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- Mortimer-Lamb, Harold, 1872-1970
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Harold Mortimer Lamb (1872-1970) was born in Surrey, England. He came to Canada and settled first in Montreal, Q.C., and later he moved to Vancouver, B.C., and contributed articles to the Bureau of Information for the B.C. Government. He became Secretary-Treasurer of the Provincial Mining Association of B.C.; Secretary of the Canadian Mining Institute and served on the staff of the Department of Mines in Ottawa.
As an art critic he wrote in defence of the Group of Seven when many other critics attacked their work. After his retirement he took up painting, around 1942. His paintings and photography were displayed at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1952.
Harold Mortimer Lamb married Vera Weatherbie (1909-1977), and is also the father of prominent Canadian artist: Molly Lamb Bobak.
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Revised by BCANS Coordinator, Feb 24, 2012.
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Macdonald, Colin S., <i>A Dictionary of Canadian Artists.</i> Vol 3, Part 1. Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks, 1971.