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Pages in category "British marine artists" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Samuel Atkins; B.
The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) is an association of artists in Canada founded in Toronto in 1941. The FCA soon had chapters across the country, and was one of the main forces behind formation of the Canada Council in 1957. After this, the national organization withered, and only the British Columbia chapter remained active.
In 1996, Blandford published a 176-page book A Celebration of Marine Art : Fifty Years of the Royal Society of Marines Artists. [3] In 2004, the Society exhibited work at the National Maritime Museum. [2] Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971) was a member, as was Harry Heine (1928–2004) the first Canadian to be elected.
The Maritime Art Association (1935–1945) was a Canadian regional alliance of art clubs and societies, public schools, universities, social organizations, service and civic groups, artists, art students and art appreciators. As the first organization of its type in Canada, the Association offered Maritimers a more democratic and populist arena ...
Canadian Artists' Representation/ Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is a non-profit corporation that serves as the national voice of Canada's professional visual artists. The mandate of CARFAC is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to ...
MacKay was a member of many societies and served on many boards such as the Nova Scotia Society of Artists (1931); The Artists' Society of London (Eng., 1931); The Canadian Society of Graphic Art (1955); Maritime Art Association (1937); Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Art (1936); the Canadian Society for Education through Art; Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (1955); and Canada Arts Council.
Heine was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.He lived in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada until his death in 2004.. His career as an artist spanned forty years. He was a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, to which he was elected the only Canadian member in 1980.
James Wilson Carmichael (9 June 1799 – 2 May 1868), also known as John Wilson Carmichael, was a British maritime and landscape artist who painted in oil and watercolours. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and later in London , he was a household name in his lifetime, and his work remains some of the most desirable in the marine art market. [ 2 ]