topic:"architecture" found 27 records - Research Collections

Elevators, Radway, Alberta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.012

Description: Red and white grain elevators are at the centre of the print. They bear the logos of “Alberta Pacific” and “United Grain Growers.” Four are larger and in the foreground. Another one is visible further away. Smaller outbuildings and telephone poles surround the grain elevators. The sky is a cle…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Elevators, Radway, Alberta

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Red and white grain elevators are at the centre of the print. They bear the logos of “Alberta Pacific” and “United Grain Growers.” Four are larger and in the foreground. Another one is visible further away. Smaller outbuildings and telephone poles surround the grain elevators. The sky is a clear blue that fades to white on the horizon. Thin streaky clouds stretch across the print. The foreground is green, white and dark brown. It looks like it has been plowed in roughly even rows.

Subject: architecture; rural; grain elevators; landscape; prairies

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.012

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City by Night, Edmonton

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.013

Description: A nightscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The downtown area of Edmonton is an array of skyscraper and buildings lit up and stretching across the print. The legislative buildings are visible at the left of the print. Tal…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: City by Night, Edmonton

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A nightscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The downtown area of Edmonton is an array of skyscraper and buildings lit up and stretching across the print. The legislative buildings are visible at the left of the print. Tall, silhouetted evergreen trees are positioned in both lower corners of the prints. Smaller trees extend across the print at its bottom. The entire print is quite dark with the exception of the lighted buildings.

Subject: city; Edmonton; architecture; urban; skyscrapers; legislative building; river; North Saskatchewan

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.013

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Edmonton

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.014

Description: A cityscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The closest side of the riverbank is soft green and slopes downward from the bottom of the print towards the river which is bright blue. The river flows horizontally across the pr…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Edmonton

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A cityscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The closest side of the riverbank is soft green and slopes downward from the bottom of the print towards the river which is bright blue. The river flows horizontally across the print. Several houses are visible at the bottom of the riverbank. Trees descend down the riverbank on either side of the print. A steel bridge crosses the river and is visible at the right of the print. The The skyscrapers of downtown Edmonton stretch across the print on the opposite side of the river. The buildings are tan. The sky is clear blue and mauve.

Subject: city; Edmonton; architecture; urban; skyscrapers; river; North Saskatchewan

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.014

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New Court House and Art Gallery, Edmonton

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.015

Description: Edmonton courthouse and art gallery depicted at night. One building stands behind the other. The building further back is lit up and bright yellow. The smaller building at the front is black and grey. The bottom of this building blends into the ground which is undefined and fades away to the ed…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: New Court House and Art Gallery, Edmonton

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Edmonton courthouse and art gallery depicted at night. One building stands behind the other. The building further back is lit up and bright yellow. The smaller building at the front is black and grey. The bottom of this building blends into the ground which is undefined and fades away to the edges of the print. Street lights and dark trees stand outside at the front of the buildings. The sky is dark blue.