List of Canadian artists
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The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th century artists working in video art
, performance art
, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature
, Canadian music, Canadian Cinema and Canadian Culture
. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, see Canadian art
.
The Artists in Canada Reference Library provides an in-depth list of Canadian artists and the museums who feature them. The following is a brief list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
, performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature
Canadian literature
Canadian literature is literature originating from Canada. Collectively it is often called CanLit. Some criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes, although this is only a small portion of Canadian Literary criticism...
, Canadian music, Canadian Cinema and Canadian Culture
Culture of Canada
Canadian culture is a term that explains the artistic, musical, literary, culinary, political and social elements that are representative of Canada and Canadians, not only to its own population, but people all over the world. Canada's culture has historically been influenced by European culture and...
. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, see Canadian art
Canadian art
Canadian art refers to the visual as well as plastic arts originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada...
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The Artists in Canada Reference Library provides an in-depth list of Canadian artists and the museums who feature them. The following is a brief list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:
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- M.J. AlexanderM.J. AlexanderM.J. Alexander is a writer and photographer who documents people and places of the American West, with an emphasis on the very young, the very old, and American Indian culture....
(born 1961) artist - Vikky AlexanderVikky AlexanderVikky Alexander is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has exhibited internationally since 1981. Working across mediums she is a leading practitioner in the field of photo-conceptualism and is well-known as an installation artist who uses photography, drawing,...
(born 1959) artist - Robert ArchambeauRobert ArchambeauFor the poet and critic, see Robert Archambeau Robert Archambeau is a Canadian ceramic artist. Born in Toledo, Ohio, United States in 1933, he immigrated to Canada in 1968. His work, heavily influenced by Japanese ceramics, has been exhibited internationally and is held in many major public and...
(born 1933) ceramic artist - Shelagh ArmstrongShelagh ArmstrongShelagh Armstrong is a Canadian illustrator, and was the recipient of the 1985 Will Davies award for excellence in illustration.Armstrong is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Ontario College of Art...
(born 1961) painter - Kenojuak AshevakKenojuak AshevakKenojuak Ashevak, is regarded as one of the most notable Canadian pioneers of modern Inuit art.-Life:Kenojuak Ashevak was born in an igloo in an Inuit camp, Ikirasaq, at the southern coast of Baffin Island. At three years old, she lost her father. In 1952, she had to be treated for three years...
(born 1927) artist and printmaker - Myfanwy AshmoreMyfanwy AshmoreMyfanwy Ashmore is a Canadian artist who has been involved in information art, new media art, video art, interactive art, internet art since 1995...
(born 1970) new media artist
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- Frédéric BackFrédéric BackFrédéric Back, OC, CQ is a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.-Biography:Born in Saarbrücken, The Territory of the Saar Basin, he emigrated to Canada in 1948...
(born 1924), painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and animator - Bantjes, MarianMarian BantjesMarian Bantjes was born in 1963 and is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer.Bantjes started working in the field of visual communication in 1983 and worked as a book typesetter from 1984–1994...
(1963-) - graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer - Bruce BarberBruce BarberBruce Barber is an artist, writer, curator, and educator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches at NSCAD University. His artwork has been shown at the Paris Biennale, the Sydney Biennial, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Walter Phillips Gallery, London Regional Gallery, and...
(born 1950) multimediaMultimediaMultimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
, installation artist - Sharon BarrSharon BarrSharon Barr is a Toronto based painter who attended York University, the University of Toronto and the Toronto School of Art. Her studies have focused on Visual Arts, Art History and English Literature. She also received her Bachelor of Education at the University of Toronto in 1986.- Work :Sharon...
(born 1950) painter, teacher, abstract landscapist - Earl W. BascomEarl W. BascomEarl W. Bascom was an American painter, printmaker, rodeo performer and sculptor, raised in Canada, who portrayed his own experiences cowboying and rodeoing across the American and Canadian West.- Childhood :...
(1906–1995) sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of ArtsRoyal Society of ArtsThe Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity... - Robert BatemanRobert Bateman (naturalist)Robert Bateman, OC, OBC is a Canadian naturalist and painter, born in Toronto, Ontario.Bateman was always interested in art, but he never intended on making a living from it. He was fascinated by the natural world in his childhood; he recorded the sightings of all of the birds in the area of his...
(born 1930) painter, naturalist - Carl BeamCarl BeamCarl Beam R.C.A. , born Carl Edward Migwans, made Canadian art history as the first artist of Native Ancestry , to have his work purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as Contemporary Art...
RCA (1943-2005) painter - Jackson BeardyJackson BeardyJackson Beardy was a Canadian artist. He was an Anishinini-Indian and his works are characterized by scenes from the holy stories of his people. He belonged to the "Woodland School of Art" and was a prominent member of the “Indian Group of Seven”...
(1944-1984) painter - Sylvie BélangerSylvie BélangerSylvie Bélanger is an interdisciplinary artist using sound, video, photography and installation. Bélanger received an MFA from York University, a BFA from Concordia University and a Baccalauréat in Philosophy of Religion from Université de Montréal. She lives and works in Toronto and is an...
(born 1951) installation artist - Rebecca BelmoreRebecca BelmoreRebecca Belmore is a Anishinaabe-Canadian artist based in Vancouver. Her work addresses history, voice and voicelessness, place, and identity through the media of sculpture, installation, video and performance.-Life:...
(born 1960) performance artist, installation artist - Aggie Beynon, metalsmith
- David BlackwoodDavid BlackwoodDavid Lloyd Blackwood, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian artist.Blackwood is known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipwrecks, seal hunting, iceberg encounters, and resettlement...
