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.
Farquhar McGillivray Strachan Stewart Knowles' The Thunder Cloud was acquired in 1921 and dedicated to Corporal Frederick Struthers. Frederick attended Saskatoon Collegiate Institute from 1912 to 1915. He enlisted on 23 March 1916 and was died of sickness on 24 April 1918.
