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* Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist *

Kim Adams Kim Adams (born 17 December 1951) is a Canadian sculptor who is known for his assemblages combining prefabricated elements, often parts of cars or other machine-made structures. His visual style is influenced by industrial design, architecture ...

(born 1951), sculptor * Michael Adamson (artist) (born 1971), painter * Marc Adornato (born 1977), painting, sculpting, performance and new media *

Latcholassie Akesuk Latcholassie Akesuk (1919–2000) was an Inuk sculptor. Early life and family He was born in 1919, on Anatalik Island in the Northwest Territories. His father Akesuk Tudlik (1890–1966) was a renowned sculptor, as was his brother, Solomoni ...

(1919–2000), sculptor *

Manasie Akpaliapik Manasie Akpaliapik (born 1955) is a Canadian Inuit sculptor. Akpaliapik was born in Baffin Island and lived with his family in Arctic Bay from 1967. He was sent to school in Iqaluit but never graduated. Instead, he got married and returned to Ar ...

(born 1955), sculptor *

Eric Aldwinckle Eric Aldwinckle (22 January 1909 – 13 January 1980) was a Canadian Official war artist, designer and one of the most prominent illustrators of the 20th century. He was also a teacher at the Ontario College of Art, 1936–42; Principal ...

(1909-1980), designer * David T. Alexander (born 1947), painter * M.J. Alexander (born 1961), artist * Vikky Alexander (born 1959), artist * John Martin Alfsen (1902–1971), printmaker *

Ralph Allen Ralph Allen (1693 – 29 June 1764) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist, who was notable for his reforms to the British postal system. Allen was born in Cornwall but moved to Bath to work in the post office, becoming the postmaster at ...

(1926–2019), artist, painter and printmaker * Edmund Alleyn (1931–2004), painter * Stephen Andrews (born 1956), artist * Kay Angliss (1923–2004), printmaker, watercolour and fibre art * Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), textile artist * Danielle April (born 1949) * Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk (1898–1954), sculptor *

Louis Archambault Louis Archambault (April 4, 1915 – January 27, 2003) was a Quebec sculptor and ceramicist, who was one of the members of the "new sculpture" movement in Canada that moved away from traditional methods towards abstraction. Career Born in M ...

(1915-2003), sculptor, ceramicist *

Robert Archambeau Robert Archambeau (18 April 1933 — 25 April 2022) was a Canadian ceramic artist and potter. He also had an academic career in post-secondary art studies. Personal history Born in Toledo, Ohio, United States in 1933, he immigrated to C ...

(born 1933), ceramist *

Shelagh Armstrong Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961) is a Canadian illustrator, and was the recipient of the 1985 Will Davies award for excellence in illustration.http://www.mint.ca/RoyalCanadianMintPublic/en-CA/Vancouver2010/Collect/Artists/default.htm - 12k Life and ...

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Roy Arden Roy Arden (born 1957) is a Canadian artist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also creates sculpture from found objects, oil paintings, graphite drawings and collage, and curates and writes on contemporary art. Career Arden gra ...

(born 1957), sculptor *

Kenojuak Ashevak Kenojuak Ashevak, (Inuktitut: ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ, Qinnuajuaq Aasivak), (October 3, 1927 – January 8, 2013) is celebrated as a leading figure of modern Inuit art. Early life and family Kenojuak Ashevak was born in an igloo ...

(1927–2003), artist and printmaker * Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media artist * Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography and new media * William Edwin Atkinson (1862-1926), painter

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Frédéric Back Frédéric Back (April 8, 1924 – December 24, 2013) was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.John L. Kennedy and Eugene Walz"Frédéric Back". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 4, 2007. During a long career with R ...

(1924–2013), painter, animator * Joan Balzar (1928–2016), painter * Frances Bannerman (1855–1944), painter, poet * Marian Bantjes (born 1963), graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer, writer * Bruce Barber (born 1950), multimedia installation artist * J. M. Barnsley (1861–1929), painter *

Ed Bartram Ed Bartram (March 21, 1938 – August 25, 2019), also known as Edward or Ted Bartram, was a Canadian artist who was known for capturing the rockscape of Georgian Bay through printmaking, painting and photography. Career Ed Bartram, born in Lon ...

(1938–2019), printmaker, painter * Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts * Robert Bateman (born 1930), painter, naturalist * Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927), printmaker * Jay Battle (born 1966), Canadian-born sculptor now working in

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, England * Helen D. Beals (1897–1991), painter * Carl Beam (1943–2005), painter *

Jackson Beardy Jackson Beardy (July 24, 1944 – December 7, 1984) was an Indigenous Oji-Cree Anishinaabe artist born in Canada. His works are characterized by scenes from Ojibwe and Cree oral history and many focus on the relationship between humans and natur ...

(1944–1984), painter * J. W. Beatty (1869–1941), painter * Henri Beau (1863–1949), Impressionist painter * Charles Beil (1894–1976), sculptor * Sylvie Bélanger (1951–2020), installation artist * Léon Bellefleur (1910–2007), painter *

Rebecca Belmore Rebecca Belmore D.F.A. (born 1960) is an interdisciplinary Anishinaabekwe artist who is notable for politically conscious and socially aware performance and installation work. She is Ojibwe and member of Obishikokaang ( Lac Seul First Nation). ...

(born 1960), performance artist, installation artist * Louis Belzile (1929–2019), painter, member of the Plasticiens in Montreal * Lorraine Bénic (born 1937), painter, sculptor * Tom Benner (born 1950), sculptor, installation artist *

Douglas Bentham Douglas Bentham (born 1947) has been since the late 1960s, acknowledged as one of Canada's pre-eminent producer of large-scale welded steel sculpture. Career Bentham was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan but moved with his family to Saskatoon in 1 ...

(born 1947), sculptor * William Berczy (1744–1813), painter * Judith Berry (born 1961), painter * George Théodore Berthon (1806–1892), painter *

Derek Michael Besant Derek Michael Besant (born 1950) is a Canadian artist living in Calgary, Alberta who, since the 1980s, has created prints, watercolours and large-scale art, shown in exhibitions and as public art projects in Canada and abroad. Since the mid-199 ...

(born 1950), printmaker, painter *

Aggie Beynon Aggie Beynon is a Canadian metalsmith based in Waterloo, Ontario. She is noted for her technique of compressing metal powder to create jewellery. Benyon graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1975. She developed a patented process for Pow ...

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David Bierk David Charles Bierk (June 9, 1944 – August 28, 2002) was an American-Canadian realist painter known for working in the postmodern genre. Early life Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Glennon Bierk and Doris Ruth Steenson, Bierk moved with h ...

(1944–2002), painter * B. C. Binning (1909–1976), painter *

David Blackwood David Lloyd Blackwood (November 7, 1941 – July 2, 2022) was a Canadian artist known chiefly for his Intaglio (printmaking), intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipw ...

(1941-2022), printmaker * David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter, video artist *

Molly Lamb Bobak Molly Lamb Bobak (née Lamb; February 25, 1920 – March 2, 2014) was a Canadian teacher, writer, printmaker and painter working in oils and watercolours. During World War II, she was the first Canadian woman artist to be sent overseas to docum ...

(1920–2014), painter, printmaker * Catherine Bolduc (born 1970), drawing, sculpture, installation, public art *

David Bolduc David Bolduc (1945–2010) was an abstract artist who used colour and central imagery in his paintings, inspired by artists such as Jack Bush. Critics suggest that he and artists such as Daniel Solomon formed a bridge between the second and thi ...

(1945–2010), painter *

Eleanor Bond Eleanor Bond (born 25 March 1948) is a Canadian multimedia artist and art educator who is best known for reworking the Canadian landscape tradition using a new ecological awareness. Early life Eleanor Bond was born in Winnipeg to pharmacist H ...

(born 1948), multi-media artist, art educator * Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), photography *

Jordi Bonet Jordi Bonet i Godó, known professionally as Jordi Bonet (7 May 1932 – 25 December 1979), was a Spanish-born Canadian painter, ceramist, muralist, and sculptor who worked principally in Quebec. Life and work Born in Barcelona, Spain of Cata ...

