New Heritage Minute to tell story of Canadian battlefield artist Mary Riter Hamilton A new Heritage Minute will mark Remembrance Day by honouring Mary Riter Hamilton, a Canadian painter who recaptured powerful imagery from the aftermath of the First World War. Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2024 1:00 AM Oct 29, 2024 1:20 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Actor Megan Follows is seen in the role of Canadian battlefield artist Mary Riter Hamilton in an undated set still handout photo from a new Heritage Minute production. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Historica Canada, Siobhan Williams, *MANDATORY CREDIT* A new Heritage Minute will mark Remembrance Day by honouring Mary Riter Hamilton, a Canadian painter who recaptured powerful imagery from the aftermath of the First World War.
Heritage Minutes, produced by the non-profit Historica Canada, are 60-second shorts that tell the stories of pivotal people and events in Canadian history. The latest one debuts today and focuses on Hamilton's cultural contributions. The Teeswater, Ont.
native was first denied a job as a commissioned war artist due to her gender, but independently travelled to Western European battlefields shortly after the war's end. There she created over 350 paintings that documented the devastation of war, and while doing so, she braved unexploded mines, disease and other hazards. Megan Follows, the star of the CBC's 1980s "Anne of Green Gables" series,.
