Vankleek Hill Mural - Home Ave - Vankleek Hill, Ontario
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lindeye
N 45° 31.162 W 074° 38.985
18T E 527354 N 5040708
An historical trompe-oeil mural located on the corner of Home and Main. It features scenes from Vankleek Hill’s past, as painted by regional artists Elizabeth Skelly and Odile Têtu.
Waymark Code: WMJJDR
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 11/24/2013
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from Vankleekhill.ca
In Vankleek Hill two trompe-l’oeil murals at the corner of Home Avenue and Main Street East depict early Vankleek Hill storefronts, trades, community life, and the annual Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society Fair. These murals depict true-life Vankleek Hill people, and were created by regional artists Elizabeth Skelly and Odile Têtu.
from www.champlain.ca/tourism_cultural_museums.asp
Historic Murals, painted by local artists Elizabeth Skelly and Odile Têtu, depict scenes of past importance to the "Hill". The first, painted in 1990 on the West wall of a building at the corner of Main and Home, and the second (1992) in continuation of the former, depict businesses operating in Town a century ago.
City: Vankleek Hill
Location Name: west wall of a building at Home Avenue and Main Street
Artist: Elizabeth Skelly and Odile Têtu
Date: 1990-1992
Media: Paint on brick
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