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Object Description

Object Name

Sketch

Object ID

2019.020.019

Title

Sketch of cabin windows by Peter Ewart.

Date

[c. 1959].

Description

Matted black and white pencil sketch by Peter Ewart of three windows on wood cabins. The window at the top left is small, with a shade pulled almost halfway down on the inside. There are shingles above it, and it is set into wooden siding. The window on the left below it has a wide wood frame, and there is a hat hanging beside it at the top right corner. The window on the right is the largest: it is set into wood siding, has a wooden frame, and there are shingles above it. There are curtains with frills that part in the middle on the inside of the window. The sketch is matted with a mustard yellow 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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