Stratford’s war memorial on Erie Street, designed for the city and its surrounding townships by illustrious Canadian sculptor Walter S. Allward, has a new…
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Philip Dombowsky is an archivist at the National Gallery of Canada. His new book, Walter S. Allward: Life & Work, is being published by the Art Canada Institute.
With recent protests around the globe calling for the removal of certain historical statues, it is worth noting this country’s most famous work of public art, the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France. It’s been 100 years since it was commissioned, and April 9 is the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the First World War conflict that led to its creation.
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