(1932–1979), sculptor, muralist *

Paul-Émile Borduas Paul-Émile Borduas (November 1, 1905 – February 22, 1960) was a Québecois artist known for his abstract paintings. He was the leader of the avant-garde Automatiste movement and the chief author of the Refus Global manifesto of 1948. Bor ...

(1905–1960), painter * Sam Borenstein (1908–1969), painter * Simone Mary Bouchard (1912–1945), painter, textile artist *

Céline Boucher Céline Boucher (born 1945) is a Canadian artist working in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture. Biography Boucher was born in 1945 in Sainte-Béatrix, Quebec. Collections *''Comme un oiseau'', painting, 1983, Musée national des beau ...

(born 1945) * Robert Bourdeau (born 1931), photographer * John Boxtel (born 1930), sculpture, woodcarving * John Boyle (artist) (born 1941), painter *

Shary Boyle Shary Boyle D.F.A. (born May 26, 1972) is a contemporary Canadian visual artist working in the mediums of sculpture, drawing, painting and performance art. She lives and works in Toronto. Early life and education Boyle was born in the Toronto s ...

(born 1972), sculpture, painting, drawing, performance * Barry Bradfield (born 1981), cartoonist *

Claude Breeze Claude Breeze , also known as Claude Herbert Breeze, and sometimes as C. Herbert (born 1938) is a Canadian figurative painter, known for paintings with raw, unsettling imagery. He is a Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto, Ontario, C ...

(born 1938), painter *

Roland Brener Roland Brener (February 22, 1942 – March 22, 2006) was a South African-born Canadian artist. Life Brener was born Roland Albert Brener on February 22, 1942, in Johannesburg. He studied art at Saint Martin's School of Art under Anthony Car ...

(1942–2006), sculptor * Mark A. Brennan (born 1968), landscape painter *

Rita Briansky Rita Briansky (born July 25, 1925) is a Polish-born Canadian painter and printmaker. Briansky is associated with the Jewish Painters of Montreal. Early life Briansky emigrated to Ontario, Canada with her mother and two sisters in 1929. The year ...

(born 1925), painter and printmaker *

AA Bronson AA Bronson (born Michael Tims in Vancouver in 1946) is an artist. He was a founding member of the artists' group General Idea, was president and director of Printed Matter, Inc., and started the NY Art Book Fair and the LA Art Book Fair. E ...

(born 1946), mixed-media artist * Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photographer * J. Archibald Browne (1862–1948), painter * William Brymner (1855–1925), painter * Karin Bubaš (born 1976), painter, photographer * David Buchan (artist) (1950-1994), performance artist, designer * Cecil Tremayne Buller (1886–1973), printmaker * Martin Bureau, multimedia * Dennis Burton (artist) (1933–2013), painter * Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983), painter *

Edward Burtynsky Edward Burtynsky (born February 22, 1955) is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of indust ...

(born 1955), photographer *

Jack Bush John Hamilton Bush (March 20, 1909 – January 24, 1977) was a Canadian abstract painter. A member of Painters Eleven, his paintings are associated with the Color Field movement and Post-painterly Abstraction. Inspired by Henri Ma ...

(1909–1977), painter * Jane Buyers (born 1948), sculptor

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Elaine Cameron-Weir Elaine Cameron-Weir (born 1985 in Alberta, Canada) is a contemporary visual artist known for her sculptures and installations. She currently lives and works in New York City.

(born 1985), visual artist * Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist * James Carl (born 1960), sculptor * Florence Carlyle (1864–1923), painter *

Franklin Carmichael Franklin Carmichael (May 4, 1890 – October 24, 1945) was a Canadian artist and member of the Group of Seven. Though he was primarily famous for his use of watercolours, he also used oil paints, charcoal and other media to capture the Ontari ...

(1890–1945), member of the

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Emily Carr Emily Carr (or M. Emily Carr as she sometimes signed her work) (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer who was inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the painters in Canada to ado ...

(1871–1945), painter * Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941), installation artist * Barbara Caruso (1937–2009), painter * Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957), sculptor, artist * Christiane Chabot (born 1950), artist * Cynthia Chalk (1913–2018),

nature photography Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis o ...

Frederick Challener Frederick Sproston Challener (1869–1959), also known as F.S. Challener, was a Canadian painter of murals as well as an easel painter of oils and watercolours and a draftsman in black-and-white and pastel. He also did illustrations for books a ...

(1869–1959), muralist, painter, teacher * Jack Chambers (1931–1978), artist and filmmaker * Horace Champagne (born 1937), master pastelist *

Robert Chaplin Robert Chaplin (born January 17, 1968) is a Canadian artist and publisher, currently based in Vancouver. His practice includes carving gem stones, making sculptures, drawing and painting pictures, writing stories, and publishing books. He holds ...

(born 1968), artist, publisher * Nan Lawson Cheney (1897–1985), painter and medical artist *

Ann Clarke (artist) Ann Clarke (born 1944) is a Canadian artist, who creates vibrant gestural abstract paintings and drawings which reveal her formal interests as well as a fascination with twenty-first century technologies. She is also an educator. Career Clarke ...

(born 1944), abstract painter *

Benjamin Chee Chee Kenneth Thomas Chee Chee (26 March 1944 – 14 March 1977), known as Benjamin Chee Chee, was an Ojibwa Canadian artist born in Temagami, Ontario. Early life Chee Chee's early life was troubled and he lost track of his mother, for whom he spen ...

(1944–1977), printmaker, painter * F. S. Coburn (1871–1960), painter, illustrator, photographer * Stanley Cosgrove (1911–2002), painter, draughtsperson and muralist *

Graham Coughtry Graham Coughtry (June 6, 1931January 13, 1999), was a Canadian modernist figurative painter. Biography Coughtry was born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, on June 8, 1931. He learned to paint at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School, then attended ...

(1931–1999), painter * Yucho Chow (1876–1949), photographer * F. S. Coburn (1871–1960), painter, illustrator, photographer *

Daniel Cockburn Daniel Ernest Cockburn is a Canadian performance artist, film director and video artist. Cockburn won the Jay Scott Prize in 2010 and the European Media Art Festival's principal award in 2011 for his debut feature film '' You Are Here.'' Edu ...

(born 1976), video artist, performance artist, film director * Keith Cole, performance artist * Nicole Collins, painter *

Alex Colville David Alexander Colville, LL. D. (24 August 1920 – 16 July 2013) was a painter and printmaker who continues to achieve both popular and critical success. Early life and war artist Born in 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Colville moved with his ...

(1920–2013), painter *

Stephanie Comilang Stephanie Comilang (born 1980) is a Filipina-Canadian artist and filmmaker working in Toronto and Berlin. Background Stephanie Comilang's parents immigrated from the Philippines to Canada in the 1970s to escape the political unrest of Ferdinand ...

(born 1980), artist and filmmaker * Christian Corbet (born 1966), painter, sculptor * Sonia Cornwall (1919–2006), painter * Bruno Cote (1940–2010), painter *

Douglas Coupland Douglas Coupland (born 30 December 1961) is a Canadian novelist, designer, and visual artist. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller '' Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture'', popularized the terms ''Generation X'' and ''McJ ...

(born 1961), sculptural installation * E.B. Cox (1914–2003), sculptor * Josephine Crease (1864–1947), painter * Marlene Creates (born 1952), artist * Susan Reynolds Crease (1855–1947), painter and women's rights activist * William Nicoll Cresswell (1818–1888), painter * Arthur Crisp (1881-1974), designer, illustrator, muralist * Donigan Cumming (born 1947), multimedia artist * Greg Curnoe (1936–1992), painter, musician * George Cuthbertson (1898–1969), marine artist, researcher, author

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* Karen Dahl (born 1955) ceramist * Greta Dale (1929–1978), sculptor *

Frederick Dally Frederick Dally (July 29, 1838 – July 28, 1914) was an English Canadian portrait and landscape photographer best known for his views of the Cariboo goldfields in British Columbia. Early life and Victoria He was born on July 29, 1838, in South ...

(1838–1914), photographer *

Ken Danby Ken Danby, D.F.A. (6 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was a Canadian painter. Danby is best known for creating highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. His 1972 painting '' At the Crease'', portraying a masked hockey goalie defe ...

(1940–2007), painter *

Charles Daudelin Charles Daudelin, (October 1, 1920 – April 2, 2001) was a French Canadian pioneer in modern sculpture and painting. He worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, metal and ceramic sculpture, jewelry, and marionettes which he m ...

