Evening Sun, Greenland by Emanuel A. Petersen (Danish 1894-1948)

Petersen was known as one of the “Greenland Painters” depicting Greenland’s history and Arctic life in a naturalist style. Working before widespread photography, he documented the northern landscape and portrayed villagers during a period of rising European curiosity about this remote region. Petersen’s Greenland views, shaped by his final trip in 1946 remain culturally, ethnographically, and topographically significant. Learn more about this piece here.

BEYOND THE HORIZON: THE MARINE COLLECTION

UBC LIBRARY'S RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The donation of the Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs to the University of British Columbia Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections consists of more than 22,000 images from over 80 albums. This collection includes extensive coverage of B.C. from the 1850s to the 1950s and includes photographs in a wide variety of formats and genres including albums, diaries, portraits, landscapes and city/townscapes.

Images from the collection are being digitized on an ongoing basis. Library users will be able to request items from the physical collection through UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.

“Royal BC Museum acquires rare painting from B.C.’s first professional Black painter.” - written by Elizabeth McSheffrey for Global News

It’s the newest gem in the Royal BC Museum’s collection of more than 10,500 works of art — a painting of the Victoria Harbour, made in 1883 by Grafton Tyler Brown.

The museum is celebrating its acquisition of Entrance to the Harbour as part of Black History Month. It was one of Brown’s few works while he lived in the city.

Brown is widely considered to be the first professional Black painter in B.C.

“As far as we know, to date, Grafton was the first Black artist to paint an exhibit here in Victoria and in the province of B.C.,” Royal BC Museum art and images curator India Young said.

“What is interesting about Brown is that over the course of his travels, he really shifted his identity.”