Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2019.020.018

Title

Sketch of miners at the entrance to a tunnel.

Date

[c. 1959].

Description

Matted black and white pencil sketch by Peter Ewart of miners at the entrance to a tunnel. There is a small wooden framed tunnel entrance through which a cart on wheels is being pushed and pulled by four men. The cart is on tracks, which lead out of the tunnel and into the foreground, curving to the left. There are two men in the tunnel, wearing hats, and there are two men out of the tunnel: one leaning against rock on the left, also with a hat, and one walking alongside the tracks on the right, also in a hat. The tunnel appears to be in a hillside, and in the background beyond it are what look like mountains. 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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