PAINTING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- OIL PAINTING
- Materials
- WOOD, CANVAS
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041853
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- OIL PAINTING
- Date
- 1981
- Materials
- WOOD, CANVAS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.8
- Length
- 61
- Width
- 45.7
- Description
- OIL PAINTING IS LATE SUMMER SCENE SHOWING A RIVER IN THE WOODS WITH CENTRAL TREE SHOWING YELLOW LEAVES. SIGNATURE "RALPH" AND THE DATE "MAY 23, 1981" ARE HAND PAINTED AT BOTTOM LEFT. CANVAS IS MOUNTED TO SIMPLE WOODEN FRAME AND HAS FOUR COLUMNS OF JAPANESE WRITING ON BACK.
- Subjects
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- PAINTING WAS MADE FOR DONOR'S FATHER BY FRIEND FROM CANADA. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041853
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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