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History: REPRODUCTION "FOOTHILLS OF ALBERTA" *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, PETER EWART, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE DEVOTED TO HIS WORK, PETEREWART.CA. PETER EWART WAS BORN ON APRIL 7, 1918, IN KISBEY, SASKATCHEWAN, BUT GREW UP IN MONTREAL WHERE HIS FAMILY MOVED WHEN HE WAS A SMALL CHILD. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS FORMAL EDUCATION, HE STUDIED ART IN MONTREAL, AND LATER IN NEW YORK. WORLD WAR II INTERRUPTED THESE STUDIES, AND IT WAS DURING SERVICE WITH THE R.C.A.F. THAT HE WAS STATIONED FOR A TIME IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. HE DECIDED THAT AFTER HIS DISCHARGE, HE WOULD RETURN TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE PROVINCE WHICH HAD SO IMPRESSED HIM WITH THE VARIETY AND BEAUTY OF ITS SCENERY. HIS PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY (LONDON ENGLAND), THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY, THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION AND THE MID-CENTURY EXPOSITION OF CANADIAN PAINTING. HE HAD OVER 40 ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS, AND HIS PAINTINGS ARE REPRESENTED IN NUMEROUS CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN CANADA AND ABROAD. EWART ALSO COMPLETED NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THOSE FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, BANK OF MONTREAL, IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY, EXPO ’86, THE 1988 CALGARY OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, AND B.C. HYDRO. PETER EWART PASSED AWAY IN 2001. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.