Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see artist's web site http://www.barbaraamos.com; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto

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Reference: biography and other examples in
N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.14; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.5;
Dict. Of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg. 14
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 8, Westbridge Pub., 1999;

exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg. 11 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg. 9;

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: Arndt is a British Columbia landscape painter whose work is inspired by the diverse landscapes of Western Canada, from the rugged shorelines of the Pacific to the towering Rockies. He lives and works from his studio homestead on a family-owned and operated tree fruit orchard, Arndt Orchards, in Kelowna. Arndt has exhibited at the Calgary Stampede’s Western Art Showcase for 25 years. He was one of the founding members of the Western Lights Artists Group which he travelled and exhibited with for many years.

see artist's website at Roger Arndt;
for more biographical information and examples of work see gallery website at Canada House Gallery;

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.17; included in 7 West Coast Painters, by I.McNairn, Fine Arts Gallery, U.B.C., 1959; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.131, Westbridge Pub., 2003; represented by Wallace Galleries, Calgary

Reference: Born in High Prairie, Alberta Dr. Dale Auger B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph. was a prominent western Canadian and Sakaw Cree Indian painter, educator, author, and popular public speaker. His primary medium was acrylic paint and his subjects included portraits, figures, animals, and still life.

For more biographical information and examples of work see article at White Wolf Pack;

see Mwakwa, Talks to the Loon, written and illustrated by D.Auger, Heritage Publishing, 2006;
Medicine Paint: The Art of Dale Auger, by Dale Auger and Mary-Beth Laviolette, Heritage House, 2009;

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: Born in Toronto, Bateman taught high school for 20 years, including two years in Nigeria, after graduating with an Honour's degree in geography from the University of Toronto in 1954. He began painting full time in 1976. His love and keen observation of the world around him was expressed through art from a young age. A recent article about him states that "by 12 years old, he had painted every hawk and owl in North America" [see below: article in Canadian Geographic]. The recipient of more than a dozen honourary doctorates and the subject of over nearly as many documentary films, he is one of the best known artists in Canada. He currently divides himself between his home on British Columbia’s Gulf Islands and a cottage in Ontario’s Haliburton County.

For more biographical information, examples of work, and a full list of publications see artist's website at Robert Bateman; for a 2024 article about the artist see Canadian Geographic; see The World of Robert Bateman, R.Derry, Ramsey, Random House, 1986; Portraits Of Nature: Paintings By Robert Bateman, by S.Shetler, Ontario, Penguin, 1987; Robert Bateman: An Artist In Nature, R.Bateman, Random/Madison, 1990; The Art of Robert Bateman, R.Bateman, Crescent Books, 1993 among others; biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, addendum

Reference: Maxwell Bennett Bates was born in Calgary in 1906. He studied painting under Lars Haukaness at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art. In 1931, he moved to England to study painting and architecture where he became a member of the 'Twenties Group' which was supported by Lucy Wertheim. Bates continued to live in England until 1939 when he joined the Princess Louise Machine Gun Battalion. As part of the 51st Highland Division, he was sent off to fight in France but was captured by Germans at Dunkirk. He worked as a Prisoner of War at a Thuringian salt mine for the next five years. After being freed by American forces, Maxwell Bates returned to Calgary in 1946 to work at his father’s architecture firm. Bates's career as an artist flourished throughout the 1950s. He held multiple exhibitions throughout Canada and became a member of Canadian Group of Painters in 1957. In 1961, he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralyzed. He moved to Victoria soon after and continued his innovations with art. He became a founding member and the president of the Limners and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary in 1971. A retrospective of his work was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1973 and he was awarded the order of Canada in 1980, shortly before his death.

see
Maxwell Bates, Retrospective Exhibition, by R.Bloore, Norman Mackenzie, 1961;
Maxwell Bates, by C.Graham, AGGV, 1966; Maxwell Bates, by F.Eckhardt, WAG, 1968;
Maxwell Bates, in Retrospect, by T.Guernsey, VAG, 1973;
Maxwell Bates, A Retrospective, by I.Thom, AGGV, 1982;
Maxwell Bates: Landscapes 1948-1978, by N.Townshend, Medicine Hat Art Gallery, 1982;
Maxwell Bates, Biography of an Artist, by K.Snow, U. of Calgary Press;
Maxwell Bates: Canada's Premier Expressionist of the 20th Century, by N.Townshend, 2005;
wrote and illustrated A Wilderness of Days, by Maxwell Bates, Sono Nis Press, 1978;

biography and other examples in Benezit, Tome 1, pg.506;

