ST. WALBURG — After a two-year closure due to pandemic restrictions the Imhoff Studio located at the artist’s farm site near St. Walburg, is once more ready to welcome guests.
The studio features a number of new elements that demonstrate the artist’s work, his methods and historical memorabilia from his time in the United States. The family is especially pleased to show a larger selection of the artist’s work.
“We’re looking forward to showing more of my grandfather’s paintings inside the studio – the very place he painted them throughout the 1920s and 1930s,” says Bert Imhoff, 79, grandson of the artist.
More than 250 paintings that were on long-term loan to the city of Lloydminster were returned to the family, including the earliest in the collection, a painting by the artist in 1888 at the age of 16. Also key to the collection is a series of portraits of First Nations leaders and chiefs from Treaty Six and Treaty Seven, including Chief Thunderchild and Chief Poundmaker among many others.
The Imhoff Studio is located three kilometres south of St. Walburg, off Highway 3.
