Biographies by Artist's Last Name
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Artist: Antonio [Tony] Tascona ~ [1926-2006] Canadian MSA, RCA
Artist: Antonio [Tony] Tascona ~ [1926-2006] Canadian MSA, RCA
Reference: see Dess[e]ins II / Drawing[s] II, by J.LeVeille, Les Editions du Ble, 2001; Tony Tascona: Resonance, by P.Bovey and J.Patten, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2001; biography and another example in A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.439; Manitoba Society of Artists by J.Stoppler, pg.519, the Manitoba Society of Artists, 2003; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.396 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.370; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.54, Westbridge Pub., 2003; Manitoba Visual Artists Index 1983, ed.T.Lysenko, pg.65, Canadian Artists Representation Manitoba, 1983
Artist: Caroll [Moppett] Taylor-Lindoe ~ [b.1948] Canadian
Artist: Caroll [Moppett] Taylor-Lindoe ~ [b.1948] Canadian
Reference: see Investigating Space, by N.Tousley, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1985; 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
Artist: Mady Thiel-Kopstein ~ [20/21st century] Canadian
Artist: Mady Thiel-Kopstein ~ [20/21st century] Canadian
Reference: see https://bluerockgallery.ca/collections/mady-thiel-kopstein
Artist: Peter J. Thompson ~ [20th century] Canadian
Artist: Peter J. Thompson ~ [20th century] Canadian
Reference: see artist's website at peterthompsonart.ca
Artist: George Thomson ~ [1868-1965] Canadian OSA
Artist: George Thomson ~ [1868-1965] Canadian OSA
Reference: see George Thomson Retrospective, by B.Meehan, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, 1996; Photographs by Tom Thomson,by Dennis Reid, NGC, Bulletin 16/1970; biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.292; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.441; exhibition list in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.374; Robson, pg.164; Colgate, pg.95; 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; the elder brother of Tom Thomson
Artist: Keith Thomson ~ [b.1934] Canadian ASA
Artist: Keith Thomson ~ [b.1934] Canadian ASA
Reference: Thomson grew up in a farming community near Craven, Saskatchewan, in the Qu'Appelle Valley. He graduated in Commercial Art from Alberta College of Art and Design and worked as a commercial artist for several years. He was an instructor at the Alberta College of Art 25 years, teaching life drawing, silkscreen printing and watercolour painting.
biography and another examples in Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.102;
see Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.55, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977;
biography in
Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.258, Fifth House Pub., 1994;
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]
Artist: Mildred Valley Thornton ~ [1890-1967] Canadian
Artist: Mildred Valley Thornton ~ [1890-1967] Canadian
Reference: see Mildred Valley Thornton, 1890-1967, by Butler Galleries and Westbridge Fine Arts; The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton, by Sheryl Salloum; Mother Tongue Publishing Limited, Salt Spring Island, 2011; biographies in Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.252; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.63, Westbridge Pub., 2003; included in British Columbia Women Artists 1885-1985, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; exhibition list in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.375
Artist: Tristan Tondino ~ [b.1961] Canadian
Artist: Tristan Tondino ~ [b.1961] Canadian
Reference: see Reality Re-evaluated, Velina Manolova, The McGill Daily, Vol. 94, No. 9, 2008 for a review of his show currently showing at Montreal's Galerie 1225; 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; see artist's website at tristantondino.ca and multimedia project with artist Joseanne Brunelle at http://www.abriefcanadianhistory.com
Artist: Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian
Artist: Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian
Reference: Don Toney grew up on a cattle ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek, Alberta. After majoring in fine arts at the University of Lethbridge for two years he apprenticed briefly with sculptor Leon Levesque. He set up his own foundry in 1979 and has worked as a full-time artist since.
