Happy Canada Day – 159 years old!
Happy Canada Day!
I thought about setting up a different SOD for today, but hey, it’s a holiday and who am I to mess with tradition. This year we’re celebrating with iconic Canadian art.
Canada Day 1982
Canada Day – Paintings of Canadian Landscapes.
Issued by Canada Post
Designers: Jean Morin and Pierre Sasseville
Yukon Territory – “The Highway near Kluane Lake” by A.Y. Jackson. Painted in 1943 for the National Gallery of Canada.
Quebec – “Street Scene, Montréal” by Adrien Hébert. Painted between 1938 and 1945.
Newfoundland – “Breakwater” by Christopher Pratt. Painted in 1976.
Northwest Territories – “Along Great Slave Lake” by René Richard.
Prince Edward Island – “Tea Hill” by Molly Lamb.
Nova Scotia – “Family and Rainstorm” by Alex Colville.
Saskatchewan – “Brown Shadows” by Dorothy Knowles
Ontario – “The Red Brick House” by David B. Milne. Painted in 1931.
Alberta – “Prairie Town – Early Morning” by Illingworth Kerr.
British Columbia – “Totems at Ninstints” by Joe Plaskett.
Manitoba – “Doc Snider’s House” by Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald. Painted in 1931.
Keep those #ElbowsUp!