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Pavilion Gallery MuseumAs the centerpiece of Assiniboine Park, the Pavilion houses a gallery museum featuring the largest collections of works by three renowned Manitoba artists: Ivan Eyre, Clarence Tillenius, and Walter J. Phillips. The Gallery’s unique architecture provides a natural flow from one intimate space to another, allowing you to spend time with each beautiful work of art. The artists’ works are rotated four times a year and tours are offered to people of all ages. On April 4, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy opened The Pooh Gallery, a new exhibit that portrays the story of how the famous character, Winnie the Pooh, came to be. Click here to learn more about this fun new exhibit. Pavilion Gallery Museum HoursPlease click here to view the regular hours of operation for the Pavilion Gallery Museum. Please Note: AdmissionThe Pavilion Gallery Museum is Free of Charge. Donations are welcome. All donations will help support programming at the Pavilion Gallery Museum and Assiniboine Park. ToursPersonally guided tours of galleries can be arranged by contacting Park Programming at 927-6070. The Pooh Gallery2nd Floor The Pooh Gallery is a new permanent exhibit designed for children of all ages that portrays the story of how the famous character, Winnie the Pooh, came to be through Lieutenant Harry Colebourn and Winnie the Bear. Ivan Eyre - DrawingsIvan Eyre Gallery Daria Mudryj: Spring Florals (Show and Sale)Clarence Tillenius Gallery A former graduate student of Ivan Eyre, Daria is a well know oil painter who uses vibrant color schemes to paint landscape, floral and still life paintings. All works for sale. Proceeds support the Pavilion Gallery Museum. The Pavilion Gallery Museum houses the largest collections of works by three renowned Manitoba Artists Walter J. Phillips, Clarence Tillenius and Ivan Eyre. The Gallery's unique architecture provides a natural flow from one intimate space to another, encouraging visitors to spend some time with each beautiful work of art. The Pavilion Gallery Museum also houses the original painting of Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot created by Ernest H. Shepard. The artists' work are rotated four times a year and tours are offered to people of all ages. Clarence Tillenius
This talented Manitoban, (1913 - 2012) contributed so much to our Canadian heritage through his art and worked ardently to preserve our matchless wilderness. Dr. Ian MacLaren referred to Clarence Tillenius as: "...the dean of Canadian Wildlife painters, a Canadian treasure whose worth to us increases by the year, and stands to continue doing so long after we have left this world to our children and the buffaloes." This body of works is a heritage collection containing invaluable archival material. The works in the collection of the Pavilion Gallery Museum are comprehensive, significant, and representative of the many mediums and styles used by the artist: oil and watercolour paintings, black and white sketches including colour notes to display the whole process, pen and ink drawing, charcoal sketches, pencil drawings and mixed media work. All, whenever possible, include the preliminary work and notes of the artist and actual issues of the publications which contain reproductions of the original art in the collection. They show the format and scope of Tillenius art and the mandate and the contribution of his art to the preservation of heritage and cultural scenes starting in the early thirties to the present date. Gallery Location:Clarence Tillenius Gallery, 2nd Floor Walter J. PhillipsOne of Canada's most celebrated artists, Phillips was born in England in 1884. As a young man, he moved to South Africa where he worked as a teacher, newspaper reporter, surveyor's assistant, law clerk and diamond miner. Phillips returned to England briefly before immigranting to Winnipeg in 1913. Phillips produced hundreds of watercolours, colour woodcuts, etchings and engravings throughout his long career, depicting the Canadian landscape in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario. He later moved to Calgary, Banff and lastly to Victoria where he died in 1963. Few other Canadian artists left such an enormous catalogue of Canadian art chronicling works from the eastern townships of Quebec to the west coast. Phillips is recognized internationally for his innovations in colour woodblock printing. Gallery Location:John P. Crabb Gallery Walter J Phillips Collection, 2nd Floor Ivan EyreIvan Kenneth Eyre was born in Tullymet, Saskatchewan in 1935. Throughout his education, he studied under important artists including Ernest Lindner and Eli Bornstein. Eyre graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba in 1957 and spent the following year at the University of North Dakota. Returning to Canada, he began to teach at the University of Manitoba where he was appointed Full Professor (Painting and Drawing) until his retirement in 1993. Throughout five decades of painting, Eyre produced figurative work, still lifes, personal mythologies, figure silhouette/landscape, family portraits and panoramic landscapes. His ability to combine these various interests into works of authority and visual appeal has made Eyre one of Canada's most respected painters. In 1998 the Pavilion Gallery Museum was opened