(born 1941) printmaker - David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter and video artist
- Molly Lamb BobakMolly Lamb BobakMolly Lamb Bobak, is a prolific Canadian teacher, writer, printmaker and painter working in oils and watercolours. During World War II, she was the first Canadian woman artist to be sent overseas to document Canada’s war effort, and in particular, the work of the Canadian Women's Army Corps...
(born 1922), painter and printmaker - Jordi BonetJordi BonetJordi Bonet was a Catalan-born Quebec painter, ceramic artist, muralist, and sculptor.Born in Barcelona, Spain, he lost his right arm at the age of 9. His childhood would be marked by the Spanish Civil War...
(1932–1979), sculptor, muralMuralA mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of...
ist - Paul-Émile BorduasPaul-Émile BorduasPaul-Émile Borduas was a Canadian painter known for his abstract paintings. He was also an activist for the separation of church and state, especially for art, in Quebec.- Biography :...
(1905–1960) painter - John BoxtelJohn BoxtelJohn Boxtel was born in Goirle the Netherlands in 1930. He studied architecture at the Technical School in Tilburg, Netherlands. After emigrating to Canada in 1954, he studied at the University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario and the Artists' Workshop in London, Ontario. In...
(born 1930) sculptor, woodcarving, draftingTechnical drawingTechnical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....
, designDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
& buildingBuildingIn architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:... - Roland BrenerRoland BrenerRoland Brener was a South African-born Canadian artist.He studied at St Martin's School of Art, now Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, under Anthony Caro and taught at St...
(1942–2006) sculptor - Mark A. BrennanMark A. BrennanMark Brennan is a Canadian landscape painter known for his work depicting Canadian National parks and wilderness areas.-Biography:...
(born 1968) landscape painter - William BrymnerWilliam BrymnerWilliam Brymner, CMG was a Canadian art teacher and a figure and landscape painter.-Early years:Born in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Douglas Brymner the first Dominion Archivist and Jean Thomson, he moved with his family to Melbourne, Lower Canada in 1857. In 1864, his family moved to Montreal...
(1855-1925) figure and landscape painter - AA BronsonAA BronsonAA Bronson, OC, is an artist, magazine publisher and curator who co-founded the artists' group General Idea.-General Idea:The General Idea artists group was founded in 1969 by Bronson, Jorge Zontal and Felix Partz...
(born 1946) mixed-media artist - Edward BurtynskyEdward BurtynskyEdward Burtynsky OC is a Canadian photographer and artist who has achieved international recognition for his large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. His work is housed in more than fifteen major museums including the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Bibliothèque...
(born 1955) photographer - Jack BushJack BushJack Bush was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter, born in Toronto, Ontario in 1909 and he died there 24 January 1977...
(1909–1977) painter - Leonid BerdichevskyLeonid BerdichevskyLeonid Berdichevsky is a world renowned artist, writer and film-maker. He graduated from the State Academy of Cinematography in Moscow in 1970. Since 1988, Berdichevsky has been living and working in Toronto, Canada. His works are published in Russian language publications in the United States...
(born 1945) painter
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- Janet CardiffJanet CardiffJanet Cardiff is a Canadian installation artist. Born in Brussels, Ontario in 1957 Cardiff studied at Queen's University where she graduated in 1980. She also studied at the University of Alberta and graduated in 1983. She works in collaboration with her partner George Bures Miller. Cardiff and...
(born 1957) installation artist - Emily CarrEmily CarrEmily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a post-impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until later in her life...
(1871–1945) painter - Ian Carr-HarrisIan Carr-HarrisIan Carr-Harris is a Canadian artist living in Toronto. In addition to exhibiting internationally, Carr-Harris is a professor at the Ontario College of Art & Design.-Life:...
(born 1941) installation artist - Gino CavicchioliGino CavicchioliGino Cavicchioli was born in Australia and is a Canadian sculptor/artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Having spent most of his formative years in Rome, Italy, he cites the work of the Italian Renaissance as the earliest influence of his style.Cavicchioli is currently the official sculptor...
(born 1957) Sculptor/Artist - Alexandre Castonguay, digital artist
- Jack Chambers (1931-1978) - artist and filmmaker
- Robert ChaplinRobert ChaplinRobert Chaplin is a Canadian artist and publisher, currently based in Vancouver. His practice includes carving gem stones, making sculptures, drawing pictures, writing stories, and publishing books....
(born 1968) artist, publisher - Benjamin Chee CheeBenjamin Chee CheeBenjamin Chee Chee, artist, of Ojibwa descent, born Kenneth Thomas Benjamin at Temagami, Ontario 26 March 1944; died at Ottawa 14 March 1977. His early life was troubled and he lost track of his mother, who he spent many years searching for. He moved to Montreal in 1965 where he developed his...
(1944-1977) artist - Keith ColeKeith Cole (artist)Keith Cole is a queer Canadian performance artist and political activist. Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, he is currently based in Toronto...
, performance artist - Alex ColvilleAlex ColvilleDavid Alexander Colville, is a Canadian painter.Colville's family moved from Toronto to Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1929. He attended Mount Allison University from 1938-1942, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Colville married Rhoda Wright that year and enlisted in the Canadian Army under the...
(born 1920) painter - Bruno CoteBruno CoteBruno Côté was a contemporary Canadian landscape painter.- Biography :Bruno Côté was born in Quebec City in August 1940. His youth in a family where art held a strong significance encouraged the development of his artistic talents. He joined the family's publicity business in 1957...
