Ina D .D. Uhthoff (née Campbell) (1889 – 1971) was a Scots-Canadian painter. A contemporary and friend[1] of Emily Carr, Uhthoff was known for establishing her own art school; the Victoria School of Art, writing columns for the Daily Colonist newspaper, and exhibiting her own art.[2][3]
In 1913 Uhthoff traveled to the Kootenays in British Columbia to visit friends. While there she met the homesteader, Edward Joseph (Ted) Uhthoff.[3] With the outbreak of World War I Uhthoff returned to Glasgow, where she taught elementary school.[3]
In 1919 Ina and Ted were married,[5] returned to British Columbia, and started a family.[3]
In 1926 Uhthoff relocated to Victoria with her two children.[4] There she continued her teaching career, providing private lessons, teaching at public and private schools, and a correspondence course. She called her private studio the Victoria School of Art which operated from 1926 to 1942.[3] She was forced to close the school at the beginning of World War II.[2]
In the late 1920s she worked with Emily Carr to bring Mark Tobey from Seattle, Washington to teach a class.[2]
In 1934, her work appeared in the Vancouver Art Gallery's 3rd. Annual B.C Artists exhibit (Alpine Meadows, Windswept Tree) alongside Group Of Seven artist Fred Varley.[6]
In 1945 Uhthoff began running a small gallery called the Little Centre, a precursor to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.[2] She served on the board of directors into the 1960s.[2]
Concurrent with her teaching career, Uhthoff exhibited her own work at the British Columbia Society of Artists, and at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.[4]
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