at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg with the entire third floor dedicated as the Ivan Eyre Gallery. Ivan's gift to the museum was enormous as he donated two hundred paintings, five thousand drawings and sixteen sculptures which are shown in exhibitions in his gallery on a rotating basis. Ivan Eyre's paintings and sculptures are represented exclusively by Loch Gallery in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. Among his many honours, Eyre was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1974, he received the Queen's Silver Jubliee medal in 1977, the University of Manitoba Alumini Jubilee Award in 1982, and he is the subject of several films and books. He has held solo exhibitions from 1962 to the present and is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections throughout Canada and the World. Gallery Location:Ivan Eyre Gallery, 3rd Floor The Pavilion Gallery Museum has spaces to rent for special events. For more information please contact Terrace Fifty-Five Food & Wine at 938-PARK (7275) or click here to visit their website. The 2nd floor Rotation Gallery is a multi-purpose rental space where artists, photographers or other types of presenters are invited to submit proposals for exhibitions or presentations. Submission FormatFor all proposals, please submit the following to the Curator:
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If you have any questions, contact the Curator directly at 927-6017. The Pavilion has been one of the centerpieces of Assiniboine Park throughout the Park's History. Designed by Winnipeg architect, J.D. Atchison, the original Pavilion was built in 1908. It was a two-storey structure featuring a high tower and a wide floor balcony, It housed a dance hall, banquet room, lunch and catering facilities. The tower concealed a 16,000 gallon water tank. At a construction cost of $19,000, the Pavilion was built for summer use only and the quality of the structure did not match the quality of design. It was destroyed by fire in 1929 and all that remained was the pergola and lily basin to the north. The second Pavilion building was designed by local architechural firm Northwood and Chivers, and was constructed quickly over the next year, officially opening May 24th, 1930, The architects chose to imitate certain elements of early English architecture and gave the building a mock Tudor half-timbering, a bell tower, and a roof line reminiscent of thatching. Once home to a second level restaurant and dining room, the second Pavilion fell into disuse and is remembered primarily as a seasonal facility with a canteen on the main level and rental hall on the second level. The Pavilion, beautifully restored and renovated, re-opened in October, 1998. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey PotProminently located on the feature wall in The Pooh Gallery is the famous painting ‘Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot’ by Ernest H. Shepard. Shepard was the original illustrator for A.A. Milne's books about Winnie the Pooh. This is the only known oil painting of Winnie created by the artist. It originally was commissioned for a teashop in Bristol, England called "Pooh Corner" and remained there for ten years. In 2000, the painting was offered for sale at an auction in London, England, and a group of interested citizens from Winnipeg spearheaded the effort to acquire the painting. Many individuals, corporations and all three levels of government generously assisted and, with this incredible outpouring of support, along with David Loch, the painting was ours! Winnie the bear in Milne's books, was modeled after a real black bear in the London Zoo. An orphaned cub, Winnie purchased in 1914 by Lieutenant Harry Coleburn from a trapper in White River, Ontario. Coleburn, a Winnipegger and veterinarian with the Fort Garry Horse Militia, was on his way to training in Quebec during World War 1. Coleburn named the bear Winnie after his hometown. The regiment later shipped out to England and the bear, now their mascot, went too. Winnie was later gifted to the London Zoo where it became a favourite with young visitors, including Milne's son, Christopher Robin. And the rest, as they say, is history. The Pooh Gallery
The Pooh Gallery is a dynamic new exhibit designed for children of all ages that portrays the story of how the famous character, Winnie the Pooh, came to be through Lieutenant Harry Colebourn and Winnie the Bear. Located on the second floor of the Pavilion Gallery Museum, The Pooh Gallery houses a permanent collection of Winnie the Pooh artifacts and memorabilia donated by the MacFarlane family, including pop-up books, toys and figurines. Prominently located on the feature wall is the famous painting ‘Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot’ by Ernest H. Shepard, the original illustrator of A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books. Also a part of the collection is the original signed copy of the book With brightly painted walls of orange, yellow and blue, the new gallery also features Winnie’s Reading Room, a cozy nook with artwork covered walls and a variety of story books. Visitors to the gallery are welcome to make use of the reading room. The cozy space will also be used for some special Winnie-themed programs.
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