painting, DUTCH RESISTANCE PATROL
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-4520
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Ogilvie , C.M., M.B.E., Major William Abernethy
- Date Made --
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Inscription VERSO TOP: DUTCH RESISTANCE PATROL - (IN DINTELOORD HOLLAND NOV/44); (THESE PATROLS WORKED IN LIASON WITH 18 ARMED ? REGTS); THE CANAL AT DINTELOORD HOLLAND; THE VILLAGE HAD BEEN HEAVILY SHELLED BY ? ARTILLERY - THE CANAL ITSELF;FILLED WITH BARGES WHICH WERE SUNK; BY THE MEATEATING GERMANS; SER NO 348; MIDDLE: WHITE LABEL WITH DESCRIPTION TYPED ON IT; BOTTOM RIGHT: YELLOW NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA LABEL; BOTTOM CENTRE: OGILVIE; 15 1/4 X 22
- Medium watercolour
- Support papermat
- Materials Not applicable
- Branch Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Unit 18TH ARMOURED CAR REGIMENT (12TH MANITOBA DRAGOONS)
- Measurements Height 39.1 cm, Width 55.7 cm
- Caption Ogilvie, Will (1901-1989)
- Additional Information A founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933, Ogilvie headed the art school at the Art Association of Montreal from 1938 to 1941. An official war artist from 1942 to 1946, he was awarded the MBE for his depictions of the Canadian experience of the war in Europe. He subsequently resumed his Toronto teaching career.