Author: Donna Volden. Published by Nutana Collegiate, Saskatoon, SK., 1995, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with mild cover handling. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 10.25 inch, 67 pages.
NUTANA COLLEGIATE 85th Anniversary book of their collecion begun in 1919 as a memorial to 29 former students killed in WW I. It is still an open collection containing Canadian works of art from the Edwardian period on.
This published catalogue of works opens with an essay by Donna Volden and description of the collection. Each artwork is beautifully described, and is paired with an image and information about a student who didn't survive the war. he collection was paid for primarily by students who collected money annually to buy paintings. Alfred J. Pyke was the principal and curator of the art collection initially and then Aldis W. Cameron took over the position and guided the acquisitions after 1923. Cameron lobbied the civic government to provide funds for an art gallery in Saskatoon and attempted to educate the Saskatoon public about contemporary Canadian art by bringing in National Gallery of Canada travelling art exhibitions to Nutana Collegiate, starting in about 1921.
