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Notice descriptive Mary Riter Hamilton collection [graphic material]
Date :1912-1923.Référence :R5966-0-5-EGenre de documents :ArtTrouvé dans :Archives / Collections et fondsNo d'identification :181825Date(s) :1912-1923.Lieu de création :FrancePays de publication additionel :Belgique, Colombie-BritanniqueÉtendue :180 paintings : oil.
45 drawings : chalk, charcoal, pastel, and pencil.
5 prints : etching, aquatint.Langue du document :anglaisPortée et contenu :Fonds consists of original works of art, primarily oil paintings, done by Mary Riter Hamilton in an effort to document the battlefields of Western Europe in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. Included are views in Belgium, primarily Ypres and Zillebecke, and in France, at Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, the Somme, Cambrai, Arras, and other locations, as well as views of cemeteries, ruined villages and other sites. Also included are two pastel portraits (1916), one of Dr. Rudolph Martin Anderson, and of his wife Mae Bell Anderson (née Allstrand). Both paintings are inscribed "1:1/ Mary Riter Hamilton/ Victoria, B.C./ 1916. In addition, there is an oil painting of the Rocky Mountains from 1912.Provenance :Nom(s) additionnel(s) :Biographie/Histoire administrative :Hamilton, Mary Riter, 1867-1954 : Mary Riter Hamilton was born in Teeswater, Ontario on September 7, 1867, to John and Charity Riter (née Zimmerman). Her early years were spent in Clearwater, Manitoba where she met and married Charles W. Hamilton in 1889. Following the death of her husband in 1893, Hamilton turned to art to support herself, training in Toronto under George Agnew Reid, Mary Heister Reid and Wyly Grier. She further developed her talent by studying in Europe and working under such personalities as Jacques-Emile Blanche and Paul-Jean Gervais. In 1906 she returned to Winnipeg, thereafter moving to Victoria in 1914. After the First World War, Hamilton travelled to France to paint the battlefields of Europe, a tribute to those who were killed, maimed and wounded in the Great War. She successfully exhibited her work in Europe and Canada and was officially recognized in France in 1922. In 1929, Hamilton moved to Vancouver where she remained until her death in 1954, at the age of eighty-six. She is buried in Port Arthur next to her husband Charles. MacDonald, Colin S. Dictionary of Canadian Artists, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks), 1968.
Iavarone, Mike. "The Battlefield Art of Mary Riter Hamilton." World War I Trenches on the Web. 15 Jan. 2000. 21 Sept. 2001. 3039834Information additionnelle :Note générale :Acquired from Mary Riter Hamilton, Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1926 and from Mrs. Stanley Smith, Ottawa, Ontario in 1983. Acquired at auction in 2017. One painting acquired from a private donor.
For many years Mary Riter Hamilton's birth year was thought to be 1873. An examination of the 1871 Canada Census, however, reveals that she is listed as a three-year old. Analysis of the 1881 Census and the 1891 Census, as well as Mary Riter Hamilton's marriage record, further confirms that she was born in September of 1867. In April of 1871 when the census was taken, Mary would have been 3; in April of 1881, she would have been 13; in April of 1891, she would have been 23. When Mary married in July of 1889, she would have been 21. Mary Riter Hamilton died on April 5, 1954, at the age of 86. Her death certificate lists her birth date as September 7, 1869, but the evidence from other records suggests that this date was incorrect.Historique de la conservation :Accession 2025-0300 consists of two battlefield oil paintings donated by the War Amps in 2026.Note sur les expositions :Many of the images in accession 1988-180 (DAP) were prepared for a 1923 exhibition in London, England at Surrey House entitled "Impressions of the battlefields after the Armistice". Although Mary Riter Hamilton prepared her works for this exhibition and a catalogue was printed, the event did not happen in the end. Several were also loaned for an exhibition at the Armando Museum in Holland, curated by Petra Halkes, in 2002-2003.Groupes de documents reliés :Refer also to Rudolph Martin Anderson and Mae Bell Allstrand fonds, MIKAN descriptive record 106977.Note(s) sur le contenant :1 : Dug Out on the Somme / Abri sur la Somme
9 : Ypres Honours the Acting Mayor of 1914 / Ypres rend hommage au maire intérimaire de 1914
10 : Mt. St. Eloi / Mont Saint Eloi
11 : Mt. St. Eloi / Mont Saint Eloi
12 : Canadian Rockies SketchSource :Privé -
Pour réserver ou commander des documents Conditions d'accès :Documents iconographiques (art)[Consultation Ouvert]Volume [R5966] 1--12[Consultation Ouvert]1 No de pièce attribué par BAC 3[Consultation Ouvert]2 No de pièce attribué par BAC 73; 207; 209[Consultation Ouvert]3 No de pièce attribué par BAC 203; 211[Consultation Ouvert]4 No de pièce attribué par BAC 202; 205; 208[Consultation Ouvert]5 No de pièce attribué par BAC 200; 204[Consultation Ouvert]6 No de pièce attribué par BAC 183; 201; 212[Consultation Ouvert]7 No de pièce attribué par BAC 210[Consultation Ouvert]8 No de pièce attribué par BAC 206[Consultation Ouvert]9 No de pièce attribué par BAC 48[Consultation Ouvert]10 No de pièce attribué par BAC 53[Consultation Ouvert]11 No de pièce attribué par BAC 19[Consultation Ouvert]12 No de pièce attribué par BAC 1[Consultation Ouvert]Boîte [1988-180] A651[Consultation Ouvert]OP-0348 No de pièce attribué par BAC 123[Consultation Ouvert]Négatif de copie [1988-180][Consultation Ouvert]C-102988 No de pièce attribué par BAC 123[Consultation Ouvert]Modalités d'utilisation :Copyright expired. No restrictions on access or on use for publication.Vous pouvez réserver des documents à l'avance pour qu'ils soient disponibles lors de votre visite. Vous aurez besoin d'une carte utilisateur pour ce faire.
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