(1920–2001), sculptor, painter *

Olea Marion Davis Olea Marion Davis (May 20, 1899 – 1977) (née Montgomery) was a Canadian artist and craftsperson who worked in architecture and decorative art as well as sculpture and pottery. Her sculptural and ceramic work was exhibited in Montreal, Toronto, ...

(1899–1977), ceramist, sculptor *

Raven Davis Raven Davis (born 1975) is a multimedia Indigenous artist, curator, activist, and community organizer of the Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Nation in Manitoba. Davis's work centers themes of culture, colonization, sexuality, and gender and racial justice. ...

(born 1975), multimedia and mixed media artist * Betty Davison (1909-2000), printmaker *

Dennis Day Dennis Day (born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty; May 21, 1916 – June 22, 1988) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He was of Irish descent. Early life Day was born and raised in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx, New York City, the ...

(born 1960), video artist *

Forshaw Day Forshaw Day (1831–1903) was a Canadian artist known for his landscapes. Life and work Forshaw Day was born in London, England in 1831. He studied architecture and design at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland in 1857. He studied archit ...

(1837–1901), landscape artist, printmaker * Nicholas Raphael de Grandmaison (1892–1978), painter * Louis de Niverville (1933–2019), painter *

Eric Deis Eric Deis (born 1979) is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale photographs. In particular, his work addresses the "narrative potential of an all-encompassing picture plane". Life Born in Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, ...

(born 1979), photographer * Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramist * Xiomara De Oliver (born 1967), painter * René Derouin (born 1936), printmaker * Berthe des Clayes (1877–1968), painter *

Bonnie Devine Bonnie Devine is a Serpent River Ojibwa installation artist, performance artist, sculptor, curator, and writer from Serpent River First Nation, who lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.Walter Dexter (1931–2015), ceramist * Yuri Dojc (born 1946), photographer *

Lynn Donoghue Lynn Donoghue (April20, 1953November22, 2003) was a painter, known for her portraits. Career Lynn Donoghue, who was born in Red Lake, Ontario, in 1953, was trained at H. B. Beal Secondary School, London, Ontario, where Herb Ariss and Paterson E ...

(1953–2003), painter * Stan Douglas (born 1960), installation artist * Ann MacIntosh Duff (born 1925), painter * Walter R. Duff (1879–1967), painter, designer * Caroline Dukes (1929–2003), painter, installation artist * Albert Dumouchel (1916–1971), printmaker, painter, teacher *

Kyle Bobby Dunn Kyle Bobby Dunn (born February 27, 1986) is a Canadian composer, arranger, and live performance artist, performer of modern compositional and guitar based drone music. He has performed in live and exclusive outdoor settings, including Banff Natio ...

(born 1986), sound artist, composer, painter * Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist * Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954), painter, teacher *

Marcel Dzama Marcel Dzama (born May 4, 1974) is a contemporary artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who currently lives and works in New York City. His work has been exhibited internationally, in particular his ink and watercolor drawings. Education Dzama r ...

(born 1974), artist

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* Susan Edgerley (born 1960), glass artist * Arthur Elliot (1809–1892), watercolourist * Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867–1952), oil painter and fashion designer * Harold Elliott (1890-1968), painter * Ennutsiak (1896–1967), sculptor *

Arthur John Ensor Arthur John Ensor (2 January 1905 – 18 January 1995) was a British-Canadian painter and industrial designer. Early life Ensor was born in Llanishen, Wales on 2 January 1905. His parents moved to Canada when he was a child but he returned to ...

(1905–1995), painter * Lucassie Etungat (1951–c. 2016), sculptor *

Evergon Evergon (born Albert Jay Lunt, 1946), also known by the names of his alter-egos Celluloso Evergoni, Egon Brut, and Eve R. Gonzales, is a Canadian artist, teacher and activist. Throughout his career, his work has explored photography and its rel ...

(born 1946), photographer and photo-collage *

Paterson Ewen Paterson Ewen D.Litt LL. D. (April 7, 1925 – February 17, 2002) was a Canadian painter. Ewen was a founding member of the Non-figurative artist's association of Montréal, along with Claude Tousignant, Jean-Paul Mousseau, Guido Molinari, and ...

(1925–2002), painter *

Ivan Eyre Ivan Kenneth Eyre (15 April 1935 – 5 November 2022) was a Canadian artist best known for his prairie landscapes and compositionally abstract, figurative paintings. In addition, Eyre was a Professor Emeritus of painting and drawing at the Uni ...

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Barker Fairley Barker Fairley, (May 21, 1887 – October 11, 1986) was a British-Canadian painter, and scholar who made a significant contribution to the study of German literature, particularly for the work of Goethe, and was an early champion and friend ...

(1887–1986), painter, writer * Lilias Farley (1907–1989), painter *

Geoffrey Farmer Geoffrey Farmer (born 1967) is best known for extensive multimedia installations made of cut-out images which form collages. Life Early career Farmer was born on Eagle Island, BC in 1967. His career as an artist was unplanned, but he attended an ...

(born 1967), installation artist * Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951), painter * André Fauteux (born 1946), sculptor * Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter,

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* George Fertig (1915–1983), painter * Peter Flinsch (1920–2010), painter, sculptor, television set designer * Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946), painter *

Marc-Aurèle Fortin Marc-Aurèle Fortin (March 14, 1888 – March 2, 1970) was a Québécois painter. Career Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in 1888 in Ste-Rose, Quebec, son of Thomas Fortin. He studied in Montreal under Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet, then un ...

(1988 -1970), painter * Margaret Frame (1903–1985), painter * Leonard Frank (1870–1944), photographer * Statira Elizabeth Frame (1870–1935), painter

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Louise Landry Gadbois Louise Landry Gadbois (27 November 1896 – 10 August 1985) was a Canadian painter associated with the Contemporary Arts Society in Montreal. She is known for her portraiture. Biography Marie Marguerite Louise Gadbois was born in 1896 in Montrea ...

(1896–1985), painter *

Robert Ford Gagen Robert Ford Gagen , also known as R. F. Gagen and as Robert F. Gagen, (May10, 1847March02, 1926) was a Canadian painter of seascapes and landscapes. Biography ] Robert Ford Gagen, was born in London, England. He came to Canada with his parents ...

(1847–1926), painter *

Charles Gagnon (artist) Charles Gagnon (May23, 1934 April16, 2003) was a multidisciplinary artist known for his painting, photography and film. Career Charles Gagnon was born and grew up in Montreal. He studied graphic art and interior design at Parsons School of Des ...

(1934-2003), multidisciplinary artist * Yechel Gagnon (born 1973), mixed media artist *

Marianna Gartner Marianna Gartner (born 1963) is a Canadian painter. Gartner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to Calgary, Alberta during her early childhood. She has also lived and worked in Budapest and Berlin. Gartner has exhibited and been collected ...

(born 1963), painter *

Pierre Gauvreau Pierre Gauvreau (23 August 19227 April 2011) was a Québécois painter and writer who also worked in film and television production. Career He was born in Montreal, and enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal in 1937, today part of ...

(1922–2011), painter, writer * Wyn Geleynse (born 1947), pioneer film and video projection artist * Carlo Gentile (1835–1893), photographer *

Robert Genn Robert Douglas Genn (May 15, 1936 – May 27, 2014) was a Canadian artist, who gained recognition for his style, which is in the tradition of Canadian landscape painting. He ran a painters' website, which sends out twice weekly newsletters to 13 ...

painter * Will Gill (born 1968), sculptor, painter, photographer and video artist * Violet Gillett (1898–1996), painter * Joseph Giunta (1911–2001), painter, collage/assemblage artist *

Gerald Gladstone Gerald Gladstone (7 January 1929 – 7 March 2005) was a Canadian sculptor and painter. Life Born in 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Ralph and Dora Gladstone, Gerald was the sixth of nine children. In his youth, Gladstone was ...

(1929–2005), sculptor, painter *

Henry George Glyde Henry George Glyde (June 18, 1906 – March 31, 1998) was a Canadian painter, draftsperson and art educator. Teaching career Born in Luton, England, Glyde attended the Royal College of Art in London, England (1926–1930) was a student instructor ...

