These images are from my favorite Canadian artists, although there are many great artists of every type featured on this site, all worthy of your attention. Click on the links in the descriptions to see the full painting.
1. Lawren Harris (Group of Seven) : Lake Superior Sketch
More on Lawren Harris, on Canadian Art Junkie, here and here.
Lawren Harris at the National Gallery of Canada, here.
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2. William Kurelek: Snowballs
More on Kurelek’s winter scenes, on Canadian Art Junkie, here.
An exceptional online exhibit on Kurelek’s life and art, here.
See a gallery of some of Kurelek’s paintings, here.
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3. Tom Thomson (Group of Seven) : Clouds (The Zeppelins)
More on Thomson on Canadian Art Junkie here and here.
At the National Gallery of Canada, here.
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4. Jean-Paul Lemieux: Nineteen Ten Remembered
Sold for $2.34 million, 2011
An Art Junkie profile on Lemieux here
At the National Gallery of Canada, here.
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5. Kenojuak Ashevak: Silver Owl
An Art Junkie profile on Kenojuak, here
Scroll through this Inuit Art Foundation list of “30 Ways to Describe an Owl, according to Kenojuak Ashevak“
All her elegant owls are in that article.
My personal favourite is Enchanted Owl, the most famous of Kenojuak’s endlessly inventive birds.
The pioneering Inuit printmaker was a national treasure who died in 2013.
At the National Gallery of Canada, here.
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6. Robert Bateman: Along the Ridge / Grizzly Bears
Canada’s pre-eminent wildlife artist, here.
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7. Jean Paul Riopelle: Anticosti 11
He put Canada on the international art map.
More at the National Gallery of Canada, here.
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8. Michael Snow: Walking Women (one of many versions)
See more about Snow on Canadian Art Junkie here and here.
At the National Gallery of Canada, here.
His obituary (cbc) here
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9. Emily Carr: Above the Gravel Pit
An Art Junkie piece on the latest retrospective on Emily Carr, here.
A superb profile on Emily Carr on the Musings From the Studio blog of Linda Cote, here.
At the National Gallery of Canada, here.
Canada’s Knowledge Network (based in B.C.) has a great, no-commercial biography on Emily Carr, free to stream with the quick setup of a no obligation account, here.
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10. Alex Colville: To Prince Edward Island
A revered, iconic painter of ordinary lives, Colville died in 2013.
An Art Junkie 150 Artists feature, here.
His obituary, here.
The official Colville website, here.
1. Woman on Ramp, 2007
2. Church and Horse, 1964
3. To Prince Edward Island, 1965
4. Berlin Bus, 1978
5. Pacific, 1967
6. Family and Rainstorm, 1955
7. Departure, 1962
8. Hound in Field, 1958
9. Man on Verandah, 1953
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Thanks for doing this. I know it’s a lot of work!
Thank you for that lovely comment! Appreciated. But when you love something . . .
Thank you!
There’s a few artists here I need to get to know (their work).
Welcome, anytime!
Now I REALLY want to get to Canada again.. I was lucky enough to happen to be in Vancouver years ago when the Carr/Kahlo/O’Keefe exhibit was there.. oh what an incredible experience that was. I had never really heard of Emily Carr, but got addicted immediately.. . I adored “The Forest Lover” by Susan Vreeland.
I would have loved to see that exhibition. So you must visit again. There are so many great shows now, you’d find one whenever you arrived.
And btw, you’re right about the Vreeland book. If anyone else is wondering, it’s about Emily Carr, gripping and beautifully written. Link here: http://www.amazon.com/Forest-Lover-Susan-Vreeland/dp/0143034308