(1940-2010) painter - Christian Corbet (born 1966) painter, sculptor
- Douglas CouplandDouglas CouplandDouglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and...
(born 1961), sculptural installation - Donigan CummingDonigan CummingDonigan Cumming is a visual artist who uses photography, video, sound, and text. His work is notable for its concern with breaking taboos and uses of media to stimulate strong audience response....
(born 1947) multimedia artist - Greg CurnoeGreg CurnoeGreg Curnoe was a Canadian painter known for his concentration on subjects associated with regionalism and London, Ontario. He became known for work similar to the pop art genre, which continued to parallel his later work....
(1936–1992) painter, musician - George CuthbertsonGeorge CuthbertsonGeorge Cuthbertson was a Canadian artist, researcher, and author. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.-Early life and training:...
(1898–1969) marine artist, researcher, author
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- Karen Dahl, ceramist
- Ken DanbyKen DanbyKen Danby, was a Canadian painter in the realist style.-Life and work:Ken Danby enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in 1958. His first exhibition in 1964 sold out....
(born 1940) painter - Charles DaudelinCharles DaudelinCharles Daudelin, was a Canadian sculptor and painter, a major Quebec artist.Born in Granby, Quebec, he became a pioneer in integrating art into public space...
(1920–2001) sculptor, painter - Forshaw DayForshaw Day-Life and work:Forshaw Day was born in London, England in 1837. He studied architecture and design at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland in 1857. He studied architecture and design at the South Kensington School of Art in London, England...
(1837-1901) landscape artist, printmaker - Eric DeisEric DeisEric Deis is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale idiosyncratic photographs. In particular, his work addresses the "narrative potential of an all-encompassing picture plane"....
(born 1979) photographer - Roseline DelisleRoseline DelisleRoseline Delisle was a well-known ceramics artist.Delisle was born in 1952 in Rimouski, Quebec, and attended the Institute of Applied Arts in Montreal, Quebec, in 1969. After graduating in 1973, Delisle worked as an apprentice under Enid LeGros until 1977. In 1978, she moved south and started her...
(1952–2003) ceramist - Bonnie DevineBonnie DevineBonnie Devine is an Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, sculptor, curator, and writer from Toronto, Ontario. She is currently the Interim Director of the Aboriginal Visual Cultural Program and Associate Professor in the faculties of Art and Liberal Studies at the Ontario College of Art...
, Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor - Yuri DojcYuri DojcYuri Dojc is a Slovak-Canadian fine arts and commercial photographer whose works include black and white nude studies, portraits of Canadian World War II veterans and projects such as American Dreams, Marble Woman and his Last Folio exhibit....
(born 1946) photographer - James Doran, enamelist
- Stan DouglasStan DouglasStan Douglas is an artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has exhibited internationally, including Documenta IX, 1992, Documenta X, 1997, Documenta XI, 2002 and the Venice Biennale in 1990, 2001 and 2005...
(born 1960) installation artist - Kyle Bobby DunnKyle Bobby DunnKyle Bobby Dunn is a composer, arranger, and live performer of modern and neo-classical based drone music. He has performed in live and exclusive outdoor settings, including Banff National Park, since 2000 and has released music on various international recording labels.His work has been described...
(born 1986) sound artist, composer, painter - Marcel DzamaMarcel DzamaMarcel Dzama is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited internationally, in particular his ink and watercolor drawings.-Range of practice:...
(born 1974) artist
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- Arthur ElliotArthur Elliot (artist)Arthur Elliot was an English artist who sketched dozens of lively pictures of Montreal, Canada, during his visit there from September 1881 to March 1882. He had a sharp eye for the details of daily life and recorded them with an equally sharp wit...
(19th century) watercolourist - Arthur John EnsorArthur John EnsorArthur John Ensor was a British-Canadian painter. He was born in Llanishen, Wales on 2 January 1905. He emigrated to Canada in 1947. He served in the Royal Air army. Ensor was an industrial designer and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art....
(1905–1995) painter - Paterson EwenPaterson EwenPaterson Ewen was an important Canadian painter, born in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec. He attended McGill University from 1946-47 where he studied geology, and fine arts with John Goodwin Lyman...
(1925–2002) painter - Ivan EyreIvan EyreIvan Kenneth Eyre, OM is a Canadian painter.- Life :Eyre attended the University of Manitoba School of Art and the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He studied under artists Eli Bornstein, Wynona Mulcaster, Ernest Lindner, and George Swinton...
(1935) painter
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- André FauteuxAndré FauteuxAndré Fauteux is a Canadian artist born in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada on March 15, 1946, who now lives in Toronto, Ontario. Fauteux is a sculptor known for his abstract welded steel sculpture, which relates to Geometric abstraction...
(born 1946), sculptor - Marcelle FerronMarcelle FerronMarcelle Ferron, , a Québécoise painter and stained glass artist, was a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene....
(1924–2001) painter, glazierGlazingGlazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. Glazing also describes the work done by a professional "glazier"... - George FertigGeorge FertigGeorge Fertig was a Canadian artist. He was born in Carmangay, Alberta and died in Burnaby, British Columbia. He began with photography in his early 20's and started oil painting at the age of 24. In 1941 he moved to Vancouver from Trail. He exhibited in the B.C. Artists Annual Exhibition in the...
(1915–1983) painter - Peter FlinschPeter FlinschPeter Flinsch was a German-Canadian artist, who worked as a set designer and art director for television programming produced by Radio-Canada the French language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
(born 1920), painter, sculptor, television set designer
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- Sara GennSara GennSara Genn is a Canadian-born artist living in New York City. She works primarily in oil on canvas but has also worked in printmaking, pastel, watercolour, acrylic, paper, video and soft sculpture media....