(1906–1998), painter, draftsperson, art educator * Elaine Goble visual artist *

Ted Godwin Edward W. (Ted) Godwin, D.F.A. (August 13, 1933 – January 3, 2013) was the youngest member of the Regina Five, a group of five artists ( Ken Lochhead, Art McKay, Ron Bloore and Douglas Morton) all based in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1961 when ...

(1933–2013), painter, member of the Regina Five * Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter * Dina Goldstein (born 1969), visual artist *

Noam Gonick Noam Gonick, (born March 20, 1973) is a Canadians, Canadian filmmaker and artist.Ingrid Randoja"Gonzo Gonick" ''Now (newspaper), Now'', May 31, 2021. His films include ''Hey, Happy!'', ''Stryker (2004 film), Stryker'', ''Guy Maddin: Waiting for T ...

(born 1973), filmmaker *

Betty Goodwin Betty Roodish Goodwin, (March 19, 1923 – December 1, 2008) was a multidisciplinary Canadian artist who expressed the complexity of human experience through her work. Early life Goodwin was born in Montreal, the only child of Romanian imm ...

(1923–2008), printmaker, sculptor, painter * Paul Goranson (1911–2002), painter *

Hortense Gordon Hortense Mattice Gordon (24 November 1886 – 6 November 1961), born Hortense Crompton Mattice, was a Canadian artist who worked abstractly in later life and became a member of Painters Eleven. Life and early work Born in Hamilton, Ontario, ...

(1886–1961), painter * Richard Gorman (1935–2010), painter, printmaker * K.M. Graham (1913–2008), painter *

Rodney Graham William Rodney Graham (January 16, 1949 – October 22, 2022) was a Canadian visual artist and musician. He was closely associated with the Vancouver School. Early life Graham was born in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on January 16, 1949. ...

(born 1949), photographer, installation artist *

Pierre Granche Pierre Granche (March 14, 1948 – September 30, 1997) was a French-Canadian sculptor. Having studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Université de Vincennes in Paris, he taught in the art history department of the Université d ...

(1948–1997), sculptor * John Greer (sculptor) (born 1944), sculptor * Edmund Wyly Grier (1862–1957), painter * Angela Grossmann (born 1955), painter * Aline Gubbay (1920–2005), photographer, art historian * Suzanne Guité (1927–1981), sculptor, painter

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Samra Habib Samra Habib is a Pakistani Canadian photographer, writer and activist. They are most noted for ''Just Me and Allah'', a photography project they launched in 2014 to document the lives of LGBTQ Muslims, and ''We Have Always Been Here'', a memoir ...

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Alexandra Haeseker Alexandra Haeseker (born 1945) is a Dutch-born Canadian painter, print maker, and installation artist, based in Calgary, Alberta. She is a professor emerita at Alberta University of the Arts. Her works can be found in public collections in C ...

(born 1945), painter, printmaker, installation artist * Fred Hagan (1918–2003), lithographer, painter, art instructor *

John Hall (Canadian artist) John Hall (born January 17, 1943) is a Canadian Modernism, modernist Painting, painter from Alberta, known for his highly realistic painting style. Life He has taught fine art at Ohio Wesleyan University, the Alberta College of Art and Desig ...

(born 1943), painter * Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter, poet *

John Hartman John Hartman (March 18, 1950 – September 22, 2022)Bess Larkin Housser Harris, (1890–1969), painter *

Lawren Harris Lawren Stewart Harris LL. D. (October 23, 1885 – January 29, 1970) was a Canadian painter, best known as a leading member of the Group of Seven. He played a key role as a catalyst in Canadian art and as a visionary in Canadian landscape art. ...

(1885–1970), painter * Douglas Haynes (1936–2016), painter * J. C. Heywood (born 1941), printmaker * Fred Herzog (1930-2019), photographer * Colleen Heslin (born 1976), painter *

Carle Hessay Hans Karl Hesse, known in later life as Carle Hessay (30 November 1911 - 1 January 1978),McMann 2003, p. 101.Hilmo, in Woods 2005, p. v. was a German-born Canadian painter. Although much remains uncertain of his early years, he immigrated to Cana ...

(1911–1978), painter *

Barbara Roe Hicklin Barbara Roe Hicklin (December 8, 1918 – December 24, 2010) was a Canadian painter who, in 1975, became the first woman president of the Alberta Society of Artists. Biography Barbara Roe Hicklin (née Barbara Jane Roe) was born in Toronto, Onta ...

(1918–2010), painter *

Gilah Yelin Hirsch Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944) is a mwod:multidisciplinary, multidisciplinary artist who works as a painter, writer, curator, and filmmaker. Her work explores the connections between science, art, and spirituality. She has been a leader in the Int ...

(born 1944), multi-disciplinary artist * William G. Hobbs (1927–2012), painter, historian * Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913–2009), sculptor *

Edwin Holgate Edwin Headley Holgate (August 19, 1892 – May 21, 1977), was a Canadians, Canadian artist, painter, muralist, and wood-cut artist. Holgate played a major role in Montreal's art community, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where he both st ...

(1892–1977), painter * Elsie Holloway (1882–1971), photographer * Robert Holmes (artist) (1861 – May, 1930), naturalist painter * Thaddeus Holownia (born 1949), photographer * Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer * Elisabeth Margaret Hopkins (1894–1991), painter * Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919), painter * Robin Hopper (1939–2017), ceramist * Cleeve Horne (1912–1998), painter, sculptor *

Robert Houle Robert Houle (born 1947) is a Saulteaux First Nations Canadian artist, curator, critic,"Robert ...

(born 1947), First Nations artist *

Yvonne McKague Housser Yvonne McKague Housser, (1897–1996) was a Modernist Canadian painter, and a teacher. Early life and education Yvonne McKague was born in Toronto in 1897 to Hugh Henry McKague and Louise Elliott. She studied at the Ontario College of Art (OCA) ...

(1897–1996), painter, teacher * Barbara Howard (1926–2002), painter, wood engraver *

Alexander Hryshko Alexander Hryshko (born April 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian historical photographer, noted for changing his style to fit the subject matter. His art exhibit in April 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which featured elderly punk icons ent ...

(born 1980), photographer * Simone Hudon-Beaulac (1905–1984), painter, printmaker * Natalka Husar ((born 1951), painter

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Charlie Inukpuk Charlie Inukpuk (born 1941) is an Inuk carver from Nunavik. Early life and education He was born in 1941, in Kotak, a place north of Inukjuak. His father Johnny Inukpuk was an artist; he was the eldest son. He learned to carve as a teenager, fro ...

(born 1941), sculptor * Johnny Inukpuk (1911–2007), sculptor * Osuitok Ipeelee (1922–2005), sculptor * Jay Isaac (born 1975), painter *

Gershon Iskowitz Gershon Iskowitz (1919 – January 26, 1988) was a Canadian artist of Jewish background originally from Poland. Iskowitz was a Holocaust survivor of the Kielce Ghetto, who was liberated at Buchenwald. The circumstances of his early life—the ...

(1921–1988), painter

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A. Y. Jackson Alexander Young Jackson LL. D. (October 3, 1882April 5, 1974) was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was instrumental in bringing toget ...

(1882–1974), painter * Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953), British-born Canadian painter * Donald Jarvis (1923–2001), painter *

Mendelson Joe Mendelson Joe (born Birrel Josef Mendelson on July 30, 1944) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter and outspoken political activist who uses his art to express political themes. Career Born and raised in Maple, Ontario and educat ...

(born 1944), painter, musician *

Frank Johnston (artist) Francis Hans Johnston (also known as Frank H. Johnston and as Franz Johnston) (June 19, 1888July 9, 1949) was a member of the Group of Seven. Life and career Frank Johnston was born on June 19, 1888 in Toronto, the son of Hugh Hans and Mary Eliza ...

(1888–1949), painter, member of the

John Young Johnstone John Young Johnstone (November12, 1887February13, 1930) was a Canadian Impressionist painter, known for his paintings of life in city, town or countryside, as well as for scenes of Montreal's Chinatown. Biography Johnstone is considered to b ...

