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A Prairie Sunset, 1915

A Prairie Sunset, 1915

Charles W. Jefferys (1869–1951)
A Prairie Sunset, 1915
Oil on canvas
71.6 x 124.0

Images of the West:  Images of the Canadian Prairies

Francis, R. Douglas.  Images of the west:  images of the Canadian Prairies.  Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books, 1989. 268 p.  Illus.


  • Jacket illustration  -  “A prairie sunset, 1915”
  • p. xiii  -  “Acknowledgements…C.W. Jefferys, A Prairie Town. Courtesy of Mr. Anthony Allen, Edmonton.  Wheat Stacks On the Prairies.  Courtesy of Government of Ontario Art Collection, Queen’s Park, Toronto.  Photographed by T.E. Moore Photography, Toronto.  With the permission of the Estate of C.W. Jefferys.”
  • p. 169  -  “C.W. Jefferys also painted in the realistic tradition in the settlement period.”  4 paragraphs, see book
  • p. 188  -  “A prairie town, 1925”
  • p. 189  -  “Wheat stacks on the prairies, 1907”
  • p. 260  -  “Bibliography…Stacey, Robert.  C.W. Jefferys.  Canadian Artists Series.  Ottawa:  National Gallery of Canada, 1985.”


A Prairie Town

A Prairie Town

Based on sketches made of Gleichen, Alberta, in July 1924. Called A Prairie Town (Five Grain Elevators) in Jefferys record of works on hand.

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Wheat Stacks on the Prairies 1907

Wheat Stacks on the Prairies 1907

My first sight of the country, which was to exert such an important influence on my career, was, when after crossing the more cultivated wheat-belt of Manitoba, the wonders of the Prairie flashed upon my eyes in Saskatchewan and Alberta. - C.W. Jefferys

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