Charles Walter Simpson (Canadian artist)


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

Charles Walter Simpson
Born(1878-04-16)April 16, 1878
DiedSeptember 16, 1942(1942-09-16) (aged 64)
Known forartist 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. Simpson 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]

  • 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 (English title: Old Montreal with Pen and Pencil)
  • 1927 Le Conseil de Québec de 1769
  • 1926 Legends of the St. Lawrence by Katherine Hale
  • 1925 Légendes du Saint-Laurent by Amelia Beers (Warnock) Garvin
  • 1919 Cotton by Dominion Textile Company Limited, Montreal

See also

Notes

  1. "Charles W. Simpson". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. "Indian Summer, Montreal Harbour". National Gallery of Canada.
  5. 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.
  6. WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: Simpson, Charles W. (Charles Walter) 1878-1942

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