Name/Title
Goldstream Park July 4, or Arbutus Tree Landscape IEntry/Object ID
2001.01.76Description
Painting
This image is the first in a series of three light-filled watercolour landscape scenes of Goldstream Park by Rose Bullen. This impressionistic painting depicts a forested stream framed by tall evergreen trees in bright sunlight done in soft mossy greens, browns and blues.Artwork Details
Medium
Watercolour on paperSubject Place
Region
Pacific NorthwestContinent
North AmericaContext
This large 940 acre park, part of an old-growth temperate rain forest, was established as Goldstream Provincial Park in 1958. At Finlayson Arm in Langford, Greater Victoria, B.C., it is known for its hiking trails and the annual fall salmon runs in the Goldstream River.
Many varieties of trees flourish on the river's floodplain including Douglas-fir and western red cedar as well as western hemlock, black cottonwood, bigleaf maple, red alder and western western yew. Arbutus, western flowering dogwood and lodgepole pine can be seen on the ridges. Wildflowers also proliferate during spring and summer.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Annie Amelia Rose Bushby Bullen (1863-1956)Role
PainterDate made
circa 1935Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in New Westminster, B.C., Annie Amelia (Rose) Bullen née Bushby was known for her light-filled landscape paintings. Bullen was a granddaughter of Sir James Douglas, Chief Factor of Victoria and later Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. Her father, Arthur T. Bushby was Registrar of Companies for British Columbia. Before her marriage to Arthur Fitzherbert Bullen in 1884, Bullen studied art as well as music in Germany and England. Her husband founded the British Columbia Marine Railways Company, that including shipbuilding. After he suffered a stroke, Mrs. Bullen began negotiations with Yarrow & Co., shipbuilders from Scotland, and in 1914 Yarrow took control of the company. The Bullen family lived at the Esquimalt Road estate of “Oakdene” in Victoria.
Bullen was well known for her accomplished paintings in oil and watercolour, inspired by the landscapes of B.C. viewed during her numerous travels. She exhibited with the Island Arts and Crafts Society from 1917 to 1936, and was a member of the Victoria Sketch Club.Edition
Edition
Arbutus Tree LandscapeEdition Size
ThreeEdition Number
INotes
Set of three watercolour landscape scenes of Goldstream Park, Victoria, BC. -
Arbutus Tree Landscape I, II and III
See also 2001.01.74 and 2001.01.75Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription, SignatureLocation
Lower left in pencil: R Bullen
Label verso: Goldstream July 4thDimensions
Dimension Description
Visible imageHeight
22.9 cmWidth
34.3 cmAcquisition
Acquisition Method
Legacy collection - detail unknownRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
By Annie Amelia Rose Bushby Bullen:
2001.01.74 Lake View or Arbutus Tree Landscape II
2001.01.75 Park Pathway or Arbutus Tree Landscape III
2001.01.76 Goldstream Park July 4, Arbutus Tree Landscape I
2016.01.01 Below Golf Links, 8th Hole, Victoria Golf Club
By Gil Allen
2001.01.80 Arbutus Patterns
By Harry Upperton Knight
2014.08.05 Broom and Arbutus
![Bullen family home on the north side of Esquimalt Road [Victoria], west of Head Street known as "Oakdene", 1956. Photograph by Cecil George Clark 1899-1993: From City of Victoria Archives (Item M02546)](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/5457/d5bfd5e0-e89e-11ee-90a5-433502fba505-vUVFCsy.lg@2x.jpg)