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.
Andreas Christian Gottfried Lapine's El Enquentro was acquired in 1921 and dedicated to Private Willis George Hunt. Willis attended Saskatoon Collegiate Institute from 1910 to 1913. He enlisted on 6 March 1916 and was killed on 11 July 1918 near Bellacourt.
