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Released on April 24, 2013
Portraits of Saskatchewan Indian leaders by Edmund Morris are going back on the walls at the Legislative Building today after receiving some overdue preservation framing attention.
“Morris' portraits were commissioned by the Saskatchewan government in the early days of the province, before the Legislative Building was even completed,” Provincial Secretary Wayne Elhard said. “They are not only a valuable historical record of our province but a collection of some of the finest portraits in Canada. These pieces are truly a highlight of the Legislative Building Art Collection and I am very pleased with the recent preservation framing work that will allow them to be enjoyed far into the future.”
The 15 pastel portraits received new preservation quality mat boards, held in place with mulberry paper strips and wheat starch paste. Spacers, attached to the boards, have added strength and will keep the upgraded premium glass off the surface of the artwork. The portraits were fitted back into the original frames and sealed with coroplast and a metallic frame sealing tape to protect the works from any environmental impact. The preservation framing work was completed by the Assiniboia Gallery in Regina.
“The portraits were buckling because the original matting and mounting materials were insufficient,” Assiniboia Gallery preparator Michael Rankin said. “We replaced them using the highest quality materials and the latest preservation framing techniques, creating an environment that should maintain the integrity of the artworks for another hundred years.”
Saskatchewan's first Premier Walter Scott commissioned Morris to do a series of 15 pastel portraits of Indian leaders in 1909 for the new Legislative Building and began this work in the summer of 1910. His father, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories Alexander Morris, was responsible for negotiating land settlement treaties with the Indian peoples. Morris drew many of the portraits while visiting reserves, but some were done posthumously from photographs.
Morris completed and delivered the portraits in 1911. They were first displayed at Government House in Regina, because the construction of the Legislative Building was not yet complete. Today, the 15 pastel portraits are displayed in the Legislative Building's Assiniboine Gallery, named after a major river system in the province. Former Premier Roy Romanow and Chief Roland Crowe of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations officially opened the renovated gallery in 1991.
The portraits are open for public viewing during regular visitor hours, seven days a week from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., or view them online at www.ops.gov.sk.ca/Protocol/Legislative-Art-Collection.
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For more information, contact:
Nicole Fellinger
Intergovernmental Affairs
Regina
Phone: 306-787-2687
Email: nicole.fellinger@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-527-8412
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