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More recently, curators have discovered a new dimension of Canadian modernism in the Beaver Hall Group. In contrast to the familiar modernist icons of the Toronto-based Group of Seven, the Montreal Beaver Hall painters were occupied with distinctly urban subjects: industry, fashion, and city life.
From 1925-1927, he was in Montreal, painting impressionistically city streets, cab stands and market scenes. His work gradually became Post-Impressionist as he painted oil sketches of harbour and landscape. [9] In 1929, he returned to Toronto. In the 1930s, he chose subjects in the Ward area of Toronto. [10]
John Young Johnstone (November 12, 1887 [1] – February 13, 1930) [2] was a Canadian Impressionist painter, known for his paintings of life in city, town or countryside, as well as for scenes of Montreal's Chinatown.
The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920–1940. Toronto: University of Toronto Press . ISBN 9780802059161 ; ISBN 9780802068613 ; OCLC 26256269
He studied painting and sculpture at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto in 1990 and at the University of Guelph where he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1993. [1] After a sojourn in New York City, he studied sculpture at Concordia University in Montreal and in 1996 graduated with a Masters in Fine Art. [3]
Little was born in Montreal on February 20, 1928. After studying at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and with the Art Students League of New York (where he met Ray Bailley and helped to illustrate the Bruce Gentry comic strip), Little joined Luke & Little, his family's architectural practice in 1951, working as a draftsman. [4]
Philip Surrey CM RCA LL. D. (October 10, 1910 – April 24, 1990) was a Canadian artist known for his figurative scenes of Montreal. A founding member of the Contemporary Arts Society, and Montreal Men's Press Club (now Montreal Press Club), Surrey was part of Montreal's cultural elite during the late 1930s and 1940s.
Albert Jacques Franck (2 April 1899 – 28 February 1973) was a Canadian artist. He is known for his realistic paintings [1] of Toronto winter scenes, [2] dilapidated neighbourhoods [3] [4] and back lanes.