Beach at Lantzville, Vancouver Island

Beach at Lantzville, Vancouver Island, 1942. Watercolour on paper by Kaufmann

Beach at Lantzville, Vancouver Island, 1942. Watercolour on paper by Kaufmann

Name/Title

Beach at Lantzville, Vancouver Island

Entry/Object ID

2016.01.10

Description

Painting This image depicts the beach at Lantzville, a seaside community on the east side of Vancouver Island, B.C. north of the City of Nanaimo. The painting has a layered composition showing a deep expanse of beach with rocks and logs in the foreground, several large multi-story buildings to the left with trees in the middle ground moving to islands, the ocean and mountains in the distance.

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Subject Place

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Context

Lantzville began as a coal mining settlement in the 1800s. Once known only as part of Nanoose, when coal was originally found, Lantzville was known as Grant's Mine. In 1920, an American company bought the mine and property from Mr. Grant. Mr. Lantz was one of the directors of the American company and the area became known as Lantzville. The beaches along Lantzville’s waterfront are reportedly always changing as a result of the dynamic process of “erosion” and “deposition” caused by tides, waves and longshore currents.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kaufmann

Role

Painter

Date made

1942

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY This may be the work of Jean K. Kaufmann who exhibited at the Surrey Art Gallery in 1978 and at the B.C. Festival of the Arts in 1986. Further research is needed.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Date

Location

Signed and dated lower left: KAUFMANN '42

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Support

Height

28 cm

Width

22.9 cm

Acquisition

Notes

Detail unknown