Julius Griffith [1912-1997].
RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London. Blackpool Sketch Club Eng. (c1902).

13. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. [The City (Toronto)].
10. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Hydrangea.
38. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Rainy Day [1969].
39. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Piano Lesson [1969].
41. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Three Houses.
14. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. St. James [Cathedral, Toronto].
2. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. The Girls.
25. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. [Interior in the Country].
3. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. The Ship Called “Bia River” Sydney N.S.
37. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Island Sunset, Yacht Club [dining by the harbour].
20. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. La Fourchette.
28. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Evening Clouds, Stratford.
58. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Houses, North Toronto.
34. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Reilly’s Locks, Yonge Street.
26. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Oriole Parkway.
31. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Sunset at the Crossing.
35. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Sunday Strollers, Yonge Street.
29. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Resting on The Bridge.
32. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Country Scene, Holland Marsh.
36. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Early Gardeners with Magnolia Tree.
52. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Harbourfront.
50. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. Café in the Courtyard.
47. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. House with the Blue Roof, Eglinton Ave. West.
48. JULIUS EDWARD LINDSAY GRIFFITH. [Ships at the Harbour].

Federation of Canadian Artists [1948]. Canadian Society of Graphic Art [1948]. Picture Loan Society [1950-58]. Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour [1956 (President 1958-60)]. Ontario Society of Artists [1963]. Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers [1965]. Royal Canadian Academy [1974]. Print & Drawing Council of Canada [1976]. American Watercolour Society [1980 (honorary member)]. Chelsea Arts Club, London (UK).

Julius Griffith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at the Vancouver School of Art under Charles H. Scott, F.H. Varley and J.W.G. MacDonald. After moving to England with his parents in 1928 he studied in London at the Slade School and the Central School of Arts & Crafts. He also studied at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Ruthenstein, E.W. Tristram, Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, and Gilbert Spencer. Further studies were interrupted by the outbreak of WWII. During the war he worked with the “Air-raid Precautions” for a time and eventually joined the Red Cross. In 1941-42 he worked in a country-house hospital in Sussex. With little to do, he taught art and learned Russian. He joined the Royal Navy as an interpreter under the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. From 1942 till the end of the war Griffith was stationed in Murmansk and Archangel. In November 1946 Griffith returned permanently to Canada. On his return he quickly established himself as a graphic artist and wood engraver. He later studied in Toronto at the Ontario College of Art with Frederick Hagen. In painting he was influenced by European modern artists and by the work of David Milne. He was given a number of watercolour exhibitions at the Picture Loan Society in Toronto. He also exhibited work at the Brooklyn Museum’s “20th International Biennial Show of Water Colours” [1959] and at the “First International Biennial of Prints”, Tokyo, Japan [1957]. He held exhibitions of prints at the Art Gallery of Hamilton [1960] and of watercolours at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts [1962]. Griffith taught art in Toronto at the Western Technical School, Artists’ Workshop, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Ontario College of Art, and at Central Technical School. Julius Griffith was a painter in watercolour and oils, a graphic artist, illustrator, teacher, and fine print maker. His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, Imperial War Museum (London), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto City Archives, Toronto Public Library, Art Gallery of Hamilton, McMaster University (Hamilton), Carleton University (Ottawa), Glenbow Museum (Calgary), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (British Columbia), and numerous corporate and private collections. In 1997, the artist passed away at his home in Toronto.