Parliment Buildings, Ottawa
silkscreen print on board by Stanley Francis Turner (1883-1953). produced in 1953-1957 by Sampson-Matthews. measures 40” w x 30” H, framed. fair condition scratches, rubbings, discolouration and slight warping. not half bad actually.
“The Sampson-Matthews print program was the largest public art project in Canadian history. Launched at the start of the Second World War, it lasted twenty-two years and cost tens of millions of dollars in today’s currency. At its height, it employed many of the country’s best commercial painters, designers and artists, working full-time to create masterpieces of serigraphy.”
“The silkscreen of ‘Parliament Buildings, Ottawa’ was a proud moment for Turner. A sense of Canadian pride was creeping into a national identity, and he recognised this in an illustrative narrative. This work was different from most in the Sampson-Matthews print series as it was atypical to idealize a country not yet a century old. The hints of car and truck rooftops speeding over a modern bridge, and the working tugboat were symbols of a country on the move. Even the sky seems to be bending to the will of the buildings’ thrust toward it.”
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silkscreen print on board by Stanley Francis Turner (1883-1953). produced in 1953-1957 by Sampson-Matthews. measures 40” w x 30” H, framed. fair condition scratches, rubbings, discolouration and slight warping. not half bad actually.
“The Sampson-Matthews print program was the largest public art project in Canadian history. Launched at the start of the Second World War, it lasted twenty-two years and cost tens of millions of dollars in today’s currency. At its height, it employed many of the country’s best commercial painters, designers and artists, working full-time to create masterpieces of serigraphy.”
“The silkscreen of ‘Parliament Buildings, Ottawa’ was a proud moment for Turner. A sense of Canadian pride was creeping into a national identity, and he recognised this in an illustrative narrative. This work was different from most in the Sampson-Matthews print series as it was atypical to idealize a country not yet a century old. The hints of car and truck rooftops speeding over a modern bridge, and the working tugboat were symbols of a country on the move. Even the sky seems to be bending to the will of the buildings’ thrust toward it.”
*For shipping rates please email eightyfourandahalf@gmail.com
silkscreen print on board by Stanley Francis Turner (1883-1953). produced in 1953-1957 by Sampson-Matthews. measures 40” w x 30” H, framed. fair condition scratches, rubbings, discolouration and slight warping. not half bad actually.
“The Sampson-Matthews print program was the largest public art project in Canadian history. Launched at the start of the Second World War, it lasted twenty-two years and cost tens of millions of dollars in today’s currency. At its height, it employed many of the country’s best commercial painters, designers and artists, working full-time to create masterpieces of serigraphy.”
“The silkscreen of ‘Parliament Buildings, Ottawa’ was a proud moment for Turner. A sense of Canadian pride was creeping into a national identity, and he recognised this in an illustrative narrative. This work was different from most in the Sampson-Matthews print series as it was atypical to idealize a country not yet a century old. The hints of car and truck rooftops speeding over a modern bridge, and the working tugboat were symbols of a country on the move. Even the sky seems to be bending to the will of the buildings’ thrust toward it.”
*For shipping rates please email eightyfourandahalf@gmail.com