Glenbow Museum Exhibits Vistas

In 1871, with a vision of a new nation spanning the continent, Sir John A. Macdonald promised a railway link to the Pacifi c Ocean if British Columbia joined Confederation.

Glenbow’s Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway features works by 20 artists who travelled west, courtesy of the CPR and William Van Horne. These remarkable artists captured images of the prairie and the mountains, incorporating them into Canada’s emerging national identity.

Join us on this curatorial journey, created by guest curator Roger Boulet, featuring over 130 art works and photographs from Glenbow's collections and from public and private collections in Canada and the United States – many not seen for decades. Images expressing the CPR’s vision of a new Canada are featured in this sweeping exhibition. It's a stunning body of artwork, the first to reveal the Canadian West as a desirable, majestic and awe-inspiring destination.

Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Companion Publication

This stunning Glenbow publication presents over 100 paintings and photographs by some of Canada’s most esteemed landscape artists and photographers of the late nineteenth century who participated in the CPR’s artists' pass program. Written by Roger Boulet, a specialist in Canadian historical art and photography and featuring an essay by Terry Fenton, a landscape painter and senior arts professional in Canada, Vistas situates the work of these artists within the railway's – and Canada's – dynamic history. -- www.glenbow.org