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This exceptional work by Montague Dawson depicts a ship of extreme Canadian importance, the famous barquentine SV Titania. She was the second fastest China Tea Clipper in the world before being bought by the Hudson’s Bay Company and fitted as the first barquentine to transport canned salmon directly from the canneries in Steveston, British Columbia to Europe in 1889. Considered the finest-lined clipper designed by Robert Steele, she was launched in 1866 and originally sailed as a profitable clipper to and from Asia loaded with tea for the British market, making the journey in a record 93 days in 1871. Bought by the HBC in 1885 she was the first British bound ship to dock at the Britannia Cannery wharf in Steveston and loaded with cases of Fraser River salmon for the voyage around Cape Horn and across the South Atlantic to London. In total she sailed the journey five times for a total of ten crossings. Montague Dawson is known for the strict accuracy and nautical detail of his paintings. He was best known for his clipper ships and multi masted sailing vessels of the mid 19th century whose graceful lines and romantic history enchanted him.

This piece is part of our “Beyond the Horizon: The Marine Collection” exhibition currently featured in Preview Magazine.

 

58th YEAR ANNIVERSARY

 

Mr. Uno Langmann,1995 magazine article.

 

Celebrating 58 years of art and culture! February 2025 marked the 58th anniversary of Uno Langmann Limited Fine Art Gallery. For nearly six decades, we’ve had the honour of sharing exceptional works of art with all of you. Here’s to many more years of passion, appreciation, and connection! 

 
 

SPOTLIGHT
 

Extremely fine topographical micromosaic depicting St. Peter's Basilica and Square, Rome. With black slate border and gilt frame. Learn more about this piece here.

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THE JOSEPH AND ROSALIE SEGAL COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN AND VICTORIAN PAINTINGS

MILDRED VALLY THORNTON
EXHIBITION

NORTHWESTCOAST COLLECTION OF PHIL NUYTTEN

RECENT ACQUISITIONS

 

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.

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“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.”

 

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Canadian Impressionists

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