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Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds

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Part Of
Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
Scope & Content
Series I: Photographs (V786) - one sub-series consisting of photographs of Nicholas de Grandmaison; one photograph of Order of Canada event Series II: Textual (M561) - three sub-series: A - Biographical information and personal documents B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts C - Invita…
Date Range
1919-1992
Reference Code
M561 / V786
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M561
V786
Sous-Fonds
M561
V786
Accession Number
2018.8994
Reference Code
M561 / V786
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1919-1992
Physical Description
[2] cm of textual records. 19 photographs; b&w and col.
History / Biographical
Nicholas de Grandmaison was born in southern Russian in 1892. He attended military college in Moscow, graduating in 1911 and transfered to military school in 1913 to train as an officer. He was stationed in Warsaw, Poland in early 1914 when World War I began and was captured as a prisoner of war in Germany until 1918. Upon then end of the war, Nicholas de Grandmaison studied art in England, eventually arriving in Calgary, Alberta via some time spent in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He had specific interest in Indigenous peoples and travelled widely throughout North America painting portraits. Nicholas de Gradmaison moved to Banff in 1939 with his wife Sonia, where they raised five children. He is a member of the Order of Canada, and holds an honourary doctorate from the University of Alberta, and was made an honorary Peigan "Chief Little Plume". He died on March 23, 1978 and is buried at the Brocket on the Piikani Nation reserve, west of Fort McLeod.
Scope & Content
Series I: Photographs (V786) - one sub-series consisting of photographs of Nicholas de Grandmaison; one photograph of Order of Canada event
Series II: Textual (M561) - three sub-series: A - Biographical information and personal documents B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts C - Invitations and exhibit announcements
Name Access
de Grandmaison, Nicholas
de Grandmaison, Nicolas
de Grandmaison, Sonia
Subject Access
Arts
First Nations
Indigenous Peoples
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
file description
Creator
Nicholas de Grandmaison
Biographical Source Notes
Biographical documents in fond
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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