(born 1972) painter - Joseph GiuntaJoseph GiuntaJoseph Giunta was a Canadian painter whose career spanned over 70 years. He was born in Montreal and began painting at the age of 14. He studied the arts at the Monument National and at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal...
(1911–2001) painter, collage/assemblage artist - Gerald GladstoneGerald GladstoneGerald Gladstone was a Canadian sculptor and painter. Born in Toronto, Canada, as a child Gladstone was as committed to music as he was to painting, teaching himself to play the clarinet and forming a jazz band.-Biography:...
(1929–2005) sculptor, painter - Eric GoldbergEric Goldberg (artist)Eric Goldberg was a Jewish-Canadian painter, born in 1890 in Berlin, Germany. Goldberg was influenced by the art of Pierre-Auguste Renoir at an early age...
(1890–1969) painter - Noam GonickNoam GonickNoam Gonick RCA is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and artist.The son of radical Marxist and former Manitoba MLA Cy Gonick, Noam supplemented his formal film education by studying directors Guy Maddin and Bruce LaBruce. His survey of Maddin's life and work became the documentary Waiting...
(born 1973), filmmaker - Betty GoodwinBetty GoodwinBetty Roodish Goodwin, OC was a Canadian printmaker, sculptor, painter, and installation artist.- Early life :...
(born 1923) printmaker, sculptor, painter - Rodney GrahamRodney GrahamRodney Graham is an artist and musician born in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He is most often associated with the Vancouver School...
(born 1949) photographer, installation artist - Pierre GranchePierre GranchePierre Granche was a French-Canadian sculptor.Having studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Université de Vincennes in Paris, he taught in the art history department of the Université de Montréal for more than twenty years until his death in Montreal.As a sculptor, his works are...
(1948–1997), sculptor - Charles B. GreulCharles B. GreulCharles G. Greul is a Canadian printmaker who produced images in the Northwest Coast First Nations art style. His most popular work was a series of black ink silk screened images on rice paper...
(born 1923) printmaker - Grie, GeorgeGeorge GrieGeorge Grie is a Russian-Canadian artist.One of the first digital artists, Grie is known for numerous 3D, 2D, and matte painting images...
(1962-) - digital 2D, 3D neosurrealism artist
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- Lawren HarrisLawren HarrisLawren Stewart Harris, CC was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. A. Y. Jackson has been quoted as saying that Harris provided the stimulus for the...
(1885–1970) painter - Robert Harrison (ceramist), ceramist
- Paul HartalPaul HartalPaul Hartal is a Canadian painter and poet, born in Szeged, Hungary. He has created the term "Lyrical Conceptualism" to characterize his style in both painting and poetry, and has created a manifesto to describe his thesis....
(born 1936) painter, poet - Fred HerzogFred HerzogFred Herzog is a photographer known primarily for his photos of life in Vancouver, Canada. He worked professionally as a medical photographer...
(born 1930) photographer - William G. HobbsWilliam G. HobbsWilliam George Reginald Hobbs was born on 16 May 1927 at Whitegates in Alderney, Channel Islands.-Early life:His family moved around considerably due to his father’s career in the British Army. The family eventually settled in his fathers home town of Plymouth in the county of Devon...
(born 1927) painter, historian - Elizabeth Bradford HolbrookElizabeth Bradford HolbrookElizabeth Bradford Holbrook, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian portrait sculptor, medal designer and liturgical artist...
(born 1913) sculptor - Edwin HolgateEdwin HolgateEdwin Holgate , was a Canadian artist, painter and engraver. Holgate played a major role in Montreal's art community, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where he both studied and taught...
(1892–1977) painter - Margaret Lindsay HoltonMargaret Lindsay HoltonMargaret Lindsay Holton, is a Canadian-born artist and author from Waterdown, Ontario.Lindsay attended primary school at Hillfield Strathallan College in Hamilton, Ontario; high school at M. M. Robinson High School in Burlington, Ontario; with a final high-school year at the Canadian Junior...
[born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer - Barbara HowardBarbara Howard, RCAHelen Barbara Howard, RCA was a Canadian painter, wood engraver, draughtsperson, bookbinder and designer who produced work consistently throughout her life, from her graduation in 1951 from the Ontario College of Art until her unexpected death in 2002.Her work is represented in many permanent...
(1926—2002) painter, wood engraver
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- A. Y. JacksonA. Y. JacksonAlexander Young Jackson, was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven.- Early life and training :...
(1882–1974) painter - G.B. Jones illustrator, visual artist, experimental filmmaker
- Brian JungenBrian JungenBrian Jungen is a Canadian artist from British Columbia with Swiss and Dunne-za First Nations ancestry...
(born 1970) sculptor, installation artist - Jack Nichols (born 1921) painter
- Leonel JulesLeonel JulesLeonel Jules is a Contemporary Canadian painter from Montreal, Quebec, originally from Haiti .A graduate of the Université du Québec in Fine Arts, he has done research in history and semiotics of art....
(born 1953) painter
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- Yousuf KarshYousuf KarshYousuf Karsh, CC was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, and one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time.-Biography:...
(1908–2002) photographer - Aart KeminkAart KeminkAart Kemink was a Dutch-Canadian painter, born May 30, 1914 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands....
(1914–2006) painter - Augustus KenderdineAugustus KenderdineAugustus Frederick Lafosse Kenderdine was a landscape and portrait artist of Lancashire and Saskatchewan, a farmer of Saskatchewan, and academic at the University of Saskatchewan.-England:...
