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Summer Night Westmount Park

Philip Surrey

BIRTH YEAR 1910
BIRTH PLACE Calgary, Alberta
DEATH YEAR 1990
DEATH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
MEDIUM Watercolour, conté and graphite on paper
DATE 1961
DIMENSIONS 85.9cm x 59.7cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1419
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A sketch of figures walking in a park at night. The sketch is made on manilla paper and is coloured with two shades of green on the grass and shrubs, and blue is used in the sky in the distance. There are illuminated lamps on posts throughout the park. A figure in a dress (clothing) is walking on the sidewalk in the foreground to the right, there is a couple walking in the park in the middle of the image, and a figure is walking in the park on the left. There is a narrow path winding through the park in the mid-ground. There are trees in the background obscuring the sky.

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