Frank jameson biography
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1979-1984
Frank Ernest Jameson was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta on September 12, 1921, the only child of Ernest Oswald Jameson and Lilian (Lily) Edith (nee Forest). The family moved to Ladysmith when Frank was four years of age and after working for a short time in the logging industry, Frank’s father eventually started his own flour and feed business which he operated for 30 years until his retirement. The senior Jameson also served as an alderman on the town council and mayor in the 1940’s. His profile is covered on a separate page of this site.
Although growing up and attending school in Ladysmith during the Great Depression, Frank later recalled these years as being carefree and special. He was very active in sports; softball, baseball, track and field, soccer and basketball. In 1939 he was pitcher and shortstop for the Ladysmith team which won the BC Junior Softball Championship in Vancouver. Members of the team were celebrating their victory when they heard that war had just been declared.
Shortly after, Frank enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navel Volunteer Reserve and after a training stint in St. Hyacinth’s, Quebec spent the next 6 years doing escort work on a mine sweeper in the North Atlantic. While overseas he served with the 31st Mine Sweeping Flotilla and o
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Frank JAMESON
Born in London, he took evening classes under Mr Nicholson at the Birmingham Art School whilst selling Insurance by day. In WWI he served as an Officer in the Worcestershire Regiment, in charge of building bridges and blockhouses. After the War, he settled in Reddich, and went on camping tours around the south of England.
In 1926 he studied at the FORBES SCHOOL of Painting, and some of this early work is signed F Jamieson-Smith. In the mid-1930s he moved to St Ives and rented the Loft Studio, becoming a member of the newly formed St Ives Society of Artists. His first exhibition with them was in the 1939 Autumn Exhibition.
His work was frequently exhibited with John Anthony PARK, Arthur HAYWARD, and Dorothea SHARP, all of whose work have a shared resonance. Frank met his wife, Joyce, on his travels, marrying shortly before World War II in Penzance Registry Office. During a prolonged painting visit in Ireland, their daughter Daphne, was born. He exhibited his work at the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in Dublin. By 1946 he had moved to 42 High Street, Falmouth, with a studio overlooking the River Fal. A major studio collection of his work was sold in Penzance in 1994 (WH Lane & Son).