(1870-1947) landscape and portrait artist - Christopher KierChristopher KierChristopher Kier is an encaustic painter who graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1987. He is represented by the Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art in Calgary, Alberta....
(born 1959) painter - Roy Kenzie KiyookaRoy KiyookaRoy Kenzie Kiyooka, was an influential Canadian arts teacher, painter, poet, photographer, multi-media artist of national and international acclaim....
(1926–1994) painting, performance, multi-media, photography - Germaine KohGermaine KohGermaine Koh is a Malaysian-born internationally active Canadian artist. At the age of two she emigrated to Canada.She is a conceptual artist working out of Vancouver, B.C., self-described as having "no fixed address" whose art encompasses the use of everyday objects and familiar concepts into...
(born 1967) conceptual artist - Cornelius KrieghoffCornelius KrieghoffCornelius David Krieghoff is probably the most popular Canadian painter of the 19th century. Krieghoff is most famous for his paintings of Canadian landscapes and Canadian life outdoors, which were sought-after in his own time as they are today. He is particularly famous for his winter scenes,...
(1815–1872) painter - William KurelekWilliam KurelekWilliam Kurelek, CM was a Canadian artist and writer. His work was influenced by his childhood on the prairies, his Ukrainian-Canadian roots and his Roman Catholicism.- Life :...
(1927–1977) painter
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- Jules LasalleJules LasalleJules Lasalle is a sculptor living and working in Montreal. He has made many commemorative monuments that can be seen in Montreal, Longueuil, Quebec city, and other places...-Works:...
(born 1957) sculptor - Ozias LeducOzias LeducOzias Leduc is one of Quebec's early painters. He was born in Saint-Hilaire-de-Rouville. Leduc produced many portraits, still lives and landscapes, as well as religious works.-Biography:...
(1864–1955) painter - Joseph LégaréJoseph LégaréJoseph Légaré was a painter and glazier, artist, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.-Early life:...
(1795-1855) painter - Enid Legros-Wise ceramist
- Serge LemoyneSerge LemoyneSerge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He is known both as a performance artist and also primarily as a painter....
(1941–1998) painter - Laura L. LetinskyLaura LetinskyLaura L. Letinsky is a contemporary photographer, best known for her still lifes.Much of Letinsky's work alludes to human presence, without including any actual figures. For example, in the Morning and Melancholia , and the I Did Not Remember I Had Forgotten Laura L. Letinsky (born Canada, 1962)...
photographer - Mark LewisMark Lewis (artist)Mark Lewis in Hamilton, Ontario is a Canadian artist. Noted for his film installations, Lewis represented Canada at the 2009 Venice Biennale.-Biography:...
(born 1958) installation and film artist - Maud LewisMaud LewisMaud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. She remains one of Canada's best known and most loved folk artists.-Early life:...
, (1903–1970) painter - Oleg LipchenkoOleg LipchenkoOleg Yurievich Lipchenko Олег Юрьевич Липченко is a Canadian artist and illustrator, member of CANSCAIP.He was born in Ukraine; has moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1999...
(born 1957) - Arthur LismerArthur LismerArthur Lismer, CC was an English-born Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven.-Early life:At age 13 he apprenticed at a photo-engraving company. He was awarded a scholarship, and used this time to take evening classes at the Sheffield School of Arts from 1898 until 1905...
(1885–1969) painter - Rafael Lozano-HemmerRafael Lozano-HemmerRafael Lozano-Hemmer is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal...
(born 1967) installation artist - Attila Richard LukacsAttila Richard LukacsAttila Richard Lukacs is a Canadian artist.-Biography:In 1985, Lukacs graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia and is a member of the loosely defined category of 'Young Romantics'. He moved to Berlin in 1986, working at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien...
(born 1962) painter - James LumbersJames LumbersJames Lumbers is a Canadian artist known for his wilderness landscapes, nostalgic images of Canada's past, and portraits. He is most noted for his heritage Moments in Time series where he combines historical photographs and records with present day imagery to create historical tributes.Lumbers has...
(born 1929) painter - Lütkenhaus, AlmuthAlmuth LütkenhausAlmuth Lütkenhaus was a sculptor, also known as Almuth Lütkenhaus-Lackey. From 1948 until 1952 she studied art at schools in Dortmund and Münster. She married Erich Lütkenhaus, an artist, in 1952, from whom she later separated...
(1930-1996)
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- Arnaud MaggsArnaud Maggs-Biography:Arnaud Maggs is a Canadian artist and photographer. Born in Montreal, he lives in Toronto. Maggs is best known for stark portraits arranged in grid-like arrangements....
(born 1926) photographer - Doris McCarthyDoris McCarthyDoris McCarthy, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian artist specializing in abstracted landscapes.Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from , where she was awarded various scholarships and prizes...
(born 1910) painter, printmaker - Helen McNicollHelen McNicollHelen Galloway McNicoll was a Canadian impressionist painter.Born in Toronto, she became deaf in childhood as the result of scarlet fever. She attended the Art Association of Montreal, studying under William Brymner from 1899...
(1879-1915) painter - Arthur N. MartinArthur N. MartinArthur N. Martin was a Canadian painter, born in Toronto, Ontario.An architect, Martin pursued painting and exhibited regularly in the annual art presentations of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. He studied at Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto...
(1889-1961) painter - Ray MeadRay MeadRay Mead was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter and a founding member of the artists collective Painters Eleven. Born in Watford, UK, Mead moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 1946. He worked continuously until his death in 1998 in Toronto...
