Inscription: Clark Hall studio space. In 1907, under the leadership of Henrietta Hancock, more than 30 women met as The Brandon Art Club in this room in the Clark Hall tower. Known as the 'Art Studio,' this space was once the center of all Fine Art programs at Brandon College. This print is of an original Henrietta Hancock painting presented to Daniel and Mabel Lamont on the occasion of their wedding in 1909. The print was donated to Brandon University by Helen and Gwen Lamont in 1997. Brandon University; Alumni Association.
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Takao Tanabe was born in 1926 in Prince Rupert, B.C. He studied at Winnipeg School of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Tokyo University of Fine Arts. Taught at Vancouver School of Art from 1961 to 1968, and Banff School of Fine Arts in 1973. Takao Tanabe was one of the promoters of 'abstract landscape' painting in Canada, together with Jack Shadbolt, Gordon Smith, and Toni Onley. (A Concise History of Canadian Painting. Dennis Reid. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1973. P. 207, 428)