936 until 1943, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The artist lived most of his life in Vancouver and was a member of the International Oceanographic Foundation, the Federation of Canadian Artists, the British Columbia Society of Artists, and a founding member of the Canadian Society of Marine Artists.