(1921-1998) painter, member of Painters ElevenPainters ElevenPainters Eleven was a collective of abstract artists active in Canada from 1954 to 1960.-History:... - Mendelson JoeMendelson JoeMendelson Joe is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter and outspoken political activist and uses his art to express political themes. His most famous painting depicted Prime Minister Brian Mulroney with his face superimposed on a pair of human buttocks...
(born 1944) painter, musician - Kenneth G. MillsKenneth G. MillsKenneth George Mills was a Canadian metaphysical/philosophical speaker and author. An exponent of the oral tradition, he gave spontaneous lectures and poetry for over 37 years. At the same time, he became noted for his accomplishments in music, particularly as the conductor of the choral ensemble...
(1923-2004) painter - David MilneDavid Milne (artist)David Milne, was a Canadian painter, printmaker, and writer.- Biography :David Milne was born in the southwestern Ontario village of Burgoyne in 1882. He was the last of 10 children born to Scottish immigrant parents...
(1882–1953) painter - Neil Minuk, architect
- Leo MolLeo MolLeo Mol, OC, OM was a Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor.Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne, Ukraine, Mol studied sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1940. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union he moved to Germany where he was influenced by Arno Breker...
(born 1915) - Guido MolinariGuido MolinariGuido Molinari, OC was a Canadian artist, known for his abstract paintings.-Biography:Molinari was born in Montreal of Italian heritage with parents from Cune, Tuscany and Naples, Campania...
(1933–2004) painter - Norval MorrisseauNorval MorrisseauNorval Morrisseau, CM , also known as Copper Thunderbird, was an Aboriginal Canadian artist. Known as the "Picasso of the North", Morrisseau created works depicting the legends of his people, the cultural and political tensions between native Canadian and European traditions, his existential...
(1932-2007) painter - Jean-Paul MousseauJean-Paul MousseauJean-Paul Mousseau was a Quebec artist He was a student of Paul-Émile Borduas and a member of the Automatist school. He was a founding member of the Association on Non-Figurative Artists of Montreal...
(1927–1991) painter, ceramist, muralist - Thomas Mower MartinThomas Mower MartinThomas Mower Martin was an English-born Canadian landscape painter dubbed "the father of Canadian art"-Life and work:Martin was born in London, England, the son of Edward H. Martin, sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple, and SusanAbernethy...
(1838-1934) landscape painter - Kathleen MunnKathleen MunnKathleen Munn was a pioneering Canadian painter and exponent of international modernism.-Early years:In 1912 Munn left her native Toronto to begin her studies at the Art Students League in New York City...
(1887-1974) painter - Will MunroWill MunroWilliam Grant "Will" Munro was a Toronto artist, club promoter, and restaurateur known for his work as a community builder among disparate Toronto groups...
(1975–2010) artist - Paula Murray, ceramist
- Robert MurrayRobert Murray (artist)Robert Gray Murray is a Canadian sculptor, printmaker, painter, and art teacher whose large outdoor works resemble abstract stabile style of Alexander Calder...
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- Grace Nickel, ceramist
- Arnold NogyArnold NogyArnold Nogy was born and raised in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Nogy is an artist whose artistic contributions have included several coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. He is a member of the Worldwide Nature Artists Group since 2003 and the Society of Animal Artists since 1992.Nogy was artistically...
, painter - Naveed NourNaveed NourNaveed Nour was born in Germany to Iranian parents in 1963. He is a contemporary artist who uses photography as the basis of his work. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In the early 1980s Nour documented the Iran-Iraq war while focusing on the social effects of war on society. His...
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- John O'BrienJohn O'Brien (marine artist)John O'Brien was a Canadian marine artist.O'Brien is believed to have been born at sea as his Irish family emigrated from County Cork. He emerged as a self-taught artist in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the 1850s. O'Brien excelled at ship portraits and dramatic storm scenes...
(1831-1891) marine painter - Lucius Richard O'BrienLucius Richard O'BrienLucius Richard O'Brien was an influential 19th-century Canadian oil and watercolour landscape artist.-Life and career:...
(1832–1899) painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy - Kim OndaatjeKim OndaatjeKim Ondaatje is a Canadian painter, photographer, and documentary filmmaker.-Biography:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Ondaatje studied at the Ontario College of Art and McGill University. She completed a M.A. in Canadian Literature at Queen's University, while on a teaching fellowship...
(born 1928) painter, filmmaker
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- Charles PachterCharles Pachter-Life:Pachter got a D-minus in visual art at Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute. However, that did not prevent him from pursuing a career in visual arts.Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer...
(born 1942) artist, filmmaker, social commentator - Mimi Parent (1924–2005) painter
- Paul PeelPaul PeelPaul Peel was a Canadian academic painter. Having won a medal at the 1890 Paris Salon, he became one of the first Canadian artists to receive international recognition in his lifetime.-Career and life:...
(1860–1892) painter - William PerehudoffWilliam PerehudoffWilliam Perehudoff, OC, SOM is a Canadian artist, most closely associated with colour field painting. He is married to the landscape painter Dorothy Knowles.-Life and career:...
(born 1919) painter - Narcisse PoirierNarcisse PoirierNarcisse Poirier was a Quebec artist.Poirier was born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec and moved to Montreal, where he studied at the Monument-National. He continued his studies in art at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1922, one of Poirier's works, La vieille maison d’Henri IV was purchased by...
(1883-1984) painter - Christopher PrattChristopher PrattFor other uses, see Christopher Pratt .John Christopher Pratt CC is a Canadian painter.Pratt moved to New Brunswick in 1953 to attend Mount Allison University, where he met his future wife, the artist Mary West. They married in 1957. They have 4 children, John, Barbara, Anne and Edwin...
