Emily Carr

Emily Carr

female, deceased (1945)
memoirist, From Victoria, British Columbia, impressionist painter, artist, Canadian, group of seven…NationalGalleryofCanada, Westminster School of Art
Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer. She was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and moved to San Francisco in 1890 to study art after the...
Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie

male, 71 years old
Harvard University faculty, lego, Urban Designer, urban design, Montreal, Canada, Order of Canada…Doctor of Laws, British Mandate of Palestine, Companion of the Order of Canada, NationalGalleryofCanada
Moshe Safdie, C.C., B.Arch., LL.D., F.R.A.I.C., FAIA (b. July 14, 1938) is an architect and urban designer. He was born in the town of Haifa,...
Alex Colville

Alex Colville

male, 89 years old
hannover, sackville, NationalGalleryofCanada, tate gallery, printmaker, museum of modern art…Canada's Walk of Fame, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian of Scottish descent, Doctor of Laws, Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Born on August 24, 1920 in Toronto, Ontario and moved with his family to Nova Scotia in 1929. Studied art at Mount Allison University, N.B. and on...
Edwin Holgate

Edwin Holgate

male, deceased (1977)
Protestant, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, World War II, World War I, Portrait artist, artist…group of seven, montreal museum of fine art, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, NationalGalleryofCanada, Art Association of Montreal
Edwin Holgate (born in Allandale, Ontario on August 19 1892; died in Montreal, Quebec on May 21 1977), was a Canadian artist, painter and engraver....
Robert Davidson

Robert Davidson

male, 63 years old
painter, Semiahmoo First Nation, Haida artist, First Nations artist, Museum of Anthropology, Northwest Coast Art…NationalGalleryofCanada, University of British Columbia, Member of the Order of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Robert Charles Davidson, C.M., O.B.C., D.F.A. (Hon) (born 4 November 1946 in Hydaburg, Alaska), is a Canadian artist of Haida heritage. His...
Guido Molinari

Guido Molinari

male, deceased (2004)
painter, modern painter, Italian Canadian, Officer of the Order of Canada, Tuberculosis, existentialist…museum of modern art, Order of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, NationalGalleryofCanada
Guido Molinari was a Canadian artist, known for his abstract paintings. Molinari was born in Montreal. He began painting at age 13, and his...
Doris Shadbolt

Doris Shadbolt

female, deceased (2003)
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario, university of toronto, metropolitan museum of art, Curator, Canadian…Officer of the Order of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Order of Canada, NationalGalleryofCanada, The Art of Emily Carr
Doris Meisel Shadbolt (November 28, 1918 - December 22, 2003) was a Canadian art curator, writer and co-ordinator of exhibitions. Born in Preston,...
Charles Comfort

Charles Comfort

male, deceased (1994)
painter, World War II, sculptor, Officer of the Order of Canada, War artist, university of toronto…Order of Canada, NationalGalleryofCanada
Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 - July 5, 1994) was a Canadian painter, sculptor, teacher, writer and administrator. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he...
Regina Five

Regina Five

female
regina, NationalGalleryofCanada, Canadian artist collectives, Douglas Morton, Ronald Bloore, Arthur McKay
The "Regina Five" was a name given to five abstract painters, Kenneth Lochhead, Arthur McKay, Douglas Morton, Ted Godwin, and Ronald Bloore, who...