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source(google.com.pk)A World War I hero, a Canadian diplomat, and the first French-Canadian Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier was a compassionate and caring man. As Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier put his emphasis on the disadvantaged and on young people and seniors, as well as on trying to bring English and French Canadians closer together.
Governor General of Canada:
1959-67
Birth and Death:
Born April 23, 1888 in Montreal, Quebec
Died March 5, 1967 in Ottawa, Ontario
Education:
Loyola College, Montreal, Quebec
BCL - Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec
Professions:
Lawyer, soldier and diplomat
Military Career of Georges Vanier:
In World War I, Georges Vanier helped organize Canada's first French-Canadian volunteer unit the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, which later became the Royal 22nd Regiment or the "Van Doos" as they were known to anglophones. A World War I hero, Georges Vanier was wounded at Chérisy in France, and had his leg amputated. He was awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order.
Georges Vanier enlisted as an officer in 1914.
He joined the 22nd Battalion in 1915.
Georges Vanier received the Military Cross in 1916.
During attacks at Chérisy, France in 1918, Vanier's battalion was decimated and he lost a leg.
Vanier received the Distinguished Service Order and the Bar to the Military Cross in 1919.
He was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor General Lord Byng in 1921.
In 1925, Georges Vanier took over command of the Royal 22nd Regiment at La Citadelle in Quebec City.
Georges Vanier as Diplomat:
As a Canadian diplomat from 1928 to 1953, Georges Vanier served in both France and England. During World War II, Georges Vanier and his wife Pauline helped thousands of refugees and pressured the Canadian government to take in refugees from war-torn Europe.
In 1928 Georges Vanier was part of the Canadian military delegation for disarmament to the League of Nations.
He took over as Secretary to the Office of the High Commissioner in London in 1931.
In 1939 Georges Vanier was named Canadian Minister to France.
When the Germans occupied Paris in 1940, the Vaniers escaped to London where they helped refugees from continental Europe.
Georges Vanier was named Ambassador to France in 1944, a position he held until 1953.
Georges Vanier as Governor General:
Georges Vanier was Governor General of Canada during the growth of separatism, and he worked to promote better relations between English and French Canadians. He focussed on the disadvantaged, young people and seniors. His work organizing the Canadian Conference on the Family in 1964 led to the creation of the Vanier Institute of the Family. A deeply spiritual man, Georges Vanier and his wife Pauline were nominated in 1992 for beatification in the Roman Catholic Church.
Appointed by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, Georges Vanier was sworn in as Governor General of Canada in 1959.
To recognize excellence in government service, he established the Vanier Medal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada in 1962.
In 1967 he established the Vanier Awards for Outstanding Young Canadians to recognize excellence in the Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Vaniers made changes to Rideau Hall, including bringing back the chapel which had been removed in 1912, and changing the smoking room into the Canadian room with pine panelling and Quebec antiques.
Georges Vanier died in office in 1967 and was given a State funeral at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa.
Eugene von Guerard sketchbooks, 1835-1900, including sketches drawn in Italy and Germany, 1835-1852; Australia 1854-1891; Europe and England, 1891-1900
Level of Description Collection
Date of Work
1835-1900
Type of Material Graphic Materials
Physical Description 32 sketchbooks
1 notebook of textual material
Administrative / Biographical Note
Eugene von Guerard was born in Austria in 1811, son of the court painter to the Emperor Francis I. He studied in the Düsseldorf Academy and travelled in Germany and Italy before arriving in Melbourne in 1853. He soon made his way to the Ballarat gold fields, where he did a number of sketches, and later travelled in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.
In 1870 he was appointed Curator of the National Gallery of Victoria and Principle of its Art School, where he remained until his retirement in 1881. He then returned to Europe and died in London in 1901. He was highly regarded as a landscape artist and painted a number of commissions in Victoria. His topographical style is very detailed and precise.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Further biographical details:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/
Contents
The sketchbooks cover von Guerard’s twenty-eight years in Australia and also the period of his early travels in the Rhineland and Italy and his return to Europe after 1881, that is virtually his whole painting career. The drawings range from pencil sketches to detailed pen and ink or pencil drawings, a few with colour or wash added. The sketchbooks contain general views as well as detailed sketches of specific places and subjects.
Von Guerard accompanied A.W. Howitt on a scientific expedition and Professor Neumayer, the meteorologist, on another. There are sketches of both these expeditions, as well as studies of Aborigines, Chinese in Melbourne, homesteads, huts, and scenes in Sydney, Parramatta, Wollongong and the Shoalhaven district, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Nearly all of the sketches are dated and titled and there are some added notes in German.
SERIES 01
Sketchbooks used in Italy and Germany, 1835-1852 / by Eugen von Guerard
8 sketchbooks
Volumes 1-7 purchased from Clune Galleries, July 1970
Volume 8 purchased from Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, September 1998
SERIES 02
Sketchbooks used in Australia, 1854-1891 / by Eugen von Guerard
18 sketchbooks
Volumes 1-17 purchased from the Clune Galleries, 1970
Volume 14a purchased from Frank McDonald (previously Clune Galleries), 1975
SERIES 03
Sketchbooks used in England, 1891-1900, includes Dusseldorf and six Australian sketches, 1849-1872 / by Eugen von Guerard
6 sketchbooks and 1 notebook
Volumes 1-7 purchased from Clune Galleries, July 1970
Collection History
The Clune Galleries acquired the sketchbooks and notebook from von Guerard's grandson in England.
Copying Conditions Out of copyright - Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: - Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Published Information
Eugene von Guerard, 1811-1901 : a German romantic in the Antipodes / Candice Bruce, Edward Comstock & Frank McDonald. Martinborough, N.Z. : Alister
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