(born 1935) painter - Mary PrattMary PrattMary Frances Pratt, CC is a Canadian painter specializing in still life realist paintings....
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- Nina RaginskyNina RaginskyNina Raginsky OC, is a Canadian photographer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1962...
(born 1941) photographer - Don ReichertDon ReichertDon Reichert is a Canadian artist. While primarily a painter in the abstract expressionist tradition, he is also notable as a photographer and digital media artist. Born in Libau, Manitoba in 1932 to parents who had immigrated from Austria, he studied art in Canada, Mexico, and England. He...
(born 1932) painter, multimedia artist - Bill ReidBill ReidWilliam Ronald Reid, OBC was a Canadian artist whose works included jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and painting. His work is featured on the Canadian $20 banknote.-Biography:...
(1920–1998) sculptor - Kelly RichardsonKelly RichardsonKelly Richardson is an artist whose media-based practice focuses on the idea of mixed realities; part 'real', part fantasy.-Early life and education:...
(born 1972) video artist, photographer - Richard James Rivet, painter, printmaker
- Jean-Paul RiopelleJean-Paul RiopelleJean-Paul Riopelle, was a painter and sculptor from Quebec, Canada.-Biography:Born in Montreal, he studied under Paul-Émile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement. He was one of the signers of the Refus global manifesto...
(1923–2002) painter - Lupe Rodriguez (1953-2008) painter
- David RokebyDavid RokebyDavid Rokeby is an artist who has been making works of electronic, video and installation art since 1982.His early work Very Nervous System is acknowledged as a pioneering work of interactive art, translating physical gestures into real-time interactive sound environments...
(born 1960) new media artist - William RonaldWilliam RonaldWilliam Ronald, R.C.A. William Ronald, R.C.A. (August 13, 1926 – February 9, 1998) William Ronald, R.C.A. (August 13, 1926 – February 9, 1998) (born William Ronald Smith, was an important Canadian painter, best known as the founder of the influential Canadian abstract art group...
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- Tony SchermanTony SchermanTony Scherman is a leading Canadian painter. Scherman was born in Toronto, Canada and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1974. Scherman has had solo shows in galleries and regional museums throughout Canada and the United States. His expressive work often depicts historical figures and is...
(born 1950) painter - Jacques SchyrgensJacques SchyrgensJacques Schyrgens born in Elsene, Belgium 1923 is a Belgian-Canadian painter and illustrator.His Father was Antoine Schyrgens , architect, draftsman, painter, teacher and a founder of he the Beaux Arts Academy in Ostend...
(born 1923) painter, illustrator - Jack ShadboltJack ShadboltJack Leonard Shadbolt, OC, OBC was a Canadian painter.-Early life:Born in Shoeburyness, England, Shadbolt came to Canada with his parents in 1912...
(1909–1998) painter - Henrietta ShoreHenrietta ShoreHenrietta Shore was a post-impressionist Canadian painter who exhibited contemporaneously with Georgia O'Keeffe and influenced the photographer Edward Weston. Her media were oils, murals, watercolors, and lithographs....
(1880-1963), painter - Joe ShusterJoe ShusterJoseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canadian-born American comic book artist. He was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1...
(1914-1992) cartoonist, co-creator of SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective... - Dave SimDave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
(born 1956) comic book artist - James SimpkinsJames SimpkinsJames Nathaniel "Jim" Simpkins was a Winnipeg born Canadian cartoonist and artist. He was one of the original artists for the National Film Board and worked for them for many years before launching a successful freelancing career...
(1910 – 2004) cartoonist, illustrator, film strips - Damien Smith (born 1969) visual artist
- Freda Pemberton SmithFreda Pemberton SmithFreda Pemberton Smith , a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, was a Canadian landscapist and portraitist. Her work has been shown in exhibitions from British Columbia to Newfoundland, and is found in private, public and corporate collections at home and abroad. Her...
(1902-1991) painter - Gord SmithGord Smith (sculptor)Gord Smith, is a Canadian sculptor who sculpts geometric forms in metal and wood. His artwork is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Confederation Centre Art Gallery and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.Gord Smith studied Architecture...
(born 1937) sculptor - Gordon A. SmithGordon A. SmithGordon Appelbe Smith, born in East Brighton, England, is a Canadian painter, printmaker, sculptor, and teacher living in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Smith taught with contemporaries Alistair Bell, B.C...
(born 1919) painter, printmaker, sculptor - Michael Smith painter
- Michael SnowMichael SnowMichael Snow, CC is a Canadian artist working in painting, sculpture, video, films, photography, holography, drawing, books and music.-Life:...
(born 1929) painter, filmmaker, musician - David G. SorensenDavid G. SorensenDavid Sorensen was a Canadian artist. He studied at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur Erickson , Bill Reid and Jack Shadbolt and bronze casting in Mexico ) with a Theo Koerner grant...
(1937-2011) painter, sculptor - Arlene Stamp two-dimensional artist and designer
- Reva Stone digital artist
- Rudolf StussiRudolf StussiRudolf Stussi is a Swiss-born artist who came to Canada in 1967 to attend Carlton University.-Biography:Stussi studied and taught at the Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1978. From 1988 to 1991 he was president of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour .Rudolf was involved in...
painter - Gerald SquiresGerald SquiresGerald Leopold Squires, CM is an artist from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Perhaps best known for painting dramatic landscapes in acrylic and oil, Squires has also produced major work in sculpture, lithography, and stained glass. He is also an accomplished portraitist...
