Artist Information
Artist
Donald Stewart Cameron (1866-1941)Role
PainterDate made
1925Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Donald Stewart Cameron was a respected Canadian painter who worked in a traditional style in oil, watercolour and pastel. Cameron studied at the South Kensington School (Royal College of Art), London and at the Scottish Educational Department, later immigrating to Canada.
He became an early member of the Island Arts and Crafts Society, contributing to the Society's exhibitions for 25 years from 1911. Also an accomplished sketcher, he was an original member of the Society’s Sketch Club component. He was also an able administrator, serving as treasurer of the Society from 1925 to 1932, and then as president from 1932 to 1935. Cameron also exhibited in Vancouver, staged solo exhibitions, and with other Society members showed at the arts section of the Willows Agricultural Fair.
Cameron was also one of 118 Canadian artists who, in 1932, demanded reform at the National Gallery of Canada including a government investigation and threatened a contentious boycott. In addition to the Gallery, the controversy involved the Canadian Group of Seven, the Royal Canadian Academy, various key artist societies (incl. the Island Arts and Crafts Society), Government Ministers and many professional artists. See Web Links.