A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
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1843 Frankfort, Illinois - 1915 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Portrait, landscape, animals, architecture and botanic painting, cartoons, drawing.
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843 - 1915). A famous Canadian railroad executive and a prodigious artist whose works are in several museum collections, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was... Read full biography
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843 - 1915). A famous Canadian railroad executive and a prodigious artist whose works are in several museum collections, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was born in what is now Frankfort, Illinois and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had lived since 1882. He... Read full biography
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843 - 1915). A famous Canadian railroad executive and a prodigious artist whose works are in several museum collections, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was born in what is now Frankfort, Illinois and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had lived since 1882. He is discussed in virtually every comprehensive Canadian history book and encyclopedia as the General Manager in charge of building the first transcontinental railway in Canada (the Canadian Pacific... Read full biography
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843 - 1915). A famous Canadian railroad executive and a prodigious artist whose works are in several museum collections, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was born in what is now Frankfort, Illinois and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had lived since 1882. He is discussed in virtually every comprehensive Canadian history book and encyclopedia as the General Manager in charge of building the first transcontinental railway in Canada (the Canadian Pacific Railway or CPR), which unified the country and, at the time, was the longest railway in the world (1800 miles excluding the eastern network laid down earlier). During his life and for much of the 20th century his name was a household word in Canada.... Read full biography
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843 - 1915). A famous Canadian railroad executive and a prodigious artist whose works are in several museum collections, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was born in what is now Frankfort, Illinois and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had lived since 1882. He is discussed in virtually every comprehensive Canadian history book and encyclopedia as the General Manager in charge of building the first transcontinental railway in Canada (the Canadian Pacific Railway or CPR), which unified the country and, at the time, was the longest railway in the world (1800 miles excluding the eastern network laid down earlier). During his life and for much of the 20th century his name was a household word in Canada. Van Horne's numerous pastime interests included being a violinist, paleontologist, horticulturist, livestock breeder, painter, draftsman an... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (30)
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Picturing the Land: Narrating Territories in Canadian Landscape Art, 1500-1950
2011McKay, Marylin384 pages (color)William C. Van Horne: Railway Titan
2010Knowles, Valerie213 pagesVistas: Artists of the Canadian Pacific Railway (Glenbow Museum)
2009
(Exhibition catalog)Boulet, Roger192 pages (color)The Oxford Companion to Canadian History
2004Hallowell, Gerald748 pagesFrom Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne
2004Knowles, Valerie501 pagesBiographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing250 pagesSights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture, Volume 1
2001Belton, Robert James398 pagesTrunks All Aboard: An Elephant ABC
2001Nichol, Barbara and Sir William Cornelius Van Horne24 pages (color)The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar622 pagesDictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XIV, 1911-1920
1998Cook, Ramsay and Jean Hamelin1,247 pagesThe World of William Notman: The Nineteenth Century Through A Master Lens
1993Dodds, Gordon; Roger Hall and Stanley Triggs226 pagesArt and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson1,557 pages (color)Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario)
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Donegan, Rosemary143 pagesThe Canadian Encyclopedia: Second Edition: (Four Volumes)
1988Marsh, James H. (Editor)2,736 pages (color)Canadian Who's Who: Index 1898-1984 (University of Toronto Press)
1988McMann, Evelyn530 pages (color)The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985Marsh, James H. (Editor)2,089 pages (color)Morrice: A Great Canadian Artist Rediscovered
1984Laing, G. Blair224 pages (color)Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders
1983Ingham, John N.2,027 pages (color)The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography
1978McKay, W.A. (Editor)914 pagesWilliam Van Horne
1976Mayles, Stephen61 pagesThe History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974Lord, Barry253 pages (color)The Mountains and the Sky
1974Render, Lorne E.223 pages (color)Retrospective: Recollections of a Montreal Art Dealer
1974Watson, William R.77 pagesThe Last Spike: The Great Railway 1881-1885
1971Berton, Pierre478 pages (color)Early Painters and Engravers in Canada
1970Harper, J. Russell392 pagesThe Fine Arts in Canada
1925MacTavish, Newton181 pages (color)The Life and Work of Sir William Van Horne
1920Vaughan, Walter388 pagesCanadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography of Living Characters
1912Morgan, Henry James (Editor)1,238 pagesProminent Men of Canada
1892Mercer, Adam G.476 pages