City of Vancouver Archives

[Man with woman in rickshaw in front of large Buddha sculpture]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-1468
Item
1929

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph taken during L.D. Taylor's world tour

Official dedication of Harding Memorial

AM730-S5-: CVA 470-023
Item
Sep. 16, 1925

Part of Kiwanis Club of Vancouver fonds

Photograph shows Harding Memorial monument.

[Statuette of Superintendent Henry A. Larsen, R.C.M.P. of the "St. Roch"]

AM54-S4-: Mon P109.1
Item
[1957?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Plaster bust of Sir John A. MacDonald]

AM54-S4-: Mon P85.6
Item
[195-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Rear view of gilded plaster bust of Sir John A. MacDonald presented to the Archives]

AM54-S4-: Mon P85.5
Item
[1956?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Clay model for bronze bust of Emily Matthews]

AM54-S11-4---: CVA 371-3160
Item
[1952]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Clay model for bronze bust of Emily Matthews]

AM54-S4-: Port P1217
Item
1952

Part of Major Matthews collection

Detail of Radcliffe Memorial [by] Sydney March

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1962
Item
[ca. 1952]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A woman beside the lion sculpture at the entrance to the Lions Gate Bridge]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-997
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Photograph shows a sign "Cars Pay Toll at North End of Bridge"

[Lion sculpture at the south end of the Lions Gate Bridge]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-987
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Court House lion [from the rear] looking towards the Medical Dental Building [on Georgia Street]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-229
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Vancouver, BC

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a documentary film documenting bridges, Vancouver Harbour, the Stanley Park (B.C.) seawall, and maritime traffic around Vancouver. The film includes footage of False Creek, the Granville (Street) Bridge (3rd, 1954-), the Burrard Bridge (1932-), the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge (1938-), the Second Narrows Highway Bridge (1960-), the Stanley Park seawall and sculptures including Elek Imredy's sculpture Girl In A Wetsuit and the replica figurehead of the RMS Empress of Japan, the shipping facilities at Vancouver Harbour, and the seabus terminal. The film also includes footage of boats and ships including a sailboat, tugboat, cruise ship, seabus, ferry, and cargo ships.

Bust of Mayor McGeer outside of Vancouver's City Hall

AM1616-S1-: CVA 136-259
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Pacific Press fonds

[Sculpture of Sir Stafford Cripps by Sir Jacob Epstein]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1996
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Stone Sculpture Symposium

AM959-S13-: 2013-020.23
Item
1976

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is a film showing special event coverage of the International Stone Sculpture Symposium held in Vancouver. Film contains footage of sculptors working with a voice explaining parts of the process. The symposium featured world-renowned artists at work. Participating sculptors included Hiromi Akiyama, Joan D. Gambioli, Olga Jancic, Wolfgang Kubach, Anna-Maria Kubach-Wilsem, David Marshall, Piqtoukin (David Ruben), Michael Prentice, Adolf Ryska, Jiro Sugawara, and Kiyoshi Takahashi. Individuals involved in the production of the film include: Gabrielle Minot (editing), Don Cumming (editing), Martin Fossum (music), Susan Leslie (script).

[Symposium] Opening and Kubach-Wilmsen Splitting (Chisels)

AM959-S13-: MI-211
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage Mayor Arthur Phillips, the crowds, and artists at the opening ceremonies, and Wolfgang Kubach and Maria Kubach-Wilmsen using circular saws and chisels to cut stone.

Crane - Rock and Chandlers

AM959-S13-: MI-212
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of cranes lifting unfinished stones at the symposium site and later into a building with "1 Chandlers Lane" written over the doorway. Artists believed to be featured include Mathias Hietz, Wolfgang Kubach, and Jiro Sagawara.

Stone Symposium

AM959-S13-: MI-198
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of the unfinished "Landscape 75" by Jiro Sugawara being moved by a crane, Maria Kubach-Wilmsen sanding "Horizontal Column," and children chipping at stones. Artists believed to be featured include Jiro Sugawara forging metal bars, and Maria Kubach-Wilmsen.

Stone Symposium - Symposium Crane

AM959-S13-: MI-202
Item
July 24 [1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of Canadian Reserve soldiers helping move sculptures using a crane, as well as footage of people photographing and filming the process. Artists believed to be featured include Wolfgang Kubach, Maria Kubach-Wilmsen, and Jiro Sugawara. The main sculpture being moved is "Horizontal Column" by Wolfgang Kubach and Maria Kubach-Wilmsen.

Stone Symposium Viewed By DM [David Marshall]

AM959-S13-: MI-210
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of people viewing the unfinished sculptures, notably "Horizontal Column" by Wolfgang Kubach and Maria Kubach-Wilmsen. Artists believed to be featured include Michael Prentice polishing his sculpture "Developing Form."

Takahashi Carving

AM959-S13-: MI-209
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of the Symposium grounds and Kiyoshi Takahashi using hand tools on his sculpture, "Woman."

V.I.S.S. (Vancouver International Stone Symposium) Crane - Rock

AM959-S13-: MI-207
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of a crane hoisting stones, and people moving them into place. Artists believed to be featured include Wolfgang Kubach and Jiro Sugawara.

Van[couver] Int[ernational] Stone Symposium

AM959-S13-: MI-192
Item
1975

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium. The film contains footage of artists working on sculptures using hand and power tools, as well as footage of people viewing the artists at work. Artists believed to be featured include Wolfgang Kubach, Maria Kubach-Wilmsen, Hiromi Akiyama and Michael Prentice.

Vancouver International Stone Symposium/SHOT

AM959-S13-: MI-193
Item
1975

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium. The film contains footage of artists working on sculptures using hand and power tools, as well as footage of people viewing the artists at work. Artists believed to be featured include Adolf Ryszka, Mathias Hietz and Kiyoshi Takahashi.

VanDusen Symposium

AM959-S13-: MI-217
Item
[1975]

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Symposium at VanDusen Gardens. The film contains footage of the film box, and sculptors working on their sculptures with hand and electric tools. Artists believed to be featured include Michael Prentice, Hiromi Akiyama, and Mathias Heitz. Sculptures featured include "Developing Form" by Michael Prentice, "For the Botanical Garden" by Hiromi Akiyama, "Observing Your Society" by Piqtoukun (David Ruben), "Woman" by Kiyoshi Takahashi, and "Guardian" by Mathias Hietz.

Stone sculpture symposium, Vancouver, 1975

AM959-S14-: LEG550.03
Item
1975-1976

Part of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia fonds

Item is a documentary film about the 1975 Stone Sculpture Symposium in Vancouver. The film is a combination of footage from the sculpting event and voice over narration discussing both the symposium itself and the sculpting process. Abstract electronic score by Martin Fossum plays sporadically throughout.

The film begins with footage of the original marble and travertine blocks, and follows the sculpting process to the end, including footage of hand and mechanical chiseling, polishing and grinding, and moving the works to their final positions. Over this footage the narrator discusses the rebirth of stone carving in the 20th century, the history of the symposium, the relationship between the artist, sculpture, and the natural surroundings, and the importance of the final positions to the creative process.

The documentary concludes with footage of each artist and their final work in its completed state and final positioning. Those artists are: Olga Jancic, Yugoslavia; Joan D. Gambioli, Canada; Michael Prentice, France; David Ruben Piqtoukun, Canada; Kiyoshi Takahashi, Japan; Hiromi Akiyama, France; David Marshall, Canada; Adolf Ryszka, Poland; Jiro Sugawara, Italy; Kubach-Wilmsen Team, Germany; and Mathias Hitz, Austria.