(1887–1930), Impressionist painter * G.B. Jones, illustrator, visual artist, experimental filmmaker * Anique Jordan, multi-disciplinary artist * Leonel Jules (born 1953), painter * Brian Jungen (born 1970), sculptor, installation artist

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* Dusan Kadlec (1942–2018), painter *

Anne Kahane Anne Kahane (born March 1, 1924) is an Austrian-born Canadian artist. Best known for her figures carved in wood, Kahane began her career as a printmaker and commercial artist. In addition to her work as a sculptor using wood, brass, and aluminum, ...

(born 1924), sculptor *

Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh, FRPS (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was a Canadian-Armenian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. An Armenian ...

(1908–2002), photographer * Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950), painter *

Ali Kazimi Ali Kazimi D. Litt. (born 1961) is an Indo-Canadian filmmaker, media artist and writer. Early life and education Born and raised in India, Kazimi attended St. Columba's School and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in 198 ...

(born 1961), filmmaker and media artist * Shelagh Keeley (born 1956), visual artist *

Augustus Kenderdine Augustus Frederick Lafosse (Gus) Kenderdine (1870–1947) was a landscape and portrait artist of Lancashire and Saskatchewan, a farmer of Saskatchewan, and academic at the University of Saskatchewan. England Kenderdine was born the third of six ...

(1870–1947), landscape and portrait artist * Garry Neill Kennedy (1935–2021), conceptual artist and educator * Kiakshuk (1886–1966), sculptor and printmaker * Alicia Killaly (1836–1908), painter * Holly King (artist) (born 1957), photographer * Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1926–1994), painting, performance, multi-media, photography * Harold Klunder (born 1943), abstract painter *

Dorothy Knowles Dorothy Elsie Knowles, (born April 6, 1927) is a Canadian artist, most notable for her landscape paintings. She is the widow of William Perehudoff, a fellow artist who is closely associated with the Color Field movement. Career Knowles studie ...

, (born 1927), painter * Deborah Koenker, (born 1949), interdisciplinary artist *

John Koerner "Spider" John Koerner (born August 31, 1938, in Rochester, New York, United States) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Ton ...

, (1913–2014), painter *

Germaine Koh Germaine Koh (born 1967) is a Malaysian-born and Canadian conceptual artist based in Vancouver. Her works incorporate the artistic styles of neo-conceptual art, minimalism, and environmental art, and is concerned with the significance of everyda ...

(born 1967), conceptual artist * Valérie Kolakis (born 1966), sculpture, installation * Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872), painter *

Nobuo Kubota Nobuo Kubota D.F.A. (born 1932) is a Canadian multimedia artist. Life Kubota grew up with a strong Japanese focus in his home and with an early interest in the writings by Jack Kerouac and D. T. Suzuki. These two factors partially explain his ...

(born 1932), multimedia * Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter *

William Kurelek William Kurelek, (March 3, 1927 – November 3, 1977) was a Canadian artist and writer. His work was influenced by his childhood on the prairies, his Ukrainian-Canadian roots, his struggles with mental illness, and his conversion to Roman Catho ...

(1927–1977), painter

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Stephen Lack Stephen Lack (born January 1, 1946) is a Canadian artist and former actor and screenwriter best known for his leading role in David Cronenberg's '' Scanners'' and Allan Moyle's '' The Rubber Gun'', for which he was nominated for two Genie Awards. ...

(born 1946), actor, painter * Sylvie Laliberté (born 1959), performance artist, video artist, musician * Michel Lambeth (1923–1977), photographer * Cal Lane (born 1968), sculptor *

Fenwick Lansdowne James Fenwick Lansdowne, (August 8, 1937 – July 27, 2008) was a self-taught Canadian wildlife artist.A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker Nation ...

(1937–2008), wildlife artist * Christine Laptuta (born 1951), photographer *

Jules Lasalle Jules Lasalle (born April 1, 1957, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada) is a sculptor living and working in Montreal. He has made many commemorative monuments that can be seen in Montreal, Longueuil, Quebec city, and other places... Works I ...

(born 1957), sculptor * Ozias Leduc (1864–1955), painter * Gary Lee-Nova (born 1943), painter, printmaker, sculptor, filmmaker * Elizabeth Lefort (1914–2005), tapestry artist *

Joseph Légaré Joseph Légaré (March 10, 1795 – June 21, 1855) was a painter and glazier, artist, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. Early life The eldest son in a family of six children, Joseph Légaré was born in Quebec City, the son of ...

(1795–1855), painter * Enid Legros-Wise (born 1943), ceramist * Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990), painter * Michel Lemieux (born 1959), multimedia artist (film, video, performance) *

Serge Lemoyne Serge Lemoyne (June 13, 1941 – July 12, 1998) was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the environment, technology, and socia ...

(1941–1998), painter * Beatrice Lennie (1905–1987), sculptor *

Rita Letendre Rita Letendre, LL. D. (November 1, 1928 – November 20, 2021) was a Canadian painter, muralist, and printmaker associated with Les Automatistes and the Plasticiens. She was an Officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Governor Gener ...

(1928–2021), abstract painter * Laura L. Letinsky (born 1962), photographer * Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist *

Maud Lewis Maud Kathleen Lewis (née Dowley; March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. She lived most of her life in poverty in a small house in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. She achieved national recognition in 1964 and 196 ...

(1903–1970), painter * Robert Henry Lindsay (1868–1938), painter * Robert Linsley (1952–2017), painter and writer *

Oleg Lipchenko Oleg Yurievich Lipchenko ( uk, Олег Юрійович Липченко; born 13 July 1957) is a Canadian artist and illustrator. He is a member of CANSCAIP.Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), painter *

Glen Loates Martin Glen Loates (born 1945) is a Canadian artist who paints wildlife and landscapes in a naturalistic style. Loates has designed a number of coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. In 1982, the former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau a ...

(born 1945), painter and coin designer * Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer *

Karen Lofgren Karen Lofgren (born 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian artist. Lofgren received her MFA at CalArts. Her works include installation, site-specific projects, video, and sound. She has been an artist-in-residence at Pitzer College (2009) and ...

(born 1976), painter * Victor Albert Long (1866–1938), portrait painter * Frederick Loveroff (1894–1959), painter * Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist *

Attila Richard Lukacs Attila Richard Lukács (born 1962) is a Canadian artist. Lukács gained international attention via his ''E-werk'' series—a collection of very large figure paintings that he created in the 1980s and 90s, while living in Berlin. The paintings f ...

(born 1962), painter * James Lumbers (born 1929), painter * Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930–1996) *

Laura Muntz Lyall Laura Muntz Lyall (June 18, 1860 – December 9, 1930) was a Canadian Impressionist painter, known for her sympathetic portrayal of women and children. Life and work Laura Adeline Muntz was born at Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Engla ...

(1860–1930), painter

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* J.E.H. MacDonald (1873–1932), painter, member of the

Thoreau MacDonald Thoreau MacDonald (April 21, 1901 at Toronto, Ontario – May 30, 1989 at Toronto) was a Canadian illustrator, graphic and book designer, and artist. Career MacDonald was the son of Group of Seven member J. E. H. MacDonald. He was self-taught, ...

(1901–1989), illustrator, graphic and book designer, artist *

Jock Macdonald James Williamson Galloway Macdonald (31 May 1897 – 3 December 1960), commonly known in his professional life as Jock Macdonald, was a member of Painters Eleven (Painters 11, or P11), whose goal was to promote abstract art in Canada. Macd ...

(1897–1960), member of Painters Eleven * John MacGregor (artist) (1942-2019), painter, printmaker, sculptor *

Landon Mackenzie Landon Mackenzie (born November 29, 1954) is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is nationally known for her large-format paintings and her contribution as a professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (she i ...

(born 1954), painter * Sarah Jean Munro Maclean (1873–1952), painter * Arnaud Maggs (1926–2012), photographer *

Liz Magor Liz Magor (born 1948) is a Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. She is well known for her sculptures that address themes of history, shelter and survival through objects that reference still life, domesticity and wildlife. She often re-purpo ...

(born 1948), visual artist * Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), ceramist * Rafał Malczewski (1892–1965), landscape and portrait painter * Jen Mann (born 1987), portrait artist *

Kavavaow Mannomee Kavavaow Mannomee (also known as Qavavau Manumie) (born September 21, 1958) is an Inuit printmaker who lived and worked in Nunavut. Early life He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, when his mother was hospitalized there for tuberculosis. However, th ...

