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Joseph Drapell
Joseph Drapell (born March 13, 1940) is a Czech-Canadian abstract painter. Early life Drapell was born in Humpolec, Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to Canada in 1966. From 1968-1970 he studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. At the Cranbrook Academy he met visiting Canadian artist Jack Bush and the American art critic Clement Greenberg. Bush influenced his work by telling him to pay more attention to intuition. He moved permanently to Toronto in 1970 and during the period from 1972 through 1974, in Toronto, he developed a technique of applying paint with a broad spreading device attached to a movable support having also been influenced by the American painter Morris Louis. Career Drapell began his formal career as an artist when he was 28 and has participated in numerous exhibitions. In 1968 Drapell designed and built a public sculpture titled ''Life'' in Halifax. He is a Canadian/Czech artist from two generations after the Painters Eleven but do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humpolec
Humpolec (; german: Humpoletz) is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Brunka, Hněvkovice, Kletečná, Krasoňov, Lhotka, Petrovice, Plačkov, Rozkoš, Světlice, Světlický Dvůr and Vilémov are administrative parts of Humpolec. Geography Humpolec is located about northwest of Jindřichův Hradec, roughly halfway between Prague and Brno. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands. The hill Krásná vyhlídka with an altitude of is the highest point of the municipal territory. There is a significant amount of small ponds, some of them are in the urban area. History The first written mention of Humpolec is from 1178. In the 13th–15th centuries it was a silver mining town. Humpolec became known for drapery production from the 17th century, which reached its peak in the 19th century. Demographics Economy Humpolec is traditionally an industrial town. The largest employer is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painters Eleven
Painters Eleven (also known as Painters 11 or P11) was a group of abstract artists active in Canada between 1953 and 1960. They are associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement. History Since the 1920s, artists in English Canada had been heavily influenced by the landscape painting of the Group of Seven, and the Canadian Group of Painters. The Canadian public often regarded modernist movements such as Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism as bizarre and subversive. The acquisition of modernist paintings, even Impressionist works, by public galleries was invariably a source of controversy. In Quebec, Paul-Émile Borduas and Jean-Paul Riopelle spearheaded the modernist collective known as Les Automatistes, as early as 1941. However, their artistic influence was not quickly felt in English Canada, or indeed much beyond Montreal. In 1953, Toronto artists Oscar Cahén, Walter Yarwood, and Harold Town discussed the possibility of mounting a group show of abstract painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Canadian Painters
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Members Of The Royal Canadian Academy Of Arts
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Czech Male Painters
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Canadian Male Painters
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Czechoslovak Emigrants To Canada
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People From Humpolec
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Living People
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1940 Births
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