R. G. Bunyard Woodblock print

R. G. Bunyard Canadian, (1883-1973)

Asking Price: C$325.00

Fishing Boats, Steveston c. 1930

Woodblock

A woodblock print entitled "Fishing Boats, Steveston".

Steveston is located just south of Vancouver and at this time was the centre of the West Coast troller and gill-net salmon fishing fleet.

Condition:
Good condition, corners slightly bumped.

Background:
Bunyard, Richard Geoffrey (1883-1973)

Richard Bunyard was born in England and studied architecture at Eastbourne College in Sussex.
He worked briefly in a London architectural office before emigrating to Canada in 1902.
In January, 1906, Bunyard moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to open Moose Jaw’s first architectural firm.
Bunyard was the first, the most prominent, and prolific architect in the Moose Jaw district, designing approximately one hundred buildings over two decades. He was one of the seven founding members of the Saskatchewan Association of Architects, and served as the association’s president in 1917-18 and 1923-24.
Bunyard also sat on the council of Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

In 1929 he moved to Victoria, B.C. and began serious study in drawing and painting at the British Columbia College of Arts in Vancouver under college founders and Group of Seven painters Frederick H. Varley and Jock MacDonald.
Bunyard was registered with the Architecture Institute of British Columbia from 1943-48. He retired in 1951 and continued to paint until his passing in 1973.

His work is illustrated in "Printmaking in British Columbia" published by the Art gallery of Greater Victoria.

Collections:
Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK
Buffalo, 1935
Linocut on paper

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Size: 12" x 8.5"

Fishing Boats Steveston BC

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