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Cowley Abbott Canadian Art Auctioneers is an auction house in Toronto, Canada, which holds live and online auctions of Canadian historical, post-war and contemporary artwork, as well as international art. It also sells work through private sales and conducts appraisals and provides art consultancy. [1]
This is the authorized list of Official Canadian War Artists in the Second World War according to A Checklist of the War Collections of World War I, 1914-1918, and World War II, 1939-1945 by R. F. Wodehouse (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1968).
After the war he became chief designer at the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission, and finally chief of design and displays for the National Museums of Canada. He also contributed to the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67. [3] When he retired in 1975, Wood embarked with five artist friends on a series of painting expeditions to Newfoundland.
Donald K. Anderson (June 26, 1920 – May 11, 2009) was Canada's last surviving Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Official Second World War artist. [1] He was known for his character studies, depictions of people, and action scenes.
The CFAP was a successor to several other art programs. The tradition got its formal start in Canada in 1916, with the creation of the Canadian War Memorials Fund. 800 paintings, sculptures and prints were completed throughout the First World War. Most of the works submitted were by artists already serving with the military.
After the war, his paintings took on a more surreal aspect, taking as their subject biblical topics, [1] abstract figures, nudes and flowers. [6] In 1947, Brittain won a prize from the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the next year he held two one-person shows at St. John in the New Brunswick Museum and in Dayton, Ohio, at the Dayton Museum. [7]
Ablain-St. Nazaire by Beatty in the collection of the Canadian War Museum.. Beatty was born on May 30, 1869, and went to school in Toronto, Ontario. [2] He was a member of the volunteers who served in the North-West Rebellion in 1885, then worked in the Toronto Fire Department (1869–1900). [3]
Jefferys had an interest in history, and he produced accurate and meticulous portrayals of early Canadian life. The best known collection of his historical sketches is the three volume The Picture Gallery of Canadian History (c. 1942–1960). [9] In 1926, he was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. [10]