Charles Walter Simpson
Charles Walter Simpson (1878-1942) was a Canadian artist.
Simpson was born in Montreal, Quebec.
War artist
Beginning in January 1918, he served with Canadian forces in the First World War. Simpson came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an "official war artist" along with Frederick Varley, J.W. Beatty and Maurice Cullen.[1]
Selected works
Simpson's published works encompass 43 works in 48 publications in 2 languages and 128 library holdings.[2]
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- 1940 — The Mechanics' Institute of Montreal: One Hundredth Anniversary 1840-1940
- 1936 — Canadian Pacific Rockies by Betty Thornley
- 1936 — From Rags to Writing Paper: a Series of Twelve Sketches by Charles W Simpson
- 1933 — Canadian Cities of Romance by Katherine Hale
- 1932 — August Sixth, Nineteen Thirty Two, the Opening of the Welland Ship Canal: a Canadian Conception, a Canadian Achievement by Canada
- 1929 — Croquis montréalais by Victor Morin
- 1926 — Legends of the St. Lawrence by Katherine Hale
- 1925 — Légendes du Saint-Laurent by Amelia Beers (Warnock) Garvin
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
- Davis, Ann (1992). The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920–1940. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 10-ISBN 0802059163/13-ISBN 9780802059161; 10-ISBN 0802068618/13-ISBN 9780802068613; OCLC 26256269
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1878 |
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1942 |
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