Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Painting |
Date |
12/09/1930 |
Place of Origin |
Clarkson/Mississauga/Ontario/Canada |
Description |
A blue watercolour painting of a geometric design completed on December 9, 1930. The artist, Wilmer Greeniaus, plays with different blue tones to give definition, while remaining in the same colour family. |
History |
This painting, part of a series of art class projects, was likely created while Wilmer Greeniaus was enrolled in Hillcrest Public School as a child in 1930. Hillcrest Public School was built in 1876 on the top of a hill at Fifth Line and Middle Road (becoming Southdown Road and Queen Elizabeth Way) in Clarkson. The red schoolhouse became known as "Hillcrest". The land was expropriated in 1957 by the province for the Queen Elizabeth Way. The empty building became landlocked, and was demolished. Hillcrest Middle School on Clarkson’s Springwell Avenue is named in its memory. |
References |
PAMA. (2018, April 5). Throwback Thursday: Hillcrest Schoolhouse First in Clarkson. Mississauga News. https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/8357034-throwback-thursday-hillcrest-schoolhouse-first-in-clarkson/ |
People |
Greeniaus, Wilmer Kenney |
Site |
Hillcrest Public School |
Search Terms |
Clarkson Hillcrest Public School |