In March of 1919, students at Nutana Collegiate (called Saskatoon Collegiate Institute until 1923) announced they would establish a memorial for the 29 alumni soldiers who died in the First World War. Principal Alfred J. Pyke instead suggested creating a Memorial Art Gallery that consisted exclusively of paintings by Canadian artists. They purchased one painting by a different artist for each fallen soldier.
Hervert Sidney Palmer's Hunting Country was acquired in 1919 and dedicated to Private George Charles Geoffrey Dean. It is hung in the auditorium on the top floor of the school. George attended Saskatoon Collegiate Institute from 1915 to 1916. He enlisted in February of 1916 and was killed by shell at Albert on 19 November 1916.
