painting, Troop Officer Receiving Information
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-4813
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1944-1945 Liberation of the Netherlands - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Ogilvie , C.M., M.B.E., Major William Abernethy
- Date Made November 1944
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/11/01
- Latest 1944/11/30
- Inscription (verso): Ser No 327 Neg No WA 681 Troop officer receiving information - ST PHILIPSLAND HOLLAND 18 Armd Cdn Regt Nov/44 OGILVIE; (verso label/étiquette): Artist MAJOR W A OGILVIE Title TROOP OFFICER RECIVING INFROAMTION Property of Return Address THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, OTTAWA, ONTARIO Insurance Value $
- 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 25.4 cm, Width 35.8 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.