Charles Walter Simpson was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 artist.

Simpson was born in Montreal, Quebec.

War artist

Beginning in January 1918, he served with Canadian forces in the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. Simpson came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an "official war artist" along with Frederick Varley

Frederick Varley

Frederick Horsman Varley, also known as Fred Varley , was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.-Early life:Varley was born in Sheffield, England. He studied art in Sheffield and in Belgium...

, J.W. Beatty

John William Beatty

John William Beatty was a Canadian painter who was a forerunner in the movement which became the Group of Seven in 1920.-Early Painting Life:...

 and Maurice Cullen

Maurice Galbraith Cullen

Maurice Galbraith Cullen was a Canadian artist.Cullen was born June 6, 1866 in St. John's, Newfoundland.-War artist:Beginning in January 1918, Cullen served with Canadian forces in the First World War. He came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an...

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Selected works

Simpson's published works encompass 43 works in 48 publications in 2 languages and 128 library holdings.

• 1940 — The Mechanics' Institute of Montreal: One Hundredth Anniversary 1840-1940
• 1936 — Canadian Pacific Rockies by Betty Thornley
• 1936 — From Rags to Writing Paper: a Series of Twelve Sketches by Charles W Simpson
• 1933 — Canadian Cities of Romance by Katherine Hale
• 1932 — August Sixth, Nineteen Thirty Two, the Opening of the Welland Ship Canal: a Canadian Conception, a Canadian Achievement by Canada
• 1929 — Croquis montréalais by Victor Morin
• 1926 — Legends of the St. Lawrence by Katherine Hale
• 1925 — Légendes du Saint-Laurent by Amelia Beers (Warnock) Garvin

Further reading

• National Gallery of Canada
  National Gallery of Canada
  The National Gallery of Canada , located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries.The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was...
  
  , Library. (1977). Charles Walter Simpson: documentation file by National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. OCLC 071763310

External links

• Canadian Pacific
  CP Ships
  CP Ships was a large Canadian container shipping company, prior to being taken over by Hapag Lloyd in late 2005. CP Ships had its head office in the City of Westminster in London and later in the City Place Gatwick development on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex.The...
  
  archives: "Departure time" (BR102), "Empress route" (BR103)