Charles Walter Simpson

Charles Walter Simpson (1878–1942) was a Canadian artist and illustrator.

Life and Work

Simpson was born in Montreal, Quebec on 16 April 1878[1] He died in Montreal on 16 September 1942.[1]

Beginning in January 1918, he served with Canadian forces in the First World War. He was one of the first group of "official war artists"—Lord Beaverbrook arranged for Simpson, along with Frederick Varley, J.W. Beatty and Maurice Cullen to be sent overseas to record Canada's participation in the conflict.[2]

Simpson was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts[3] His diploma submission, Indian Summer, Montreal Harbour was deposited in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada in 1921.[4]

Simpson worked as an illustrator, creating images for books commissioned by various firms to promote their industries or commemorate their achievements. 'Legends of the St. Lawrence'(1926) by Katherine Hale was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to be used as a luxury gift for children who were travelling on the company's around the world tours.[5]

Selected works

Simpson's published works encompass 43 works in 48 publications in 2 languages and 128 library holdings.[6]
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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

The skeleton of La Corriveau, in her iron cage, terrifying a traveller, 1926

Lower Canada Legislative Assembly in 1772 (Chapel of Bishop's Palace, Quebec City), 1927

See also

Canadian official war artists
War artist
War art

Notes

"Charles W. Simpson". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
Davis, Ann (1992). The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920–1940. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. p. 30. ISBN 9780802068613. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
"Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
"Indian Summer, Montreal Harbour". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
Gail Edwards; Judith Saltman (2010). Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 39. ISBN 9780802085405. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.: Simpson, Charles W. (Charles Walter) 1878-1942

References

Davis, Ann (1992). The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920–1940. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802059161; ISBN 9780802068613; OCLC 26256269