Name/Title
Black Lab with PheasantEntry/Object ID
2018.08.14Description
Painting
This image depicts a black Labrador dog walking in a golden field with a Pheasant he has retrieved held in his mouth. Only his head and partial shoulders are visible to the left of the image in the long grass. The location is unknown.Artwork Details
Medium
Watercolour on paperContext
The Black Labrador is a British breed of retriever gun dog. Developed in the U.K. from fishing dogs imported from the colony of Newfoundland, it was named after the Labrador region of the-then colony. The Lab can also be trained as a guide dog, or for lifesaving or therapy work. The term "Gun dog" refers to canines that are trained to work alongside a loud firearm while hunting or retrieving game, and includes retrievers, pointing breeds and water dogs. Retrievers are typically used when waterfowl hunting, although they can also be used in hunting terrestrial birds.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Charles Warburton Young (1865-1932)Role
PainterDate made
1926Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in County Bedford, England, Charles Warburton Young was a Canadian painter famed for his intimate knowledge of animal and insect life in Canada. He began his art training at the South Kensington School (Royal College of Art) in London before immigrating to Canada as a young man and settling in Vancouver circa 1902. He gained a considerable reputation as a big game hunter and his interest in the outdoors and wildlife is a constant theme in his paintings. He worked as Police Chief in Nelson, B.C., for the Provincial Police on Vancouver Island. He was also employed by the Animal Health Branch of the Dominion Government at Agassiz for whom he painted animal and insect life for government publications. He was also noted as a portrait painter, and his subjects included the Prince of Wales, Lord Wellington, B.C. Premier Simon Fraser Tolmie and B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Walter Cameron Nichol.
Young exhibited widely in B.C. including at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1916, the Vancouver Exhibition in 1925 and in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibitions in 1927. He exhibited watercolours in the 1928 Provincial Exhibition in New Westminster and he later showed work in the inaugural B.C. Artists annual exhibition in 1932. Young died in West Vancouver at the age of 66.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature, DateLocation
Signed and dated lower right: C. Warburton Young 1926Dimensions
Dimension Description
Visible imageHeight
21 cmWidth
17 cmAcquisition
Acquisition Method
PurchaseDate
Feb 21, 2017Notes
Lunds Lot #240
