Arthur John Ensor
Arthur John Ensor (1905–1995) was a British-Canadian painter. He was born in Llanishen, Wales on 2 January 1905. He emigrated to Canada in 1947.[1] He served in the Royal Air army. Ensor was an industrial designer and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art.[2]
In 1942, he produced a landscape watercolour of Mount Peter, British Columbia.[3] In 1967, His painting, Summer Stores, was selected as a 50 Cent Centennial Canada Post Stamp.[4] In the 1970s, he produced a series of watercolour paintings and coloured pencil sketches of Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario scenes, which are currently in the Beaverbrook Collection of War Art at the Canadian War Museum.[5] The RMC scenes include officer cadets in various activities:
- Land Survey Crew
- Measuring Flow Resistance To A Solution Of Calcium Carbonate
- Calibrating Radar Waves, Electrical Engineering Department
- Football
- Map Making with Stereo Viewer
as well as architectural paintings of Massey Library, Sawyer building, Officer’s mess and Fort Fredrick.[5] [6] His watercolour of RMC office cadets at the Halloween Ball, Halloween Ball, Royal Military College, Kingston, is in the collection of Library and Archives Canada.[7]
Arthur John Ensor died in Saanich, British Columbia on 18 January 1995. His work is represented in major museums and public galleries throughout Canada.
[edit] Selected collections
- National Gallery of Canada Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
- Beaverbrook Collection of War Art at the Canadian War Museum.
- City of Ottawa Fine Art Collection
- Arthur John Ensor Cybermuse Gallery
[edit] References
- ^ Arthur John Ensor Cybermuse Gallery
- ^ Royal Canadian Academy of Arts - Académie royale des arts du Canada
- ^ http://www.waddingtons.ca/counter/?xrl=../media/PDF/catalogues/2006/otw_jul06.pdf
- ^ http://cgi.ebay.ca/1967-Centennial-Canada-Post-Stamp-Box-Souvenir-mint_W0QQitemZ330139708107QQihZ014QQcategoryZ3480QQcmdZViewItem
- ^ a b (French) http://collections.civilization.ca/public/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=24924&size=190x190
- ^ http://collections.civilization.ca/public/pages/cmccpublic/emupublic/ResultsList.php Beaverbrook Collection of War Art at the Canadian War Museum.
- ^ http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-eng.jsp?emu=en.artefacts:/Proxac/ws/human/user/www/Record&upp=0&rpp=10&m=7&w=NATIVE%28%27WAT+ph+is+%27%27military+college%27%27%27%29 Halloween Ball, Royal Military College, Kingston
