ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Clarence Tillenius Paintings</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Web Page about Paintings by Dr. Clarence Tillenius, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada."> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Dr. Clarence Tillenius, artist, wildlife, nature, explorer, lecturer, polar bears, black bears, woodland caribou, moose, elk, deer, coyotes, squirrels, seals, bison, buffalo, diorama, wolf, wolves, books, paintings, Andy Russell, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Assiniboine Park Pavilion Gallery, Canadian Museum of Nature, Bears On Broadway, Pondering Grizzly Bear, Knights of the Arctic Circle Polar Bear, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada"> </HEAD> <A NAME="directory tag"></A> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC"> <CENTER> <P><IMG SRC="ctlogo.gif" BORDER=0 VSPACE=10 HSPACE=10 WIDTH=279 HEIGHT=129 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALT="Tillenius Logo &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <P><NOBR><FONT SIZE=+1><B> <B>PAINTINGS</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="ctexhibi.html">EXHIBITIONS</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="ctdioram.html">DIORAMAS</A></NOBR><P> <NOBR><A HREF="ctbooks.html">BOOKS</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="ctprofil.html">PROFILE</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="index.html">HOME</A></NOBR></B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><NOBR><FONT SIZE=+4><B>Clarence Tillenius</B></FONT></NOBR></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+4><B>PAINTINGS</B></FONT><BR> <P>&nbsp;</P> </CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">&quot;The paintings of Clarence Tillenius transport you to the wild open plains of the past, into the protective and secretive worlds hidden around us, and lift you to where you can feel the primeval vastness of the forest and the mountains. Life as it was, as we often nostalgically wish for, will be opened up to you, evoking both joy and sadness and a peaceful sense of appreciation for the man who painted it, Clarence Tillenius.&quot;</FONT></B> <B><FONT SIZE="-1">Dr. Philip H.R. Stepney, Director Provincial Museum of Alberta.</FONT></B> </BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><B>Updated January 26, 2012</B></P> <A NAME="bearsonbroadway tag"></A> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>BEARS ON BROADWAY</B></FONT></P> </center> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">From December 2004 until May 2005 Clarence Tillenius painted two bears, the "Pondering Grizzly" and the "Knights of the Polar Circle" each weighing 10,000 pounds, made of cement and about 8 feet tall in a sitting posture. They are part of the clan of sixty two bears painted by a number of Manitoba artists for the Bears On Broadway Cancer Care Manitoba fundraiser project.<P> The only Grizzly bear of the sixty two bears was the one painted by Clarence, and it is located in front of the Manitoba Legislature, while his "Knights of the Polar Circle" is located on the Broadway boulevard across from the Fort Garry Hotel, several hundred meters west of Main Street.<P> <A HREF="ctknights.mp4">PC users Right-Click here to download a movie</A> of Clarence telling the stories of the 15 smaller Polar bears he painted around the body of the "Knights of the Polar Circle" bear. This is a 7 MByte Quicktime MPEG-4 ISMA file, best viewed using Apple's QuickTime Player. Movie recorded by Donna Kurt on May 21, 2005 at Kapyong Barracks. Copyright &copy; 2005 Clarence Tillenius.<P> The following images are of Clarence Tillenius and his two bears.</FONT></B></P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <P><IMG SRC="ctgrizzly.jpg" BORDER=3 HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Pondering Grizzly &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR> <IMG SRC="ctknights1.jpg" BORDER=3 HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Knights of the Polar Circle &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><IMG SRC="ctknights2.jpg" BORDER=3 HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Knights of the Polar Circle &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR> <IMG SRC="ctknights3.jpg" BORDER=3 HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Knights of the Polar Circle &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><IMG SRC="ctknights4.jpg" BORDER=3 HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Knights of the Polar Circle &copy; Clarence Tillenius"></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>PRINTS of PAINTINGS</B></FONT></P> <P><NOBR> <FONT SIZE=+2><B> <A HREF="ctpaints.html#pbiws tag">In the White Silence</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; </NOBR><A HREF="ctpaints.html#pbh tag">Nursery On The Move</A><P> <NOBR><A HREF="ctpaints.html#pck tag">Cougar Kittens</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="ctpaints.html#pbipn tag">In the Polar Night</A></NOBR></P> </B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ctbisons.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=81 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Bisons Running Sketch &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <A NAME="pbiws tag"></A> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="ctpbiws.html"><IMG SRC="ctpbiwss.jpg" WIDTH=267 HEIGHT=220 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10" BORDER=3 ALT="In The White Silence &copy; 1976 Clarence Tillenius"></A><BR> <FONT SIZE="-1"><B>Click on image to view a larger version.</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#DC143C"><B>In The White Silence</B></FONT></P> </CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="80%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><I>In The White Silence</I></B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Painted</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>1976</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>In the 1950s Tillenius travelled by dogsled with the Inuit hunters of Southampton Island in the Canadian Arctic to watch them hunt <I>Nanook</I> (The White Bear) so he could make paintings of polar bears.