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Item Name: Painting
Title: Water Bag
Maker: Robert Vincent
Year: 1975
Country: Canadian
Materials: watercolour
Measurements: in frame: 51 cm x 41 cm; work: 30 cm x 21 cm
ID Number: ART 133
Legal Status: ART RENTAL
Extended Label Info: This watercolour painting by Robert Vincent is an action shot at an industrial work site, an unusual choice for subject matter. Vincent spent many years working in construction and as a field engineer on the Trans-Canada Highway. Despite these other occupations, he always returned to painting because, as he explained, “I was born with a paint brush in my mouth, instead of a silver spoon; from time to time, I managed to get it out, but always got it full of dust, which is a poor diet. So the brush was put back where it belonged.” Robert Vincent (1908 – 1984) immigrated from Newcastle in England to Russell, Manitoba in 1927. He served in the British Army during World War II, and as a member of the Royal Engineers Expeditionary Force, he taught drawing to army engineers. Returning to Canada in 1947, Vincent settled in Saskatoon and worked as a construction worker and field engineer with the Trans-Canada Highway development. Though primarily self-taught as an artist, Vincent was an active member of the Saskatoon arts community, and his work was exhibited regularly in Western Canada. He created art with a diverse range of subject matter, from precisely drafted industrial landscapes to more naïve wilderness studies, animal and figurative work, and wood carving. His artwork is held in provincial collections, including MacKenzie Art Gallery, SK Arts (formerly Saskatchewan Arts Board) , University of Saskatchewan, ReMai Modern (formerly Mendel Art Gallery) and Dunlop Art Gallery. Vincent’s work was exhibited at Dunlop Art Gallery in 1974, with the work of landscape artist, Greg Hardy.
Title: Water Bag
Maker: Robert Vincent
Year: 1975
Country: Canadian
Materials: watercolour
Measurements: in frame: 51 cm x 41 cm; work: 30 cm x 21 cm
ID Number: ART 133
Legal Status: ART RENTAL
Extended Label Info: This watercolour painting by Robert Vincent is an action shot at an industrial work site, an unusual choice for subject matter. Vincent spent many years working in construction and as a field engineer on the Trans-Canada Highway. Despite these other occupations, he always returned to painting because, as he explained, “I was born with a paint brush in my mouth, instead of a silver spoon; from time to time, I managed to get it out, but always got it full of dust, which is a poor diet. So the brush was put back where it belonged.” Robert Vincent (1908 – 1984) immigrated from Newcastle in England to Russell, Manitoba in 1927. He served in the British Army during World War II, and as a member of the Royal Engineers Expeditionary Force, he taught drawing to army engineers. Returning to Canada in 1947, Vincent settled in Saskatoon and worked as a construction worker and field engineer with the Trans-Canada Highway development. Though primarily self-taught as an artist, Vincent was an active member of the Saskatoon arts community, and his work was exhibited regularly in Western Canada. He created art with a diverse range of subject matter, from precisely drafted industrial landscapes to more naïve wilderness studies, animal and figurative work, and wood carving. His artwork is held in provincial collections, including MacKenzie Art Gallery, SK Arts (formerly Saskatchewan Arts Board) , University of Saskatchewan, ReMai Modern (formerly Mendel Art Gallery) and Dunlop Art Gallery. Vincent’s work was exhibited at Dunlop Art Gallery in 1974, with the work of landscape artist, Greg Hardy.