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Jack Hamilton Bush
Bush, Jack Hamilton (1909–1977). Canadian painter, one of his country's leading exponents of abstract art. He was born in Toronto and spent most of his life there. Initially he worked in the tradition of the Group of Seven (Village Procession, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1946), but in... Read more |
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Paul Kane
Paul Kane 1810-71, Canadian painter, b. Ireland. Kane went to Toronto as a child. He studied art in the United States (1836-41) and in Europe (1841-45). After his return to Canada (1845) he made an extended journey into the Hudson's Bay Company territories of W Canada, traveling by snowshoe,... Read more |
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William Ronald
Ronald, William ( William Ronald Smith) (1926– ). Canadian-American painter and radio and television presenter, a leading figure in the development and acceptance of abstract art in Canada. He was born in Stratford, Ontario, and studied under Jock Macdonald at Ontario College of Art,... Read more |
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Paul Shaffer
SHAFFER, Paul 1949– (Paul Schaefer, Paul "Shiv" Shaffer) PERSONAL Full name, Paul Alan Shaffer; born November 28, 1949, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some sourc... Read more |
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Harold Town
Town, Harold (1924–1990). Canadian abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Toronto, where he spent most of his life. He studied there at Ontario College of Art, 1942–5, and in 1953–9 was a member of Painters Eleven. This was a channel for the influence of Abstract... Read more |
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Toronto Blessing
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J. E. H. MacDonald
MacDonald, J. E. H. ( James Edward Hervey MacDonald) (1873–1932). Canadian landscape painter. He was born in Durham, England, the son of a Canadian father, and moved to Hamilton, Ontario, when he was 14. In 1889 the family moved to Toronto, where he studied at the Central Ontario School of... Read more |
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Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg , 1929-, Swedish-American artist, b. Stockholm. Usually considered part of the pop art movement, Oldenburg explores the ironic and humorous aspects of common objects by grossly distorting them in scale, shape, and material. He is noted for soft sculptures of stuffed cloth (e.g., ... Read more |
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Peter Jennings
JENNINGS, Peter 1938– PERSONAL Full name, Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings; born July 29, 1938, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; immigrated to the United States, 1964, naturalized citizen, 2003; son of Charles (a broadcast journalist and television executive) and Elizabeth (maiden... Read more |
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Exotica
EXOTICA Canada, 1994 Director:Atom Egoyan Production:Ego Film Arts and Miramax Films; color, 35 mm, Spherical; running time: 104 minutes; length: 2953 meters. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario; cost: $5 million (Canadian). Producers:Atom Egoyan, Camilia... Read more |
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Rubens, Bernice (Ruth)
Rubens, Bernice (Ruth) (1928...Zweck brings sorrow to his widower father, Rabbi...sister Bella, and to his sister Esther, who has...literally unable to face his Down's syndrome daughter...a macabre tale of old age set in an old people... |
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...predominated during the Middle Ages; the 16th and 17th cents. saw the beginnings...Henry's break with Rome over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon inhibited possible...developing around the Stuart court; Rubens and Van Dyck were given patronage as...any widespread ... |
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'RUBENS & HIS AGE'
"Treasures From the Hermitage Museum, Russia: Rubens and His Age," is at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W., Toronto, until Aug. 12. Call 416-979-6656 or see www.ago.net |
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`Rubens': The blockbuster that almost went bust
...Sutton will be happy if "The Age of Rubens" pulls in 250,000. Paying for "The Age of Rubens" was only part of Sutton...negotiations on a level that Rubens, who was one of the premiere diplomats of his day as well as an ... |
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Rubens Revisited: Ah, the Spectacle!; Painter's Status Reaffirmed With A...
...in 1977. In an age of almost terminal...and Beethoven. Rubens, however, didn't get his current full-scale...more than once, Rubens was that rare...more than many of his patrons. Rubens jet-setted in an age ... |
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Toledo Museum shows what makes Rubens great. (Originated from Knight-Ridder...
...Art reads ``The Age of Rubens ... An Extraordinary...art by Peter Paul Rubens, his collaborators and...paintings by van Dyke, Rubens' most prominent...well-known side. His ``Saint Jerome'' and painting of the ... |
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A PORTRAIT OF RUBENS WHEN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS UNVEILS ITS PETER PAUL...
...Catholic Spanish Hapsburgs. Rubens put his genius in the service of both his beliefs and those rulers...eight years working on "The Age of Rubens," calls the "most militantly...religious art in Europe." Among his monumental ... |
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Rubens and the Northern Past: The Michielsen Triptych and the Thresholds of...
...devotional literature and art of the Middle Ages.10 And the placement of Christ...facet of a broader involvement of Rubens with his "Netherlandish birtiiright."12 Rubens also engaged with the past in his activities as an art collector. ... |
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A portrait by Rubens of his son Frans: a drawing by Rubens of the eldest son...
...outstanding portrait of Nicolaas Rubens in Vienna. (6) The...but it is possible that Rubens was aware of specific...depict such details through his connection with Edward...who was in contact with Rubens intermittently from 1618...ways depending upon their ... |
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The Reign of Rubens;Is There Room for This Master in the Modern Imagination?
...paint to show their hurt, but Rubens seldom suffers, and a rebel...imperious art. There are 30 of his paintings in "The Age of Rubens," the rich, revealing loan...show exactly, but it puts us in his world. Vast religious battles... |
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At Wellesley museum, Rubens in the rough
...FLEMISH DRAWINGS IN THE AGE OF RUBENS At: the Davis Museum...somewhat taller," Peter Paul Rubens wrote in the note to himself...Drawings in the Age of Rubens" show at Wellesley College...in the show, and 52 by his ... |
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Visual Art: A little Rubens goes a long way Rubens Palais des Beaux Arts LILLE
...s unavoidable. In an age where wealth is signalled...sisters sway like whales - Rubens' dimpled Venuses and...issue in these pictures. Rubens's goddesses aren't...leaving them hobbled, so Rubens's women wear their bigness...surface on which to show ... |
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