Comments on: Canada Travel Posters: Moose & Mounties

By: Horses in the Mountains were a favourite subject of painter Peter Maxwell Ewart

Horses in the Mountains were a favourite subject of painter Peter Maxwell Ewart — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:12:33 +0000

[…] Ewart worked for Canadian Pacific Railway for 20 years and created more than 24 posters for the company. See a brief item on that part of his life in this Art Junkie post about travel posters, here. […]

By: boomerontario

boomerontario — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:51:25 +0000

In reply to Jean. Hi Jean - Thanks for pointing out your blog, and for your comments. Yes, in fact, I have been to the Mountie museum in Fort Macleod and traveled a lot in the West. The RCMP is so much more part of life there than in central Canada, isn't it?

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:33:24 +0000

Have you travelled to Western Canada? The building of the West involved the Mounties, building of our national railroads.

Hence, one sees posters at Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, the Mounties depicted on oil paintings at Fort Calgary. There are actually several RCMP museums in Western Canada.

My blog covers some of this art history.

By: Aileen Torres

Aileen Torres — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:48:17 +0000

Love these vintage travel posters. Great colors and lines.