Looking northwest at the College Building. Evergreen trees in foreground; several people visible walking in front of building.

Looking east at College Building at centre; landscaping and road in foreground. Engineering Building at left; Saskatchewan Hall at right.

Exterior of St. Andrew's College, looking south west. High trees and shrubs in the foreground.

View looking northeast of Soils and Dairy Science (later the John Mitchell) Building. Field Husbandry (later Crop Science) Building in background; cars parked on road in foreground.

Otto Rogers, associate professor and head, Department of Art; Douglas R. Cherry, dean, Arts and Science; and R.W. Begg, University President (l to r), converse at the official opening of the Art Department's new quarters in the Murray Memorial Building.

Art Department faculty, Seated: Bill Epp, Hans S. Dommasch, Donald K. McNamee and Wynona Mulcaster. Standing: Mina M. Forsyth, Jim Thornsbury, Ron Shuebrook, Douglas Bentham, and Otto Rogers.

Students standing with instructor Gordon W. Snelgrove at the blackboard are I.A. Harper, W.J. Daviduk, N.H. Barabash, S. Sawyshyn, D.G. Kent, H.E. Neufeld and J.J Sadlowski.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.

Students standing and seated at a table with their equipment spread around them; paintings on wall in background.

Students seated at tables with instructor Gordon W. Snelgrove standing in front of class. View from back of class looking towards instructor. Paintings leaning on rail of blackboard.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.

Students seated taking instruction from Ken Lochhead. Paintings on wall in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Campbell Lochhead, OC (1926-2006) was a Canadian professor and painter. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he attended the Summer Art School at Queen's University in 1944. From 1945-1948, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. From 1946-1948, he studied at the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia. From 1950 to 1964, he was the director of the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan – Regina Campus. Among his pupils there was Joan Rankin. In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the Regina Five at the National Gallery of Canada with Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton. From 1964-1973, he was an associate professor in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher.” From 1973-1975, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. From 1975 to 1989, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Lochhead died in Ottawa in 2006.

Students seated at tables working; a collection of paintings hang on wall in background.

Elevated view of students seated in numbered chairs in the lecture theatre.