painting, Ferrying Battalion 6 -Pounders
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-4532
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
Great Britain - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Ogilvie , C.M., M.B.E., Major William Abernethy
- Date Made May 1944
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/05/01
- Latest 1944/05/31
- Inscription (recto): Will Ogilvie
- Medium watercolour
- Support papermat
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Unit Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
- Measurements Height 19.3 cm, Width 25.6 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.