The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was a non-profit organization of Canadian etchers and engravers.
History
The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was founded in 1916 as a successor to the short-lived Association of Canadian Etchers, founded in 1885.
William W. Alexander was a founding member. He participated in the Society's exhibitions with bookplates based on his sketches and watercolors from northern canoe trips.
The CPE was relatively conservative. It favored
intaglio and insisted that the artist should be involved in each stage of production including drawing, engraving or etching, and printing the block or plate.
The Society began holding annual exhibitions in 1919 at the
Art Gallery of Toronto.
Usually these were part of larger exhibitions. The Society held exhibitions in other locations in Toronto from 1933 to 1959.
The Society was formally incorporated on 1935.
From 1943 to 1959 it exhibited at the
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...
.
The
Canadian Society of Graphic Art (CSGA) was exhibiting
serigraph
Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh ...
s by the mid-1930.
However, the CPE would not accept silkscreen prints until 1946. Even then, it was careful to exclude commercial methods of silkscreen printing.
Between 1960 and 1974 the Society's annual exhibitions were each held in a different city in Ontario.
Jo Manning
Joanne Elizabeth Manning (December 10, 1923 – January 6, 2022) was a Canadian etcher, painter and author.
Early life
Manning was born in Sidney, British Columbia, on December 10, 1923. She spent her early childhood on Vancouver Island, then m ...
, who made prints between 1960 and 1980, was an executive member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and a member of the Canadian Society of Painter-etchers and Engravers.
In June–August 1971 the Society held a joint exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with the Canadian Society of Graphic Art.
The Society merged with the Canadian Society of Graphic Art in 1976 to form the Print and Drawing Council of Canada.
Jo Manning
Joanne Elizabeth Manning (December 10, 1923 – January 6, 2022) was a Canadian etcher, painter and author.
Early life
Manning was born in Sidney, British Columbia, on December 10, 1923. She spent her early childhood on Vancouver Island, then m ...
was a founding member of the new Council.
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Arts organizations based in Canada
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Arts organizations established in 1916
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