for more biographical information and examples of work see Webster Galleries; see also a 2021 article at
Lethbridge Herald;
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]
Artist: Beverly Tosh ~ [b.1948] Canadian RCA
Artist: Beverly Tosh ~ [b.1948] Canadian RCA
Reference: see artist's website at bevtosh.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 Masters Gallery, Calgary
Artist: Roland Tremblay ~ [20th century] Canadian
Artist: Roland Tremblay ~ [20th century] Canadian
Reference: listed on www.artprice.com
Artist: Sandy Troudt ~ [20th century] Canadian
Artist: Sandy Troudt ~ [20th century] Canadian
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
Artist: John Davenall Turner ~ [1900-1980] Canadian ASA
Artist: John Davenall Turner ~ [1900-1980] Canadian ASA
Reference: see Sunfield Painter, The Reminiscences of John Davenall Turner, by J.Turner, University of Alberta Press, 1982 and The Artful Codger, by J.Turner, Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1978; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.56, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.30, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.74, Westbridge Pub., 2003
Artist: Armand Frederick Vallee ~ [1921-2009] Canadian
Artist: Armand Frederick Vallee ~ [1921-2009] Canadian
Reference: see Armand F. Vallee by Elinor Ewert, published by The Artym Gallery, 2011; The Art of Armand Frederick Vallee, by A.Vallee; biographies in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.1065, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.79, Westbridge Pub., 2003; 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
Artist: Christina Van Reenen ~ [20th century] Canadian
Artist: Christina Van Reenen ~ [20th century] Canadian
Reference: was a member of the Calgary Sketch Club
Artist: Lauren Walker ~ [21st century] Canadian
Artist: Lauren Walker ~ [21st century] Canadian
Reference: represented by Herringer Kiss Gallery https://www.herringerkissgallery.com/
Artist: Jan Peng Wang ~ [21st century] Chinese/Canadian
Artist: Jan Peng Wang ~ [21st century] Chinese/Canadian
Reference: represented by Stephen Lowe Gallery, Calgary and The Shayne Gallery, Quebec
Artist: Lawrence Washburn ~ [1942-2023] Canadian
Artist: Lawrence Washburn ~ [1942-2023] Canadian
Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.94, Westbridge Pub., 2003; see Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.57, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977
Artist: Thomas Harrison Wilkinson ~ [1847-1929] Canadian OSA
Artist: Thomas Harrison Wilkinson ~ [1847-1929] Canadian OSA
Reference: see biographies in Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, by J. Russell Harper, pg.331, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1970 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.106, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.429; 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
Artist: Sharon Lynn Williams ~ [b.1954] Canadian
Artist: Sharon Lynn Williams ~ [b.1954] Canadian
Reference: see artist's website at
www.sharonlynnwilliams.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
Artist: Robert Wilman ~ [20/21st century] Canadian
Artist: Robert Wilman ~ [20/21st century] Canadian
Reference: https://theavenuegallery.com/artists/sculptors/wilman-robert/
Artist: Percy Roy Wilson ~ [1903-1987] Canadian RCA, RIBA
Artist: Percy Roy Wilson ~ [1903-1987] Canadian RCA, RIBA
Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 109, Westbridge Pub., 2003; 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
Artist: Shana D. Wilson ~ [b.1966] Canadian
Artist: Shana D. Wilson ~ [b.1966] Canadian
Reference: Wilson graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1988 and worked for over a decade in various corporate positions. She left the corporate world and started a design business when she was a young mother and only gradually discovered her deep love of artistic expression. Two of her portraits have graced the cover of Time magazine; Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Jackie Kennedy.[ Time Magazine and Fine Art America]. Wilson was also commissioned by The Evening Standard in London, UK to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in commemoration of her Jubilee in 2022.
for more examples of work see artist's website at Shana Wilson and Peter Robertson Gallery; for an article about the Ginsburg portrait see CBC; see additional articles at Chapter Fifty and University of Alberta;
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]
Artist: Wilda Wolf ~ [20th century] Canadian
Artist: Wilda Wolf ~ [20th century] Canadian
Reference:
Artist: Mathew Wong ~ [20/21st century] Chinese/Canadian
Artist: Mathew Wong ~ [20/21st century] Chinese/Canadian
Reference: currently represented by Stephen Lowe Gallery, Calgary http://www.stephenloweartgallery.ca/
Artist: Karl E. Wood ~ [1944-1990] Canadian
Artist: Karl E. Wood ~ [1944-1990] Canadian
Reference: Wood was born in Winnipeg and began his artistic career in Vancouver in 1964. He moved to the Ghost River region near Cochrane, Alberta about 1984. His artistic practise was devoted to the mountain landscapes and flora and fauna of western Canada and he often painted on location in the backcountry. Karl Wood's father, Robert E. Wood, was an artist and his son, Robert Wood, is also a painter.
for more biographical information and examples of work see Karl Wood and Koyman Galleries;
biography and another examples in
Contemporary Western Artists, by P.Samuels, pg.586, Bonanza Books, 1982;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.113, Westbridge Pub., 2003
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]
Artist: Robert Edward Wood ~ [b.1971] Canadian
Artist: Robert Edward Wood ~ [b.1971] Canadian
Reference: see artist's website www.robertewood.ca
represented by Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary; grandson of Robert E. Wood and son of Karl E. Wood
Artist: Alan Wylie ~ [b.1938] Canadian FCA
Artist: Alan Wylie ~ [b.1938] Canadian FCA
Reference: see Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.59, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.117, Westbridge Pub., 2003
Artist: Robert Young ~ [b.1938] Canadian
Artist: Robert Young ~ [b.1938] Canadian
Reference: see Robert Young Prints/Graveurs, by I.Thom, AGGV, 1981; Robert Young: Ten Years, by L.Redman, Charles Scott Gallery, 1984; biography and another example in Vancouver: Art and Artists 1931-1983, V.A.G., 1983; 1993/94 Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints & Prices, ed.S.Smith, pg.1095, Printworld, 1994
Artist: John Zacharias ~ [b.1944] Canadian
Artist: John Zacharias ~ [b.1944] Canadian
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
Artist: Diana Rae Zasadny ~ [b.1968] Canadian
Artist: Diana Rae Zasadny ~ [b.1968] Canadian
Reference: artist represented by Wallace Gallery Ltd., Calgary
Artist: Judith Zinkan ~ [20th century] Canadian
Artist: Judith Zinkan ~ [20th century] Canadian
Reference: represented by Collector's Gallery, Calgary; 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