(born 1958), printmaker * Enook Manomie (1941–2006), carver * Charles Marega (1871–1939), sculptor * Robert Markle (1936–1990), draughtsman, painter of the female nude * Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961), painter * Bernice Fenwick Martin (1902–1999), painter, printmaker * Ron Martin (artist) (born 1943), abstract painter *

Thomas Mower Martin Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) was an English-born Canadian landscape painter dubbed "the father of Canadian art" Life and work Martin Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw (1958–2006) was a Cree and French Métis theorist, curator and artist. Maskêgon-Iskwêw was a significant figure in the field of contemporary Indigenous arts, and a formative proponent of digital media within Indigeno ...

(1958–2006), media artist *

Hannah Maynard Hannah Hatherly Maynard (Bude, 1834 – Victoria, 1918) was a Canadian photographer best known for her portrait work and experimental photography involving photomontage and multiple exposures. She also photographed people using techniques that ma ...

(1834–1918), photographer * Richard Maynard (1832–1907), photographer *

Doris McCarthy Doris McCarthy, LL. D. (July 7, 1910 – November 25, 2010) was a Canadian artist known for her abstracted landscapes. Life and career Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930, where she was award ...

(1910–2010), painter, printmaker *

Ryan McCourt Ryan McCourt (born February 23, 1975) is a Canadian artist best known for his sculptures.Terry Fenton, "Edmonton Sculpture: The Next Generation," Harcourt Expressed, Volume 12, Summer/Fall 2002 He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Early life and edu ...

(born 1975), sculptor, designer * Gregory A McCullough (born 1960), painter,artist * Clark McDougall (1921-1980), painter * Jean McEwen (1923–1999), abstract painter * Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928), painter * Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938), painter * Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967), painter * Rita McKeough (born 1951), installation and performance artist *

Ruth Gowdy McKinley Ruth Gowdy McKinley (1931 – December 8, 1981) was an American-born Canadian ceramic artist noted for her skill in designing functional ceramic ware. She specialized in making teapots, cups and vases. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, M ...

((1931–1981), ceramic artist *

Isabel McLaughlin Isabel McLaughlin, (10 October 1903 - 26 November 2002) was a Modernist Canadian painter, patron and philanthropist. She specialized in landscapes and still life and had a strong interest in design. Biography Born in Oshawa, Ontario, McLaughl ...

(1903-2002), painter, patron, philanthropist * Helen McNicoll (1879–1915), painter *

Ray Mead Ray Mead (1921–1998) was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter and a member of the artists group known as Painters Eleven. In his work, he often used a high horizon line as a structural element. Early life and career Born in Watford, Uni ...

(1921–1998), painter, member of

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 h ...

Ivar Mendez Ivar Mendez is a neurosurgeon, neuroscientist and Professor of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan. He is internationally known for his work in cell transplantation for Parkinson's disease and the use of remote presence robotics in neurosur ...

, photographer and sculptor * John Meredith (artist) (1933–2000), abstract painter * Gwendolyn Mews (1893–1973), painter * Arnold Mikelson (1922–1984), wood sculpto * Laura Millard (born 1961), mixed media artist, educator * Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004), painter * David Milne (1882–1953), painter * Janet Mitchell (1912–1998), painter * Ellen Moffat (born 1954), mixed media artist * Esmaa Mohamoud (born 1992), sculptor, installation artist *

Leo Mol Leonid Molodozhanyn, known as Leo Mol, (January 15, 1915 – July 4, 2009) was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist, painter and sculptor. History Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Mol learned the art o ...

(1915–2009), stained glass artist, painter, sculptor * Guido Molinari (1933–2004), painter * E. Louise De Montigny-Giguère (1878–1969), sculptor * Edmund Montague Morris (1871–1913), painter * Ron Moppett (born 1945), painter *

Kathleen Morris Kathleen "Kay" Moir Morris (December 2, 1893 – December 20, 1986) was a Canadian painter and member of the Beaver Hall Group. Biography The fourth child and only daughter of Montague John Morris and Eliza Howard Bell, she was born in Montr ...

(1893-1986), painter * Michael Morris (artist) (born 1942), visual artist, educator, curator *

Norval Morrisseau Norval Morrisseau (March 14, 1932 – December 4, 2007), also known as Copper Thunderbird, was an Indigenous Canadian artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation. Known as the "Picasso of the North", Morrisseau created works depic ...

(1932–2007), painter * Rita Mount (1885–1967), painter *

Jean-Paul Mousseau Jean-Paul Mousseau (January 1, 1927 – February 7, 1991) was a Quebec artist. He was a student of Paul-Émile Borduas, a member of the Automatist group and a founding member of the Association of Non-Figurative Artists of Montreal. Career Jea ...

(1927–1991), painter, ceramist, muralist * Kellypalik Mungitok (1940–?), printmaker *

Kathleen Munn Kathleen Jean Munn (1887– October 19, 1974) is recognized today as a pioneer of modern art in Canada, though she remained on the periphery of the Canadian art scene during her lifetime. She imagined conventional subjects in a radically new visu ...

(1887–1974), painter * Will Munro (1975–2010), artist * Paula Murray (born 1958), ceramist * Robert Murray (born 1936), sculptor

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* Mina Napartuk (1913–2001), textile artist *

Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton (1890–1967) was a Canadian painter known for her watercolours and woodblock prints. Biography Newton was born in Leith, Scotland in 1890. From 1900 to 1905 she studied at Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, Trinity Aca ...

(1890–1967), painter *

Lilias Torrance Newton Lilias Torrance Newton LL. D. (November 3, 1896 – January 10, 1980) was a Canadian painterJack Nichols (1921–2009), painter * Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist * Adamie Niviaxie (1925–?), sculptor * Louise Noguchi (born 1958), multidisciplinary visual artist * Arnold Nogy, painter * Alice Nolin (1896–1967), sculptor * Naveed Nour (born 1963), Iranian-Canadian/American photographer * Elizabeth Styring Nutt (1870–1946), painter

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* John O'Brien (1831–1891), marine painter *

Lucius Richard O'Brien Lucius Richard O'Brien (or L. R. O'Brien as he was known) (15 August 1832 – 13 December 1899) was an influential 19th-century Canadian oil and watercolour landscape artist. Life and career Lucius O'Brien was born in Shanty Bay, Upper ...

(1832–1899), painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy * Will Ogilvie (1901–1989), painter, war artist *

Katie Ohe Katie Ohe, (born Katherine Dorothea Minna von der Ohe 1937, near Peers, Alberta) is a Canadian sculptor living in Calgary, Alberta. Ohe is known as one of the first artists to make abstract sculpture in Alberta, and has been influential as a t ...

(born 1937), sculptor * Bobbie Oliver (born 1943), abstract painter * Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter, filmmaker * Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920–1982), sculptor * Nina May Owens (1869–1959), painter

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Charles Pachter Charles Pachter, D.F.A. LL. D. (born December 30, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian contemporary artist. He is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. He studied French literature at the Sorbonne, art history at ...

(born 1942), artist, filmmaker, social commentator * George Paginton (born 1901–1988), painter * Aaron Paquette (born 1974), painter and writer * Josie Pamiutu Papialuk (1918–1996), printmaker and sculptor * Mimi Parent (1924–2005), painter * Andrew James Paterson (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist *

Paul Peel Paul Peel (7 November 1860 – 3 October 1892) was a Canadians, Canadian figure painter. Having won a medal at the 1890 Paris Salon, he became one of the first Canadian artists to receive international recognition in his lifetime. Career ...

(1860–1892), painter * Sophie Pemberton (1869-1959), painter considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist * Freda Pemberton-Smith (1902–1991), painter * William Perehudoff (1918–2013), painter * Mark Prent (1947-2020), sculptor, performance artist * Rajni Perera (born 1985), painter, sculptor * Sheouak Petaulassie (1918 or 1923–1961), printmaker * Ed Pien (born 1958), known for drawings, large-scale drawing-based installations *

Marjorie Pigott Marjorie Pigott (January 6, 1904, in Yokohama, Japan – January 12, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Japanese Canadian artist, who adapted Japanese watercolour techniques to paint Canadian scenes. Marjorie Pigott was born to an English ...