(born 1937) painter, printmaker, sculptor - Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-CotéMarc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-CotéMarc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté was a Canadian painter and sculptor.He was born in Arthabaska, Quebec in 1869. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Léon Bonnat during the 1890s...
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- Ewa Tarsia painter, printmaker
- Ningeokuluk TeeveeNingeokuluk TeeveeNingeokuluk Teevee is a Canadian Inuk writer and artist. Her first children's book, Alego, is currently a nominee for the 2009 Governor General's Award for children's literature illustration.-References:...
, illustrator - Genevieve ThauvetteGenevieve ThauvetteGenevieve Thauvette is an Ottawa-based creative photographer. Her notable works include "The Dionne Quintuplets" and "Beheld: Iconic Self-Portraits."...
photographer - Tom ThomsonTom ThomsonThomas John Thomson , also known as Tom Thomson, was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited...
(1877–1917) painter - Ione Thorkelsson glass artist
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- Frederick VarleyFrederick VarleyFrederick Horsman Varley, also known as Fred Varley , was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.-Early life:Varley was born in Sheffield, England. He studied art in Sheffield and in Belgium...
(1881–1969) painter - Bill VazanBill VazanBill Vazan is a Canadian artist, born in Toronto, Ontario in 1933. He studied Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, and at the École des beaux-arts in Paris. In 1970 he graduated with a B.A. from Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec. He...
(b. 1933), land art, sculptor, photographer, painter - Henri Venne, painter, photographer
- Frederick Arthur VernerFrederick Arthur VernerFrederick Arthur Verner was a Canadian painter, famous for his landscape and scenery paintings from the Canadian plains in the west....
, painter (1836-1928) - Arthur VilleneuveArthur VilleneuveArthur Villeneuve, C.M. was a Québécois painter and member of the Order of Canada.-Life before painting:...
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- Horatio WalkerHoratio WalkerHoratio Walker was a respected and commercially successful Canadian painter. He worked in oils and watercolors, often depicting scenes of rural life in Canada. He was highly influenced by the French Barbizon school of painting.-Early life:Horatio Walker was born in 1858 to parents Thomas and...
(1858–1938) painter - Jeff WallJeff WallJeffrey "Jeff" Wall, OC, RSA is a Canadian artist best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-historical writing. Wall has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the early-1970s...
(born 1946) photographer - Darrell WasykDarrell WasykDarrell Wasyk is a Canadian film director.-Biography:Darrell Wasyk was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada...
(born 1958) painter and multimedia artist - Homer WatsonHomer WatsonHomer Ransford Watson was a Canadian landscape painter. He was "the man who first saw Canada as Canada, rather than as dreamy blurred pastiches of European painting," according to J. Russell Harper, a former curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery of Canada...
(1855–1936) painter - Phil R. WhitePhil R. WhitePhil R. White is a Canadian artist and sculptor who holds the position of Dominion Sculptor of Canada. He is primarily a figurative and architectural sculptor and carver, and works in stone, wood, and bronze.- Early influence :...
(born 1963) sculptor - Jeff WillmoreJeff WillmoreJeffrey John Willmore is a Canadian artist based in London, Ontario, whose work combines painting, performance and storytelling...
(born 1954) painter and performance artist - Andrew Wright (born 1971) multimedia artist
- Kamila Wozniakowska, painter
- Dana WyseDana WyseDana Wyse is a Canadian writer and visual artist. In 1991, Dana Wyse received her BFA from the University of British Columbia...
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- Group of SevenGroup of Seven (artists)The Group of Seven, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, were a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael , Lawren Harris , A. Y. Jackson , Franz Johnston , Arthur Lismer , J. E. H. MacDonald , and Frederick Varley...
- Canadian Group of PaintersCanadian Group of PaintersThe Canadian Group of Painters was a collective of 28 painters from across Canada which came together as group in 1933. They succeeded the disbanded Group of Seven, whose paintings of the Canadian wilderness had been a strong influence on Canadian art....
- Professional Native Indian Artists AssociationIndian Group of SevenThe Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation, better known as the Indian Group of Seven, was a group of professional Indian artist from Canada, founded in November 1973....
(informally known as "Indian Group of Seven") - Eastern Group of PaintersEastern Group of PaintersThe Eastern Group of Painters was a Canadian artists collective founded in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec. The group included Montreal artists whose common interest was painting and an art for art's sake aesthetic, not the espousal of a nationalist theory as was the case with the Group of Seven or the...
- Les AutomatistesLes AutomatistesLes Automatistes were a group of Québécois artistic dissidents from Montreal, Quebec. The movement was founded in the early 1940s by painter Paul-Émile Borduas. "Les Automatistes" were so called because they were influenced by Surrealism and its theory of automatism...
- Painters ElevenPainters ElevenPainters Eleven was a collective of abstract artists active in Canada from 1954 to 1960.-History:...
- Regina FiveRegina FiveRegina Five is the name given to five abstract painters, Kenneth Lochhead, Arthur McKay, Douglas Morton, Ted Godwin, and Ronald Bloore, who displayed their works in the 1961 National Gallery of Canada's exhibition "Five Painters from Regina".-External links:...
- General IdeaGeneral IdeaGeneral Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, who were active from 1967 to 1994.As pioneers of early conceptual and media-based art, their collaboration became a model for artist-initiated activities and continues to be a prominent influence on...
- Photoconceptualism
- The Royal Art LodgeThe Royal Art LodgeThe Royal Art Lodge is a collaborative group of artists based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that was founded in 1996 by Michael Dumontier, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois, Jonathan Pylypchuk, and Adrian Williams. Hollie Dzama and Myles Langlois also worked with the group...