Reference: Lucius O'Brien was born in Shanty Bay, Ontario. He attended the Upper Canada College in Toronto and received training in Architecture but was self-taught as a painter. O'Brien was vice president of the OSA from 1873-1880 and became the first president of the RCA in 1880 where he remained in this position for ten years. He travelled to the Rockies to paint, initially as a missionary and later under funding from the Canadian Pacific Railway. See Lucius R. O'Brien, Visions of Victorian Canada, by D.Reid, A.G.O., 1990; E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.239; O'Brien was instrumental in forming the R.C.A. and its first president; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.159; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.339; for biographies see MacDonald,Vol.5, pg.1413; Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.58 and Benezit, Tome 7, pg.775; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.307 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg. 287

Reference: see Daphne Odjig - A Retrospective 1946-1985 by E.McLuhan, Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre, 1985; Four Decades of Prints, by M.Wood, Kamloops Art Gallery, 2005; Daphne Odjig, by B.Devine, NGC, 2007; included in Time for Dialogue, by J.Cardinal-Schubert, pg.18, Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society, 1992; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.5, pg.1419 for biography; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.58, Westbridge Pub., 2001; 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: Inuit Artist Index, by the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, pg. 141, 1990; Biographies of Inuit Artists, by the Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984

Reference: see Toni Onley: A Retrospective Exhibition, by T.Lindberg, V.A.G., 1978; Toni Onley: A Silent Thunder, by R.Boulet, Prentice Hall, 1981; Onley's Arctic, by T.Onley, Douglas and McIntyre, 1989; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.5, pg.1435; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.62, Westbridge Pub., 2001; 1975-76 The Canadian Canvas, by Time Canada Ltd., 1975; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.311 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.290; 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 Jessie Oonark: A Retrospective, by J.Blodgett, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1986; Arts of the Eskimo: Prints, by E.Roch, pg.24; Landmarks of Canadian Art, by P.Mellen, pg.76, McClelland and Stewart, 1978; biography in Biographies of Inuit Artists, Vol.2, by Canadian Arctic Producers; included in www.artcyclopedia.com

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Reference: represented by Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, North Vancouver

Reference: Randolph Parker, Beyond the Brush, by B.Mayberry and P.Ohler, Masters Gakkery and Mayberry Fine Art, 2005; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg. 69, Westbridge Pub., 2001; 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 Walter J. Phillips, by D.Scott [Scott#], Ryerson Press, 1947; Walter J. Phillips, A Selection of His Works and Thoughts, by M.Gribbon, N.G.C., 1978; The Tranquility and the Turbulence: The Life and Works of Walter J. Phillips, by R.Boulet [MBL#], Loates Publishing, 1981; Phillips in Print, ed. M.Tippett, Manitoba Records Soc., 1982; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.247; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.365; see artist's website sharecom.ca/phillips

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; listed on www.artprice.com; listed on www.katilvik.com

Reference: see Yves Gaucher and Christopher Pratt, by A.Morrison, V.A.G., 1977; Christopher Pratt, by D.Silcox, Prentice Hall, 1982; B>Christopher Pratt: A Retrospective, by J.Zemans, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1985; The Prints of Christopher Pratt 1958-1991, Catalogue Raisonne, by J.Scott, Breakwater Press and Mira Godard Gallery, 1991; biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.6, pg.1813; represented by Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary and Mira Godard, Toronto

Reference: The Inuit Print, by the National Museums of Canada and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, 1977; Inuit Artist Index, by the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, pg. 165, 1990; 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: see biography in Biographies of Inuit Artists, Vol.2, by Canadian Arctic Producers; included in Sculpture of the Eskimo, by G.Swinton, 1972; Arts of the Eskimo: Prints, by P.Furneaux, Signum Press, 1974; included in 1963 Eskimo Art, by E.Turner, Canadian Eskimo Art Committee; Cape Dorset Print Collection 1970, Eskimo Graphic Art; listed on www.katilvik.com disc # E7-899

Reference: represented by Madrona Gallery, Victoria and Canada House Gallery, Banff

Reference: biography in Biographies of Inuit Artists, Vol.2, by Canadian Arctic Producers; Arts of the Eskimo: Prints, E.Roch

Reference: biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.6 pg.1898; photograph of the artist Indian Artists at Work, by U.Steltzer, pg.143, JJ Douglas, Vancouver, 1976; for examples and biography see artist's website at www.glenrabena.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

Reference: see Bill Reid, by D.Shadbolt, U. of Washington Press, 1986, The Black Canoe: Bill Reid and The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, by Robert Bringhurst, Douglas & McIntyre 1991; Bill Reid, the Making of an Indian, by M.Tippett, Random House, 2003; Time for Dialogue, by J.Cardinal-Schubert, pg.19, Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society, 1992 and Northwest Coast Indian Graphics, by E.Hall, U. of Washington Press, 1981; Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.7, by C.MacDonald, pg.1986; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]

Reference: see Jean-Paul Riopelle, by N.G.C., XXI Venice Biennial, 1962; Jean-Paul Riopelle: The Fifties, by C. Lafitte, Claude Lafitte Gallery, 1989; Jean Paul Riopelle, by P.Theberge, M.M.F.A., 1999; Jean Paul Riopelle 1939-1953, Tome 1, 1999; Jean Paul Riopelle 1954-59, Tome 2, by Y.Riopelle, Hibou Editeurs, 2004; Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue raisonne des estampes, by Y.Riopelle, Hibou Editeurs, 2005; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.259; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.393; MacDonald, Vol.7, pg.2119; M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.323 for exhibition list; Benezit, Tome 8, pg.774; see artist's biography at National Gallery of Canada

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