(1904–1990), painter * Robert Pilot (1898–1967), painter * Leopold Plotek (born 1948), painter * Eegyvudluk Pootoogook (1931–2000), printmaker and sculptor * Kananginak Pootoogook (1935–2010), sculptor and printmaker *

Narcisse Poirier Narcisse Poirier (March 19, 1883 – April 3, 1984) was a Quebec artist. Poirier was born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec and moved to Montreal, where he studied at the Monument-National. He continued his studies in art at the Académie Juli ...

(1883–1984), painter * Edward Poitras (born in 1953), mixed-media sculptures, installations *

Christopher Pratt John Christopher Pratt (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022) was a Canadian painter and printmaker.Mary Pratt (1935–2018), painter * Ned Pratt (born 1964), photographer

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* Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915–1982), graphic artist and printmaker

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* George Raab (born 1948), printmaker * Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer *

William Raphael William Raphael (August 22, 1833 – March 15, 1914), born Israel Rafalsky (), was a Prussian-born Canadian painter, best known for his lively genre scenes of the Montreal harbour and market life. He was the first Jewish professional artist to ...

(1833–1914), painter * Gordon Rayner (1935–2010), abstract expressionist painter * Walter Redinger (1940–2014,) sculptor * Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), photographer * Don Reichert (1932–2013), painter, multimedia artist *

Bill Reid William Ronald Reid Jr. (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) (Haida) was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Producing over one thousand original works during his fifty-year career, Reid ...

(1920–1998), sculptor *

George Agnew Reid George Agnew Reid (also known as G. A. Reid) (July 25, 1860 – August 23, 1947) was a Canadian artist, painter, influential educator and administrator. He is best known as a genre painter, but his work encompassed the mural, and genre, ...

(1860–1947), painter, influential educator, administrator *

Leslie Reid (artist) Leslie Reid (born 1947) is a Canadian painter and printmaker from Ottawa, Ontario, known for adding a visual and sensory experience of light to the landscape tradition of painting in Canada. She is also an educator. Early years Born in Ottawa, R ...

(born 1947), painter, printmaker *

Mary Hiester Reid Mary Augusta Hiester Reid (10 April 1854 – 4 October 1921) was an American-born Canadian painter and teacher. She was best known as a painter of floral still lifes, some of them called "devastatingly expressive" by a contemporary author, and b ...

(1854–1921), painter * Reinhard Reitzenstein (born 1949), environmental sculptor * Kelly Richardson (born 1972), video artist, photographer *

Jean-Paul Riopelle Jean-Paul Riopelle, (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the ''Refus Global'', the 1948 manif ...

(1923–2002), painter * Jim Robb (born 1933), Yukon watercolour painter *

Goodridge Roberts William Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974) was a Canadian painter known for his landscape paintings, still lifes, figure paintings and interiors. He was also a teacher. Career Goodridge Roberts was the son of poet and novelist George Edward Theod ...

(1904–1974), painter *

Albert H. Robinson Albert Henry Robinson , also known as Albert H. Robinson and as A. H. Robinson (January 2, 1881 – September 7, 1956) was a Canadian landscape painter, an invited contributor to the first Group of Seven exhibition in 1920, as well as a founding ...

(1881-1956), landscape painter * Mélanie Rocan (born 1980), painter *

Brent Roe Brent Roe (born 1956) is an artist who uses words and sentence fragments in his paintings to challenge aesthetic and philosophical ideas. Career Brent Roe was born in Oshawa, Ontario. He graduated from York University in Toronto with his Master ...

(born 1956), painter *

David Rokeby David Rokeby (born in 1960 in Tillsonburg, Ontario) is an artist who has been making works of electronic, video and installation art since 1982. He lives with his wife, acclaimed pianist Eve Egoyan, and daughter, Viva Egoyan-Rokeby, in Toronto, ...

(born 1960), new media artist * William Ronald (1926–1998), painter * Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000), sculptor *

Evelyn Roth Evelyn Roth (born December 27, 1936) is an interdisciplinary artist who has worked in the areas of textiles, sculpture, performance, dance and interactive fabric arts. She specializes in environmentally sensitive events, festivals, school program ...

(born 1936), interdisciplinary artist *

Endel Ruberg Endel Ruberg (21 May 1917 – 29 December 1989) was an Estonian-Canadian artist, naturalist, and humanitarian. He is best known for his leather and watercolour artwork as well as his volunteer work with children. Biography Endel Ruberg was bor ...

(1917–1989), artist, educator * Jeffrey Rubinoff (1945–2017), sculptor, founder of the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park on Hornby Island * John Wentworth Russell (1879–1959), painter * Erica Rutherford (1923–2008), painter, filmmaker, writer

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* Benita Sanders (born 1935), printmaker, painter, pastelist * Henry Saxe (born 1937), sculptor, painter, draughtsman * Carl Schaefer (1903–1995), painter, war artist *

Tony Scherman Antony Scherman (August 13, 1950 – February 28, 2023) was a Canadian painter. He was known for his use of encaustic and portraiture to depict events of historical, cultural and popular significance. Early life, education and career Scherma ...

(born 1950), painter * Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), painter * Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923), painter, illustrator * John Scott (Canadian artist) (1950-2022), painter * Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter * Aqjangajuk Shaa (1937–2019), stone carver *

Jack Shadbolt Jack Leonard Shadbolt, (February 4, 1909 November 22, 1998) was a Canadian painter. Early life Born in Shoeburyness, England, Shadbolt came to Canada with his parents in April 1911. He was raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He studied at t ...

(1909–1998), painter * Steven Shearer (born 1968), painter, draughtsman * Peter Clapham Sheppard (1879–1964), painter * Henrietta Shore (1880–1963), painter * Coral Short (born 1973), performance artist * Edward Scrope Shrapnel (1845-1920), painter * Ron Shuebrook (born 1943), abstract painter, administrator *

Joe Shuster Joseph Shuster (; July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992), professionally known simply as Joe Shuster, was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in ''Action Comics'' #1 (c ...

(1914–1992), cartoonist, co-creator of '' Superman'' *

Dave Sim Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, best known for his comic book '' Cerebus'', his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his controversial political and philosophical ...

(born 1956), comic book artist *

Ellen Rosalie Simon Ellen Rosalie Simon (April 15, 1916November 19, 2011) was a Canadian stained-glass artist, illustrator and printmaker. Biography Ellen Simon was born in Toronto and studied art at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto with Yvonne McKague Houss ...

(1916–2011), stained-glass artist, illustrator, printmaker * James Simpkins (1910–2004), cartoonist, illustrator, film strips *

Dionne Simpson Dionne Simpson (born 1972) is a Jamaican Canadian textile artist based in Toronto, Ontario. Early life and education Simposon was born in Jamaica in 1972. She emigrated to Canada with her family as an infant. Simpson studied at the Cooper Union ...

(born 1972), textile artist * Charlie Sivuarapik (1911–1968), sculptor, illustrator, and storyteller *

Paul Sloggett Paul Sloggett (born 1950) is an abstract painter known for his use of geometric shapes and patterns in creating paintings and for his many teaching and administrative appointments at OCAD University, Toronto. Biography Sloggett was born in ...

(born 1950), abstract painter * Damien Smith (born 1969), visual artist * Gord Smith (born 1937), sculptor * Gordon A. Smith (1919–2020), painter, printmaker, sculptor * Jean Smith (born 1959), musician, painter, author *

Michael Snow Michael Snow (born December 10, 1928) is a Canadian artist working in a range of media including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are '' Wavelength'' (1967) and '' La Région Centrale'' (1971), with the ...

(born 1929), painter, filmmaker, musician * Nicolas Sollogoub (1925–2014), sculptor, glassmaker *

Daniel Solomon Daniel Solomon (born 1945) is an abstract painter who uses intense, vibrant colour in his work, combined with complex, pictorial space, inspired by artists such as Jack Bush and is a painter and professor in Drawing and Painting at OCAD Univer ...

(born 1945), abstract painter * David G. Sorensen (1937–2011), painter, sculptor * David Spriggs (born 1978), sculptor, installation artist *

Gerald Squires Gerald Leopold "Gerry" Squires, (November 17, 1937 – October 3, 2015) was an artist from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Perhaps best known for painting dramatic landscapes in acrylic and oil, Squires also produced major work in sculpture, l ...

