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MHS Centennial Organization: Winnipeg Art Gallery

An MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented to the Winnipeg Art Gallery on 16 December 2012.

Directors

Period

Director

1950-1953

Alvan C. Eastman

1953-1974

Ferdinand Eckhardt (1902-1995)

1974-1983

Roger L. Selby (?-1995)

Presidents

Period

President

1950-1958

John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978)

1958-1960

?

1960-1963

William Arthur Johnston (1914-1997)

1963-1966

?

1966-?

George Aitken (1906-1984)

?-?

Augustus Searle “Gus” Leach (1939-2021)

See also:

The Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1912 and 1987: An Historical Assessment by Angela E. Davis
Manitoba History, Number 17, Spring 1989

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery (300 Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“Art gallery director due to leave city,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 September 1953.

Obituary [William Arthur Johnston], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 January 1997, page 38.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 March 2023
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