Historic Archives | A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairies

Allen Sapp – Taking Wood to Town

Allen Sapp (Sa-pu-num Kiskayetum) Taking Wood to Town, n.d. acrylic on canvas 63.4 x 86.4 cm

William Kurelek – Faith of my Fathers

William Kurelek Faith of my Fathers, 1964. oil paint 63.5 x 53.3 cm

Dmytro Stryjek – Untitled (Pierre Trudeau)

Dmytro Stryjek Untitled (Pierre Trudeau), 1978. enamel, oil, makeup, ink, graphite on card 10.5 x 14.6 cm

Eva Dennis – Ready for the Photographer

Eva Dennis Ready for the Photographer, 1977 oil on canvas board 46.0 x 72.0 cm

Frank Cicansky: In the 30s

Frank Cicansky In the 30s: #58 Bill Rope’s Farm; Seven Miles from Truax, 1975. acrylic, mixed media on masonite 30.3 x 46.0 cm

Sherry Farrell Racette – Riel’s Vision of Death; 1885

Sherry Farrell Racette Riel’s Vision of Death; 1885, 1992. gouache, watercolour, ink, acrylic, coloured pencil, graphite on paper triptych (framed) 70.2 x 193.0 cm

Ruth Cuthand – January Thaw, Edge of Town

S. Ruth Cuthand January Thaw, Edge of Town, 1990. graphite on paper 116.5 x 86.0 cm

Jude Griebel – Grandmother

Jude Griebel Grandmother, 2012. wood, resin, textile, human hair 33.0 x 49.0 x 45.0 cm

Allen Benjiman Clarke – Mother Soup-erior

Allen Benjiman Clarke Mother Soup-erior, 1994. acrylic on canvas 44.0 x 43.5 cm

Adrian Stimson – Bison Abstract II

Adrian Stimson Bison Abstract II, 2017. oil, graphite on wood 78.7 x 78.7 cm

Percy (Two Gun) Plain Woman – Last Buffalo Hunt

Percy (Two Gun) Plain Woman Last Buffalo Hunt, 1958. oil, board, wood 159.0 x 216.0 x 14.0 cm

Henry Beaudry – Treaty No. 6, Battleford Area

Henry Beaudry Treaty No. 6, Battleford Area, n.d. acrylic, felt pen on canvas 61.0 x 76.4 cm