Área de título y declaración de responsabilidad
Título apropiado
Tipo general de material
- Documento textual
- Graphic material - artwork
- Graphic material - photograph
Título paralelo
Otra información de título
Título declaración de responsabilidad
Título notas
- Fuente del título: Title based on contents of fonds.
Nivel de descripción
Institución archivística
Código de referencia
Área de edición
Declaración de edición
Declaración de responsabilidad de edición
Área de detalles específicos de la clase de material
Mención de la escala (cartográfica)
Mención de proyección (cartográfica)
Mención de coordenadas (cartográfica)
Mención de la escala (arquitectónica)
Jurisdicción de emisión y denominación (filatélico)
Área de fechas de creación
Fecha(s)
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1910, 1958-1992 (Creación)
- Creador
- Weber, George
Área de descripción física
Descripción física
6 cm of textual records. - 42 photographs. - 113 drawings
Área de series editoriales
Título apropiado de las series del editor
Títulos paralelos de serie editorial
Otra información de título de las series editoriales
Declaración de responsabilidad relativa a las series editoriales
Numeración dentro de la serie editorial
Nota en las series editoriales
Área de descripción del archivo
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
George Weber was born in Munich, Germany in 1907. As a draughtsman, he trained in wallpaper design and display. He immigrated to Canada in 1929 and first settled in Toronto. He worked as a wallpaper designer and studied composition, colour and commercial silkscreen at the Ontario College of Art. He moved west during the Depression, working on farms before moving to Edmonton AB, where worked as a commercial printer for the Hamly Press and Reliable Printing. Weber lectured on the silkscreen process (serigraphy) at the University of Alberta in 1948 and in the early 1950s led workshops at the Edmonton Art Gallery.
He was a founder of the Edmonton branch of the Canadian Painters and Etchers and served as president of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Weber was one of the first Canadian artists to use silk-screening techniques as a fine art form. His silkscreen prints and watercolours became increasingly popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1985 his serigraph of Moraine Lake was chosen by Canada Post for the $2.00 stamp commemorating the centennial of Canada's National Parks. He was represented by Canadian Galleries and ARTrageous Gallery in Edmonton, AB, and Canadian Native Prints in Vancouver, B.C. In 1976 he received the Edmonton Historical Board’s Recognition Award for his sketches and watercolours of historic buildings and sites in Edmonton.
He married Doris Evelyn ? and they had three children, Evelyn, Donna and Carol.
George Weber died on 26 Apr 2002 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Historial de custodia
Donna Tingley is the daughter of George Weber.
Alcance y contenido
The fonds consists of artworks created by George Weber, including ink and watercolour drawings and serigraph prints of Edmonton buildings and scenes. Some of the drawings are preliminary sketches for the prints. Also included are other uses of his artwork, including stationery, greeting cards and a published reproduction.
The photographs are of Edmonton buildings and of an early novelty postcard series, “Edmonton in a nutshell”. There is also a portrait photograph of George Weber.
Área de notas
Condiciones físicas
Origen del ingreso
This fonds was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by George Weber in six donations made between 1976 and 1993 and by Donna Tingley in 2000.
Arreglo
The material was arranged by the archivist by type of record and then in chronological order.
The photographs were assigned item numbers with the prefix EA-258.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Ubicación de los originales
Disponibilidad de otros formatos
Restricciones de acceso
There are no restrictions on access.
Condiciones de uso, reproducción, y publicación
Copyright may apply.
Reproduction restrictions may apply.
Instrumentos de descripción
Finding aid available online.
Photographs have been described at the item level and are available in the Reference Room.
Materiales asociados
Acumulaciones
Further accruals are expected.
Nota general
Accession numbers: A76-97, A82-47, A92-130, A92-140, A93-38, A93-106, A2000-127
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Número estándar
Número estándar
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control
Identificador de registro de descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas o convenciones
Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
Archives Society of Alberta Subject Terms