This Week in History: 1965 The second richest painter in the world hits Vancouver

In 1965 one of the world’s most successful artists came to Vancouver for an exhibition.
But his paintings weren’t at the Vancouver Art Gallery, they were at Eaton’s department store.
Vladimir Tretchikoff made a fortune selling prints of his work in the ‘50s and ‘60s, when paintings like Chinese Girl, Dying Swan and Lost Orchid were a staple of middle class living rooms.
He called his style “symbolical realism,” which meant they were realistic to a degree