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Object Description

Object Name

Sketch

Object ID

2019.020.011

Title

Sketch, "Between Quilchena and Douglas Lake."

Date

[c. 1959].

Description

Matted black and white pencil sketch by Peter Ewart of details "Between Quilchena and Douglas Lake." The sketch has two gates and one post with a cow skull atop it. The top gate is closed, and is connected to a wire fence, with a note that says "near Quilchena" above it. Below that gate is another gate, also connected to a wire fence that stretches into the background, with a note beside it on the left reading "Douglas Lake Ranch." The post is a rough wooden post, sketched to the right of the bottom gate, with a cow skull resting atop it, perpendicular to the post. The sketch is matted with a cream coloured, textured matte.

People/Subject

Ewart, Peter Maxwell (1918-2001)

Peter Maxwell Ewart was born in Kisbey, Saskatchewan on 7 Apr. 1918, and grew up in Montreal. During WWII he served with the RCAF as a wireless operator, and was stationed at Bella Bella and Spider Island. In 1929 he first travelled by train with his father to British Columbia. He liked what he saw of B.C., and decided to move here and paint. He came to Langley from Vancouver in 1953. He was commissioned by the B.C. Telephone Co. to do their 1959 book cover, and he also did work for the CPR, B.C. Power Commission, West Coast Transmission, and the 1960 Imperial Bank Calendar. He specialized in paintings of the Cariboo, many of which he created on jeep expeditions. He and daughter Linda lived in the Simonds Road area for many years, and he was very involved in the creation of the Langley Community Music School. He died January 22, 2001, in Langley. In 2018, it was decided that Langley's newest middle school, established in the old R. E. Mountain Secondary School, will be named in his honour.

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