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I forgot, here was one more linocut print from the Paul Goranson series that...
I forgot, here was one more linocut print from the Paul Goranson series that appeared on Instagram a year or so ago. Again, I lightly tweaked the colour and contrast, not quite to the extent as the...
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Via Gary Sim’s BC Artists website comes a recent rediscovery of an obscure...
Via Gary Sim’s BC Artists website comes a recent rediscovery of an obscure art school newsletter. Called THE SAVARY PUDDING, it was published in 1935 & 1939.Gary writes: “Students at the Vancouver...
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Special Feature! I recently received a very complimentary...
Special Feature! I recently received a very complimentary followup to a post made here some seven years ago. The post in question dealt with the paintings at Waterfront Station by Adelaide Langford. It...
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I recently was alerted by a friend regarding this painting that...
I recently was alerted by a friend regarding this painting that was up for auction nearby. While its quaint amateurism and whimsical perspective first struck me, I was compelled to get it. It turns out...
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This painting by Jerome Howard Smith, “possibly titled Before...
This painting by Jerome Howard Smith, “possibly titled Before the Crash, was located hidden in the attic of a Whidbey Island, Washington residence. At one time Smith lived in Chase and was known for...
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More breaking news on the ‘lost Vancouver mural front’. The...
More breaking news on the ‘lost Vancouver mural front’. The post-prohibition beer parlour murals that sprung up in 1921 were in all likelihood, painted by one man, and we’ve actually featured him here...
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A collection of caricatures assembled on one page, regretfully...
A collection of caricatures assembled on one page, regretfully cropped, and thus is unsigned and anonymous. Or is it? Could this doodle sheet be the work of Vancouver cartoonist Jack Boothe?Jack was a...
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Pandemic projects. This is destined to become an area of much...
Pandemic projects. This is destined to become an area of much study and contemplation in the future, I ought to be generating a list of such projects. I’m juggling many such projects at the moment, and...
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Book recommendation: in case you are still looking for a special...
Book recommendation: in case you are still looking for a special gift idea to send directly beneath someone’s Christmas tree via their mailbox, may I suggest a book. This book! The E. J. Hughes Book of...
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Christmas is coming! (snow, we’re not sure yet!) Hurry up 2021!...
Christmas is coming! (snow, we’re not sure yet!) Hurry up 2021! A repost from @urbansketcher / wwkangaroo12 aka urbansketcherwest on Instagram. Beauty!
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Mathieu Persan on Instagram has reposted his Vancouver series of...
Mathieu Persan on Instagram has reposted his Vancouver series of posters, perhaps the greatest such series the city has ever seen. It was originally part of the Capture Photo Festival in 2017,...
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John Mackie over at the Vancouver Sun has posted an outstanding...
John Mackie over at the Vancouver Sun has posted an outstanding archive of the artwork from a long line of VanTech annuals that go above and beyond the typical yearbook cover art. John writes: In the...
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I wish we had more Packard stories of Vancouver! Well, here’s one, recreated...
I wish we had more Packard stories of Vancouver! Well, here’s one, recreated somewhat, by Vancouver artist Charles Keillor, now on the Island. He writes:“PACKARD ON GRANVILLE STREET”. 49x39 inches....
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I also have a set of Frank Lewis 'sketches of old Vancouver structures. They...
These prints have appeared here before, I received a similar message a while back. https://illustratedvancouver.ca/post/185098862395/hello-i-have-5-prints-by-frank-lewis-76-of-whatIllustrated...
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Posted to Facebook recently, I thought I should also repst this here, a...
Posted to Facebook recently, I thought I should also repst this here, a painting on wood board I bought of the Balmoral Hotel (or the neon signage at least, with the sign for the Acme across the...
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This painting by George William Bates (1930-2009) of the Airwest Terminal,...
This painting by George William Bates (1930-2009) of the Airwest Terminal, Vancouver is up for auction today at Westbridge. The estimate is CAD600 - CAD800 so it’s perfectly reasonably priced....
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John Mackie in the Vancouver Sun recently wrote this article...
John Mackie in the Vancouver Sun recently wrote this article about the preservation of the Orville Fisher mural in the former Postal Building on W Georgia Street. I covered this mural years ago, but...
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In memory of Alan Sayers. Sketches of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside by Alan...
In memory of Alan Sayers. Sketches of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside by Alan Sayers were originally published in Megaphone magazine. Via @thetyee-blogwhere you can read more.
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I thought I should take a moment to post this belated news item,...
Photograph of R.S. Alexander self portrait. R.S. Alexander mural at HMCS Discovery. Robert Samuel (RS) Alexander's stylized depiction of a Haida scene, which I presume was the mural he painted for the...
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Here is a special edition post, simply because I haven’t posted...
Here is a special edition post, simply because I haven’t posted in a fair bit. This is a lovely Japanese woodblock print by Sekino Junichiro titled “In Vancouver, Canada”. The car almost looks like it...
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