1888 Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Ink Pen Drawing By Aeris Osborne

The 2022 Alberta Artist-In-Residence Project- 1888 Banff Springs Hotel Ink Pen Drawing Ink Pen Sketch was my 5 th sketch of the series before painting on canvas.

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Story:

A National Historic Site of Canada, Banff Springs has been a shining example of Canadian hospitality from its inception. William Cornelius Van Horne, the General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, first considered constructing a grand hotel in the Canadian Rockies when several employees of his railroad stumbled across several mineral springs in 1883. Noticing a great opportunity to facilitate travel along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Van Horne immediately set about constructing a brilliant grand dame that would be one of the world’s most luxurious. As such, he commissioned blueprints for an impressive hotel that would be situated at the convergence of the Bow and Spray Rivers. Architect Bruce Price lead the design team, who relied upon Châteauesque-style architecture as the source of his inspiration. Construction commenced in 1886 and concluded some two years later. As soon as it debuted as the “Banff Springs Hotel” in 1886, it rapidly became one of the top three mountain resorts in North America. (Credit: historichotels.org)

Finishing:

8 x 10 printed on cold press 140lLB / 300 GSM watercolor paper

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