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Jack Humphrey collection [graphic material]

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Date :

1944.

Référence :

R6566-0-9-E

Genre de documents :

Art

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Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

182629

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Jack Humphrey collection
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Collection comprend :

110 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1944.

Lieu de création :

Nouveau-Brunswick

Étendue :

2 watercolours gouache
1 watercolour watercolour
1 print serigraph
106 drawings pencil, charcoal, chalk and ink

Langue du document :

anglais

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By the beginning of the Second World War, Jack Humphrey had earned a reputation as a fine landscape and portrait painter despite the difficulties of establishing a career during the Great Depression. With the outbreak of war, Humphrey, like a number of Canadian artists, sought an opportunity to become a war artist and incorporated war subjects into his paintings and drawings. In early 1944 Humphrey was given permission to observe and sketch men engaged in various work activities in the plate and pipe shops at the St. John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company and the Canadian Comstock Company. This collection is comprised of drawings, watercolours, and a print produced by Humphrey as the result of his visits to these St. John, New Brunswick, shipyards which were part of the ship-building plants and dry docks for the Canadian Merchant Navy. See the exhibition catalogue "A Place in History" (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1991) for a more extended description of Humphrey's work in this regard.

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Humphrey, Jack, 1901-1967

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Humphrey, Jack, 1901-1967

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Humphrey, Jack, 1901-1967 : Jack Weldon Humphrey was born in St. John, New Brunswick on January 12, 1901, the son of Charles Percy and Nellie Alberta (Weldon) Humphrey. He became interested in art as a child, but when he enrolled at Mount Allison University in 1917, he intended to be a writer. Humphrey's university career, however, was cut short due to illness, and he left Mount Allison in 1918. Determining that he wanted to become an artist, Humphrey began studying with Paul Hale at the Boston Museum School in 1920, and in 1924 he transferred to the National Academy of Design in New York. Humphrey's five years at the National Academy of Design were particularly important in terms of his relationship with Charles Hawthorne. Not only did Humphrey study with Hawthorne in New York, but he also attended the American painter's summer classes at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts. At Hawthorne's recommendation, Humphrey travelled to Europe in late 1929 to continue his studies in Paris. Humphrey spent several months drawing at the École Grande Chaumière in Paris before heading to Munich to work with Hans Hoffman. After several months in Germany, Humphrey then toured Italy before returning to Paris via Cologne. With final stops in Belgium and Holland, Humphrey arrived back in Saint John in 1930 to find his hometown in the grip of the Great Depression. Although Humphrey had thought about moving to New York or another major urban centre to pursue his art career, he determined that the financial climate dictated remaining in Saint John. Subsequently, Humphrey decided to stay in Saint John for most of his long career except for trips to Vancouver (1933), Mexico (1938), and Paris (1952-54). Humphrey participated in numerous exhibitions across Canada, and he was affiliated with several important artistic organizations including the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Canadian Group of Painters, the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, and the Contemporary Arts Society (Montreal). In 1966 the National Gallery mounted a major retrospective exhibition of Humphrey's work. Humphrey died of a heart attack in Saint John on March 23, 1967, as this exhibition was touring Canada.

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(Électronique) Item-level descriptions online in MINISIS-ICON.
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Saint John (N.B.)

Saint-Jean (N.-B.) dans l'art

Shipyards New Brunswick Saint John

Chantiers navals Nouveau-Brunswick Saint-Jean
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1980-018 PIC
2003-00172-7
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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Copyright with estate of the artist.
Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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