History, Art and Architecture Collection
O-8055
drawing
History of Canada Series

O-8055
drawing
History of Canada Series

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drawing Photo gallery for History of Canada Series photo 1

Specifications

Artists R. Eleanor Milne (Artist)
Date 1994
Signature R.EMilne
Inscriptions
INDIANS + ESK.
VIK + CABOT
CAIR + CHAMP
VOYAGEURS + FUR
TREAT + TREATY
RAILROADS (crossed out) + gold
MISSIONS + SETTLERS (crossed out)
CONFEDERATION.
RAILROADS + SETTLERS
COUDHARDT HISTORY OF MARITIMES
Materials ink graphite
Support paper, unidentified
Dimensions (cm) 91.0 (Width)69.0 (Height)
Functions Art

Dominion Sculptor – Rose Eleanor Milne

Eleanor Milne was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1925. Her interest in art was wide-ranging in 1945, she received a diploma from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design. She studied anatomy at McGill University, then engraving and book illustration at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London, England. She also studied sculpture at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and Syracuse University.

Milne was the first woman appointed Dominion Sculptor of Canada. From 1962 until she retired in 1993, she led the team of artisans who maintain the parliamentary precinct’s decorative elements. She designed and executed significant new works for Parliament, including 2 series of stone carvings and 14 large-scale stained glass windows in the House of Commons. Milne was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998 and received numerous honours for her body of work. She died in Ottawa in 2014.