{{Short description|Canadian artist (1932–2018)}} {{Infobox artist |birth_date = {{birth date|1932|05|07}} |birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|30|1932|05|07}} |death_place = Kingston, Ontario, Canada |known_for = painter |nationality = }}

'''Edward Fenwick Zuber''' (May 7, 1932 – October 30, 2018) was a Canadian artist.

==Early life== Edward Fenwick Zuber was born on May 7, 1932, in Montreal, Quebec. He first studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, attended Queen's University (fine arts). He served an apprenticeship with Matthew Martirano.<ref name="army102">[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:08Sd7XsP77UJ:www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_12/iss_3/CAJ_Vol12.3_14_e.pdf+edward+F+zuber&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjxKQ75h7cwnGUAR79LdwYMhiURWhkDhpZPoxur1JEZY2nI1hbUR75uJ6X8qSZj1FsjXEQWccU9JH1PdLT14_m0GpjtSMjnKlQL8i5IAP3CcXErA23RrlQ3eXnyoAa0eepELRmZ&sig=AHIEtbTXyFIsm7Ztyrz94Lj0sO5Zwo-NYw The Art of War,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326105842/http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3A08Sd7XsP77UJ%3Awww.army.forces.gc.ca%2Fcaj%2Fdocuments%2Fvol_12%2Fiss_3%2FCAJ_Vol12.3_14_e.pdf+edward+F+zuber&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjxKQ75h7cwnGUAR79LdwYMhiURWhkDhpZPoxur1JEZY2nI1hbUR75uJ6X8qSZj1FsjXEQWccU9JH1PdLT14_m0GpjtSMjnKlQL8i5IAP3CcXErA23RrlQ3eXnyoAa0eepELRmZ&sig=AHIEtbTXyFIsm7Ztyrz94Lj0sO5Zwo-NYw |date=2016-03-26 }} ''Canadian Army Journal,'' Vol. 12.3. Winter 2010. pp. 102-103.</ref>

== Military service in Korea == At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Zuber enlisted. He was a parachutist with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. He traveled with his battalion's to Korea in 1952; and he was wounded in action. and was evacuated to the Norwegian M.A.S.H. and the 25th Canadian Field Hospital.<ref name="army102"/>

Throughout his experience on the Korean front, Zuber produced many drawings and maintained a detailed "Sketch diary". Paintings created after his return to Canada are informed by Zuber's frontline notebooks and experiences. Thirteen of these canvases are in the collections of the Canadian War Museum.<ref name="army102"/>

During the Korean War, no official war artist was designated by Canada's military.<ref name="army102"/>

== War artist == When the Gulf War began, the experience of Canadian forces during "Operation Friction" was captured by the Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artists Program (CAFCAP). Zuber was selected from among a field of other applicants; and during his time in Qatar, he was recognized as an "official war artist."<ref name="army102"/>

Zuber served in the Gulf War Theatre from January 21 to March 3, 1991, as Canada's Official War Artist.<ref name="army102"/> <!--Needs citation support: "Temporarily commissioned in the rank of Captain, he was contracted under the CAFCAP to record the life and activities of Canadian Forces personnel in Operation Friction. His contract with DND, sponsored under the CAFCAP called for 10 sketches to be produced, he brought back 120 of them and six small paintings that he completed after one month in the active duty area. The six field paintings were purchased outright and Zuber was commissioned to do four finished paintings, one each to depict the activities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and 1 Canadian Field Hospital. "That's when work really began,' Zuber says. "How was I to tell the whole story in only four pictures? Doing 400 would almost have been easier'." -->

==Death== Edward Zuber died on October 30, 2018, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary for Edward (Ted) F. Zuber |url=https://stkingston.simplertimes.com/book-of-memories/3641337/zuber-edward-ted/service-details.php |website=Simpler Times |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>

==Honours== Zuber is the only Canadian service man or woman to have both the Korean War medal and the Gulf War medal. * November 11, 1991 &mdash; awarded the Korean Medal along with the other Canadians who served in Korea. * December 17, 1991 &mdash; awarded the Kuwait and Gulf medal by Chief of the Defense Staff, General John de Chastelain.

==See also== * Canadian official war artists * War artist * War art

==Notes== {{reflist}}

==References== * Bjarnason, Dan and Lani Selick. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/northkorea/koreanwar.html "North Korea: The Forgotten War,"] CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Company). July 18, 2003.

==External links== * [http://collections.civilization.ca/public/pages/cmccpublic/emupublic/ResultsList.php?QueryName=CmccPublicCustomQueryForm&QueryPage=%2Fpublic%2Fpages%2Fcmccpublic%2Femupublic%2FQuery.php&lang=0&Any=AdmWebMetadata&Object=ObjectNameType&People=NameFields&Places=UsedLocation&Events=EventsSummary&Military=MilitaryService&ObjNumber=NumArtifactNo&SearchWord=zuber&QueryOption=Any&QueryWord=all&QueryInstituition=Canadian+Museum+of+Civilization+and+Canadian+War+Museum&Submit=Search+the+Collection&StartAt=1 Zuber Collection on Civilization.ca] * [http://www.zuberfineart.com Ted Zuber's web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621035656/http://www.zuberfineart.com/ |date=2007-06-21 }} * [https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/ted-zuber Edward Zuber on veterans.gc.ca]

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