Toronto City Hall 1965
crayon and watercolour
©2025 Charlene Brown
The first place I
lived after I returned from a year in Europe, was Toronto, where I was employed
as a Probation Officer (don’t ask!) from 1964 to 1965.
During my time there,
the ‘revolutionary’ new City Hall was opened and the design for the new Canadian
flag was finally agreed upon.
The city hall’s Finnish architect, Viljo
Revell, asked Henry Moore to create a sculpture in keeping with the flowing
lines of his design, and Moore produced ‘The Archer.’ It’s my favourite Henry
Moore, so I’ve included it in this painting despite the fact it wasn’t installed
until 1966, months after I had moved on to my next adventure.
I’ll
post a painting of that location next.
