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  • artist portrait Lucius OBrien 1832 1899 low res
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    Lucius O'Brien

    (1832 - 1899)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Landscapes, Realism, Romaticism, Luminism
  • artist portrait Carl Rungius 1869 1959 low res
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    Carl Rungius

    (1869 - 1959)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    wildlife, landscapes, realism
  • oil portrait Krieghoff original
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    Cornelius Krieghoff

    (1815 - 1872)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Genre Painting, Landscapes
  • artist portrait Louis Hennepin 1626 circa 1705 low res
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    Louis Hennepin

    (1626 - c.1705)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Field Sketches
  • van edema 214
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    Gerard Van Edema

    (c.1652 - c.1700)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Realism, Landscapes
  • Self portrait of Thomas Davies ,1787
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    Thomas Davies

    (c.1737 - 1812)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Topographical Art, Picturesque, Landscapes
  • hood 214
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    Robert Hood

    (1797 - 1821)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Field Sketches, Realism
  • artist portrait Joseph Legare 1795 1855
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    Joseph Legare

    (1795 - 1855)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Social Realism, Landscapes
  • artist portrait Tom Thomson 1877 1917 low res
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    Tom Thomson

    (1877 - 1917 )

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Expressionism Moving Towards Abstraction
  • artist portrait Lawren Harris 1885 1970 low res
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    Lawren Harris

    (1885 - 1970)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Art Deco, Landscapes, Abstract Art
  • artist portrait Illingsworth Kerr 1905 1989 low res
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    Illingworth Kerr

    (1905 - 1989)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Expressionism, Landscapes
  • artist portrait Christopher Pratt 1935 low res
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    Christopher Pratt

    (1935 - 2022)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    (Reductive, Restrained) Realism, Landscapes, Precisionism
  • Artist portrait, Roberta Bondar, 1945
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    Roberta Bondar

    (1945 - )

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Landscapes, Environmental Documentary Photography
  • artist portrait Dan Steeves 1959 low res
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    Dan Steeves

    (1959 - )

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Magical Realism, Symbolism, Metaphorism, Landscapes, Portraiture
  • Fred Bruemmer 2
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    Fred Bruemmer

    (1929 - 2013)

    Preferred Styles and/or Genres:
    Wildlife, Portraiture, Social Documentary Photography, Landscapes

 

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Demo Description

The Foundations project has been worked on for many years and has been supported by a number of volunteers and organizations. Without their contributions the website and its content would never have seen the light of day.

Concept and initial reveal to the public

During the planning stages of the  GeoCanada 2010 convention in Calgary, the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, the newly formed umbrella organization that had arisen from the ashes of the Geoscience Council of Canada, wished both to engage the lay public as well as introduce itself to the members of its constituent societies and organizations. Ian Young and Jeff Packard came to the conclusion that a series of large-scale posters marrying iconic Canadian art with geosciences might prove an attractive, informative and a cost-effective means to reach both audiences. Landscapes were to be the unifying theme.

From the outset we reached out to the Glenbow Museum and Melanie Kjorlien, COO and VP, Engagement graciously came onboard and the Glenbow provided vital in-kind support, loaned digital artwork from their collection and acted as intermediaries with other archives and art museums across Canada. Critically, Travis Lutely, an employee of the Glenbow, researched and wrote up the artistic critiques for the artwork we were going to feature as well as many of the artist biographies. This project is truly indebted to Melanie and Travis.

On the Earth Sciences side we contacted provincial and territorial geological surveys, the GSC, and key members of geo-societies across Canada (as well as colleagues closer at hand), seeking volunteers to provide content on pioneer geoscientists who might have mapped the landscapes that had also captured the imagination and talent of a specific artist. The following persons very kindly stepped forward to provide that content:  Maurice Colpron, Neil Dawson, Jon Dudley, Karen Dudley, David Elliott, Phillipe Ferron, Paul Glomick, Fran Haidl, Stephen Howell, Gwen Martin, Rebecca Melenka, Jeff Packard, Lynden Penner, Charlie Roots, Ian Young, and Troy Zimmer.

A Web-based project

After a successful debut at the conference it was eventually decided that the project would most productively continue to exist as a web-based educational resource. In order to make this happen Foundations received generous grants from the Canadian Geological Foundation.

Subsequent contributions to the project have been made by Ollie Bonham, Eileen Van der Flier-Keller, and Marc Charest.

Loan of digital images

We gratefully acknowledge the loan of images from the following institutions: Glenbow Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, Archives and Library of Canada, Mackenzie Art Gallery, New York Historical Society, Geological Survey of Canada

On the geosciences side we must add a profuse thank you to Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall for permission to reproduce images from their book, Canada Rocks. In the same vein we very gratefully acknowledge the use of images from the book Four Billion years and Counting, published by the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences.

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