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Summary

Artist



Description	English-Canadian painter
Date of birth/death	27 June 1885	23 March 1969
Location of birth/death	Sheffield, England	Montreal, Canada
Authority control	VIAF: 437679 LCCN: n82052802 GND: 104011246 ULAN: 500003291 ISNI: 0000 0000 7367 4373 WorldCat WP-Person

Title

English: Olympic with Returned Soldiers

Description

English: War artist Arthur Lismer captured the return of the troopship SS Olympic (centre) to Halifax harbour following the First World War. Olympic's multi-coloured dazzle camouflage, added in 1917 at the height of the German U-Boat threat, was intended to make the ship more difficult to identify and target. The painting also provides a glimpse of the busy Halifax dockyard, Canada's principal wartime naval base. Pressed into service in 1915, Olympic became one of the war's most famous troop ships. Affectionately known as "Old Reliable," Olympic would carry over 200,000 British, American, and Canadian troops to and from the fighting fronts..

Date

1919

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 123 cm (48.4 in). Width: 163.3 cm (64.3 in).

Current location

Canadian War Museum

	Native name	Canadian War Museum / Musée canadien de la guerre
	Location	Ottawa
	Coordinates	45° 25′ 1.76″ N, 75° 43′ 0.58″ W
	Established	1880
	Website	warmuseum.ca

Beaverbrook Collection of War Art

Accession number

19710261-0343

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right: A LISMER 1918

verso: PROPERTY OF; THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM; 330 SUSSEX DRIVE; OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1A 0M8;
verso: CANADIAN WAR MEMORIALS OTTAWA; 358

verso:

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA; Title of Exhibition; World War I EX; Catalogue No 16; Box No.3; THE ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, EXHIBITION A Lismer Retrospective; Title The Olympic with Returned Soldiers; NO IN CATALOGUE 5 DATE 1918 (crossed-out) 1918 (crossed-out)1919; UK (handwritten in black ink)

Source/Photographer

https://www.civilization.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/photos/2800/19710261-0343.jpg

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Photo's description:

War artist Arthur Lismer captured the return of the troopship SS Olympic (centre) to Halifax harbour following the First World War. Olympic's multi-coloured dazzle camouflage, added in 1917 at the height of the German U-Boat threat, was intended to make the ship more difficult to identify and target. The painting also provides a glimpse of the busy Halifax dockyard, Canada's principal wartime naval base. Pressed into service in 1915, Olympic became one of the war's most famous troop ships. Affectionately known as "Old Reliable," Olympic would carry over 200,000 British, American, and Canadian troops to and from the fighting fronts..

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