Fonds - B.C. Binning family fonds

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B.C. Binning family fonds

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    • 1889-2001 (Creation)
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      Binning, B. C.

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    3.5 m of textual records and other material

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    (1909-1976)

    Biographical history

    Bertram Charles Binning (1909-1976) was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta and grew up in Vancouver, where he later attended art school before pursuing his studies in Oregon, Greenwich Village, New York and London. He joined the University of British Columbia School of Architecture in 1949 after many years as an instructor at the Vancouver School of Arts. In 1955, Binning became head of the Department of Fine Arts, which he had helped establish. He resigned from the position in 1968 to devote more time to teaching and painting. Binning retired from the University in 1973. He was involved in the founding of the Department of Fine Arts, the development of the UBC Fine Arts Gallery, the initiation of the Brock Hall Collection of Canadian Art, the conception and direction of the Festival of Contemporary Arts, and the negotiations for the planning of the Nitobe Memorial Garden.

    Custodial history

    The materials were kept after B. C. Binnings death by his wife Jessie. Upon her death in 2007 a close friend and curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Ian Thom, collected the materials from her basement.

    Scope and content

    The B. C. Binning family fonds consists most prominently of materials relating to the artist B.C. Binning. Also included are two sous-fonds consisting of materials relating to Jessie Binnings family (The Wyllie Family Sous-fonds 1889-1966) and B.C. Binnings mother and sister (The Elma Bertha and Margaret Binning Sous-fonds 1935-1947). The fonds focuses mainly on the artistic life of B. C. Binning with a few records pertaining to Binnings time as a Professor at UBC, as well as many personal papers belonging to both Bert and Jessie. The records contained within the fonds are personal records in the form of journal / diary entries; diplomas; last wills and testaments of Binnings parents; photographs; slides; test panels for Binnings works; pottery pieces created by Binning; Binnings art materials (paints, chalks, etching wood blocks); lecture notes; research; correspondence to the Binnings; and various reviews and catalogues of his work.

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        Access to the Archives of the Vancouver Art Gallery is at the discretion of the Librarian/Archivist.

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        A full inventory with series descriptions and file lists is available at the Vancouver Art Gallery Archives / Library.

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        BCAUL control number: VAG-3332

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