Orville Fisher Gallery 

As at 8 October 2018

Orville Fisher was the only Allied war artist to land in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Prior to that momentous day he was employed as a service artist with the Canadian Army beginning in February 1942, and a year later became an official war artist. In 1943 he toured the West Coast and sketched the fortifications at Yorke Island. 

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
Canadian War Museum 12458
Sketch Drawing, Constructing Coastal Defences
Source: Orville Fisher collection
1.13 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
Canadian War Museum 12489
Sketch Drawing, Engineers Working on Gun Emplacement​
Source: Orville Fisher collection
1.03 Mb

Canadian War Museum
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Sketch Drawing, Gun Training
Source: Orville Fisher collection
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​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
Canadian War Museum 12444
Sketch Drawing, Cleaning the Barrel of a 6-Inch Gun
Source: Orville Fisher collection
1.13 Mb

Canadian War Museum
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Sketch Drawing, Cleaning the Bore
Source: Orville Fisher collection
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Ross Keller collection
Sketch Drawing, Observation Post
Source: Orville Fisher collection
157 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
Canadian War Museum 12488
Sketch Drawing, Engineers Excavating for New Emplacement​
Source: Orville Fisher collection
1.19 Mb

​Ross Keller collection
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Sketch Drawing, Study for Signallers
Source: Orville Fisher collection
6.85 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
Canadian War Museum 12471
Sketch Drawing, Depression Range Finder​
Source: Orville Fisher collection
1.33 Mb

Canadian War Museum
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Sketch Drawing, Signallers in Observation Post
Source: Orville Fisher collection
39.9 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
Canadian War Museum 12564
Sketch Drawing, Patrol Boat at Yorke Island Wharf​
Source: Orville Fisher collection
1.00 Mb

Canadian War Museum
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Sketch drawing, Working Signal Projector Yorke Island B.C.
Source: Orville Fisher collection
43.9 Kb

​Canadian War Museum
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Sketch Drawing, Study of Searchlight Beam​
Source: Orville Fisher collection
41.1 Kb

​Canadian War Museum
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Sketch Drawing, Soldiers Cutting Wood
Source: Orville Fisher collection
45.3 Kb

​Canadian War Museum
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Sketch Drawing, Road through Bush
Source: Orville Fisher collection
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