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In 1919, following World War I, the students of the Saskatoon Collegiate Institute
chose to commemorate the 29 fellow students who had sacrificed their lives in the
Great War, by creating a memorial gallery of Canadian paintings. Under the supervision
of Principals A.J. Pyke, then A.W. Cameron, Student Councils made the selection.
Among the paintings and woodcuts are works by early pioneer artists such as Gus
Kenderdine, James H. Henderson, and Inglis Sheldon-Williams. In 1921, the principal
acquired additional loans from the National Gallery and Saskatoon collectors in order to
organize the first art exhibition in the city of Saskatoon. The collection is now known as
the Nutana Collegiate Memorial Art Gallery.
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