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Tommy Douglas mural in Weyburn Art Gallery made by unknown artist [Video]

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For the last five years, the Weyburn Art Gallery have been trying to find any information relating to the artist behind a massive mural they found of Tommy Douglas.

The piece is about 12 feet long and eight feet across. All the brush strokes are very intricate and detailed. The piece also still remains in pristine condition.

“It’s a difficult piece to display as it is so large it requires a large amount of wall space,” said Regan Lanning, the curator at the Weyburn Art Gallery.

Staff with the gallery in the southeastern Saskatchewan city speculate it was made to coincide with the moving of Douglas’ church in 1985.

“His church was located in the main kind of downtown area of Weyburn. We were moving it up to the hill and repurposing it into a performing arts centre,” Lanning said.

The only artist identification attached to it, is the single …

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