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Object Description

Object Name

Painting

Object ID

2018.042.004

Artist

Ewart, Peter

Title

Big Ben, Houses of Parliament by Peter Ewart.

Date

[195-?].

Description

1 oil painting : 45.6 x 55.5 cm. This painting depicts a street scene in London, UK. In the background is Big Ben, the clock tower, and beside it on the left is the House of Parliament. The fore- and midground of the painting shows a road with cars, and two streetlamps to the right of the road. There is a statue of a lion, raised on a pedestal, to the right of the road, and a man crossing another street parallel to the main road. In the far right of the painting are two green trees and a person walking on the street. The painting is oil on artist's board, and is framed by Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver, in a light wood frame with an inner gold trim. Below the painting is a metal plaque reading "PETER EWART."

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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