</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </B></FONT></CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="#directory tag"><B><U>TO TOP OF PAGE</U></B></A><P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ctbisons.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=81 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Bisons Running Sketch &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <A NAME="pck tag"></A> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="ctpck.html"><IMG SRC="ctpcks.jpg" WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=140 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10" BORDER=3 ALT="Cougar Kittens &copy; 1980 Clarence Tillenius"></A><BR> <FONT SIZE="-1"><B>Click on image to view a larger version.</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#DC143C"><B>Cougar Kittens</B></FONT></P> </CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="80%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><I>Cougar Kittens</I></B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Painted</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>1980</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Variegated pattern of spots on the baby cougars which show up so plainly in sunshine make them hard to see in the shade of leafy bushes.</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </B></FONT></CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="#directory tag"><B><U>TO TOP OF PAGE</U></B></A><P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ctbisons.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=81 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Bisons Running Sketch &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <A NAME="pbh tag"></A> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="ctpbh.html"><IMG SRC="ctpbhs.jpg" WIDTH=432 HEIGHT=179 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10" BORDER=3 ALT="Nursery On The Move &copy; 1986 Clarence Tillenius"></A><BR> <FONT SIZE="-1"><B>Click on image to view a larger version.</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#DC143C"><B>Nursery On The Move</B></FONT></P> </CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="80%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><I>Nursery On The Move</I></B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Painted</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>1986</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>The low grunting of the buffalo cows on the move seems like a message to the tawny little calves not to stray too far from their mothers.</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </B></FONT></CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="#directory tag"><B><U>TO TOP OF PAGE</U></B></A><P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ctbisons.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=81 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Bisons Running Sketch &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <A NAME="pbipn tag"></A> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="ctpbipn.html"><IMG SRC="ctpbipns.jpg" WIDTH=196 HEIGHT=216 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10" BORDER=3 ALT="In the Polar Night &copy; 1984 Clarence Tillenius"></A><BR> <FONT SIZE="-1"><B>Click on image to view a larger version.</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#DC143C"><B>In the Polar Night</B></FONT></P> </CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="80%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><I>In the Polar Night</I></B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Painted</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>1984</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=90> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=290> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>The Great Bear, haloed by the arctic moonlight, stands listening to the night sounds of the polar sea.</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </B></FONT></CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="#directory tag"><B><U>TO TOP OF PAGE</U></B></A><P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ctbisons.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=81 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Bisons Running Sketch &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <A NAME="galleries tag"></A> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><FONT SIZE="+3"><B>GALLERIES</B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ct82lm.jpg" BORDER=3 WIDTH=184 HEIGHT=294 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Clarence Tillenius 1995 Exhibition Guide"><BR><B>Clarence Tillenius 1995 Exhibition Guide</B></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG SRC="ct87lm.jpg" BORDER=3 WIDTH=288 HEIGHT=452 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Clarence Tillenius 2000 Exhibition Guide"><BR><B>Clarence Tillenius 2000 Exhibition Guide</B></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A HREF="#directory tag"><B><U>TO TOP OF PAGE</U></B></A><P> <P><IMG SRC="ctbisons.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=81 USEIMAGEWIDTH USEIMAGEHEIGHT HSPACE=20 VSPACE=10 ALT="Bisons Running Sketch &copy; Clarence Tillenius"><BR></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Use this URL to create a link to the website of<BR> Clarence Tillenius</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+2"><B><NOBR>www.wilds.mb.ca/tillenius</NOBR></B></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><FONT SIZE="-1"><B>Copyright &copy; 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