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.70; and Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.167, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.32; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.24; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.26 and M.M.F.A., pg.23, by E.McMann; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 8, pg. 72, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: check out this article from Canadian Art, January 17, 2011 for more information canadianart.ca

Reference: artist's web site at http://www.donbergland.com/painting/home.html; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, 29, Westbridge Pub., 1999; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Transformation of Visions, The Works of H.Eric Bergman, by N.Dillow, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983; Images of the Land, 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie, pg.79; N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.84; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.26; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.43; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.29, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.35, M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.31 and Manitoba Society of Artists by J.Stoppler, pg.34, the Manitoba Society of Artists, 2003

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: blackwood David Blackwood was born in 1941 in Wesleyville, Newfoundland as the son to Captain Edward and Molly Blackwood, a family with a long seafaring history. In 1959, he graduated from Wesleyville Memorial High School and received a Government of Newfoundland Centennial Scholarship to study at the Ontario College of Art. Blackwood graduates from the Ontario College of Art in 1963 and was appointed as art master at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. In 1964, the National Gallery of Canada purchased Blackwood’s first etching, The Search Party for its Biennial of Canadian Prints. In 1969, he became artist in residence at Erindale College, University of Toronto, in Mississauga. His works were exhibited throughout Canada and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993, in recognition of his contributions to the cultural life and the heritage of Canada. In 2000, David and Anita Blackwood gifted a major collection of Blackwood prints which gave Art Gallery of Ontario the collection of record for Blackwood’s work and created a Blackwood Research Centre.

for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at David Blackwood

see
David Blackwood Prints 1962-1984, by P.Grattan, Art Gallery of the Memorial University of Newfoundland;
The Art of David Blackwood, by W.Gough, McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1988;
David Blackwood Master Printmaker, by W.Gough, Douglas and McIntyre, 2001;

biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.96

exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.38

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Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at bobakart.com

see
Wild Flowers of Canada: Impressions and Sketches of a Field Artist by Molly Lamb Bobak, published by Pagurian Press Limited, 1978;
Double Duty, Sketches and Diaries of Molly Lamb Bobak, by C.Gossage, Canadian War Museum, 1992;
Molly Lamb Bobak - a Retrospective, by C.Richmond, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1993;
The Canadian Art Library, Molly Lamb Bobak, Life & Work, by Michelle Gewurtz, Art Canada Institute, 2019;
Anything but a Still Life: The Art and Lives of Molly Lamb and Bruno Bobak by Nathan M. Greenfield, published by Goose Lane Editions, 2021

biography and other examples in
N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.102;
A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.36;
MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.55
Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.36;

exhibition list in
M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.35;
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.76, Garland Pub., 1995

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of the artist's work, check out Inglewood Fine Art and Madrona Gallery

Reference: Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 48, Westbridge Pub., 1999 and listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

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Reference: Bill Brownridge was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan in 1932. He was born with a condition called Spina bifida. His inability to participate sparked his interest in creating art that reflected his passion for hockey. He graduated from Alberta College of Art in 1957 and became a professional graphic designer. In 1981 Brownridge received a commission from the Calgary Winter Olympic Development Association to create a series of silkscreens depicting winter Olympic games. They were used as part of Calgary’s presentation for 1988 Winter Olympics. In 1993, he was commissioned to design new uniforms for the Calgary Flames Hockey Team. He fully retired from working as a commercial artist in 1995 to become a full time artist and write. His first book "The Moccasin Goalie" was published in 1995 and he has published several more books since. He was represented by Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Canada House Gallery, Banff and others

for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at Heart of Hockey; see also a 2024 interview about Brownridge with Shawn Roarke of the NHL at NHL;

biography and other examples in Biographical Dict. Of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.36, Fifth House Pub., 1994;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.49, Westbridge Pub., 1999;

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: see Serge Brunoni, by C.Sauvage, Balzac Fine Arts, 2001; biography in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.262, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.50, Westbridge Pub., 1999; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see the artist's website at