(1937–2015), painter, printmaker, sculptor * Helen Stadelbauer (1910–2006), painter * Arlene Stamp (born 1938), two-dimensional artist and designer * Owen Staples (1866–1949), painter, etcher, political cartoonist *

Barbara Steinman Barbara Steinman D.F.A. (born February 3, 1950) is a Canadian artist known for her work in video and installation art. Biography Steinman was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1950. She began her career as a pioneering videotape artist in Vancouver i ...

(born 1950), video and installation artist * Godfrey Stephens (born 1939), painter, sculptor, boat builder * Ginny Stikeman (born 1941), filmmaker * Reva Stone (born 1944), digital artist * Ron Stonier (1933-2001), abstract painter * Rudolf Stussi (born 1947), painter * Jack Sures (1934–2018), ceramist * Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937), painter, sculptor * Gabor Szilasi (born 1928), photographer

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* Otis Tamasauskas (born 1947), printmaker, painter *

Takao Tanabe Takao Tanabe, (born 16 September 1926) is a Canadian artist who painted abstractly for decades, but over time, his paintings became nature-based. Biography Born Takao Izumi in Seal Cove, today part of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the son o ...

(born 1926), painter * Ewa Tarsia, painter, printmaker *

Jamasie Teevee Jamasie Teevee (July 2, 1910 – October 31, 1985) was an Inuit artist. Early life He was born in the Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) area of Nunavut. Career He began to draw in the early 1960s, first focusing on engraving copper plates. However, th ...

(1910–1985), printmaker * Ningeokuluk Teevee (born 1963), illustrator * Nalenik Temela (1939–2003), sculptor * Mashel Teitelbaum (1921–1985), painter * Louis Temporale (1909–1994), sculptor * David Thauberger (born 1948), painter * Genevieve Thauvette (born 1985), photographer * George Campbell Tinning (1910–1996), painter, graphic designer, muralist, illustrator * Jeff Thomas (born 1956), photo-based storyteller *

Denyse Thomasos Denyse Thomasos (October 10, 1964 – July 19, 2012) was a Trinidadian-Canadian painter known for her abstract-style wall murals that conveyed themes of slavery, confinement and the story of African and Asian Diaspora. "''Hybrid Nations''" (2005) ...

(1964-2012), painter *

Tom Thomson Thomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877July 8, 1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career, he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 larger works on canvas. His ...

(1877–1917), painter * Gentile Tondino (1923–2001), painter *

Serge Tousignant Serge Tousignant (born May 28, 1942) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and a photographer. Career After receiving his graphic arts diploma from the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal in 1962, Tousignant began to study lithography and etchi ...

(born 1942), multidisciplinary artist, photographer * Jackie Traverse (born 1969), painter * Julie Tremble, animator, experimental videographer * Angus Trudeau (1905–1984), painter, builder of ship models * Akesuk Tudlik (1890–1966), printmaker and carver

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* Ina D.D. Uhthoff (1889–1971), painter

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Armand Vaillancourt Armand J. R. Vaillancourt (born September 3, 1929) is a Canadian sculptor, painter and performance artist from Quebec. He is known for his public art fountain entitled Vaillancourt Fountain located in San Francisco. He lives in Montreal. Biogr ...

(born 1929), performance art, sculptor, painter *

John Vanderpant John Vanderpant (January 11, 1884 – July 24, 1939) was a Dutch-Canadian photographer, gallery owner and author. He made his living doing portrait work while becoming known as a major member of the International Modernist photography movement i ...

(1884–1939), photographer, gallery owner, author *

Frederick Varley Frederick Horsman Varley (January 2, 1881 – September 8, 1969) was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven. Career Early life Varley was born in Sheffield, England, in 1881, the son of Lucy (Barstow) and Samuel James Smith Varley the 7th. He ...

(1881–1969), painter *

Bill Vazan Bill Vazan (born 1933) is a Canadian artist, known for land art, sculpture, painting and photography. His work has been exhibited in North America and internationally. Career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Vazan studied Fine Arts at the Ontario Colle ...

(born 1933), land art, sculptor, photographer, painter *

Claude Vermette Claude Vermette (August 10, 1930 – April 21, 2006) was a Canadian ceramist and painter. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and died in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts. He was an artist with an international reputation, and he made important contributi ...

(1930–2006), painter, ceramist * Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928), painter * Arthur Villeneuve (1910–1990), painter * Ola Volo, muralist * Julie Voyce (born 1957), multi-media artist, printmaker

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* Marion Wagschal (born 1943), painter * Ruth Salter Wainwright (1902–1984), painter * Horatio Walker (1858–1938), painter * Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer * Esther Warkov (artist) (born 1941), painter, draughtsman * Lowrie Warrener (1900–1983), painter * Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), photographer * Homer Watson (1855–1936), painter * Gordon Webber (artist) (1909–1965), multi-media pioneer of modernism, teacher * Esther Wertheimer (1926–2016), sculptor, educator *

W. P. Weston W. P. Weston (November30, 1879 December12, 1967), also known as William Percival (Percy) Weston, was a painter and printmaker, best known for his landscapes of British Columbia, and as a teacher. Career Weston was born in Battersea, London, Eng ...

(1879–1967), painter, teacher * Phil R. White (born 1963), sculptor * Tim Whiten (born 1941), sculptor, performance and installation artist * Peter and Catharine Whyte (1905–1966, 1906–1979), painters *

Joyce Wieland Joyce Wieland (June 30, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist. Wieland found success as a painter when she began her career in Toronto in the 1950s. In 1962, Wieland moved to New York City and ...

(1930–1998), painter *

Robert Wiens Robert Wiens (born 1953 in Leamington, Ontario) is a Canadian visual artist. Biography Robert Wiens was born in Leamington, Ontario in 1953, and currently lives in Picton, Ontario. He attended the New School of Art from 1973 to 1974, and had ...

(born 1953), painter, sculptor * Peter Wilkins (born 1968), multimedia artist *

Yvonne Williams Yvonne Williams (1901–1997) was a stained glass artist, known for her design and creation of stained glass windows in Canada, including the windows in St. John's Shaughnessy in Vancouver, Chalmers United Church in Guelph, Ontario and St. Mi ...

(1901–1997), stained glass artist * Curtis Williamson (1867–1944), painter *

Jeff Willmore Jeffrey John Willmore (born December 23, 1954) is a Canadian artist based in London, Ontario, whose work combines painting, performance and storytelling. His paintings are held in the collections of The University of Western Ontario, Museum L ...

(born 1954), painter, performance artist * Robert Willms (born 1969) * Joan Willsher-Martel (1925–2017), painter *

York Wilson York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

(1907–1984), painter, muralist * Rita Winkler (born 1987), artist * Susan Wood (1954–2018), artist * Anna Wong (1930–2013), printmaker * Hilda Woolnough (1934–2007), printmaker, painter, draughtsman * Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter * Andrew Wright (born 1971), multimedia artist * Mary E. Wrinch (1877–1969), painter, printmaker *

Dana Wyse Dana Wyse (born August 9, 1965) is a Canadian writer and visual artist. Life Wyse received her BFA from the University of British Columbia in 1991. She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. Work Wyse’s early career was characterize ...

(born 1965), installation artist

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* Gu Xiong (born 1953), multidisciplinary artist

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* Xiaojing Yan (born 1978), sculptor, installation artist * Walter Yarwood (1917–1996), abstract painter and a founding member of

Cecil Youngfox Cecil Youngfox (1942–1987) was an Ojibwa artist. Life He was born to Blind River, Ontario in 1942 to Ojibway and Metis parents. He devoted all his life to the study of all indigenous people of Canada and tried to break stereotypes and to spread ...

(1942–1987)

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* Jarko Zavi (1907–1987), ceramist * Joy Zemel Long (1922–2018), painter * Robert Zend (1929–1985), typewriter, collage, multimedia, and digital artist; concrete poet * Lorena Ziraldo (born 1960), painter * Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber (born 1932), painter, photographer * Tim Zuck (born 1941), painter

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Les Automatistes Les Automatistes were a group of Québécois artistic dissidents from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The movement was founded in the early 1940s by painter Paul-Émile Borduas. Les Automatistes were so called because they were influenced by Surrea ...

Canadian Group of Painters The Canadian Group of Painters (CGP) was a collective of 28 painters from across Canada who came together as a group in 1933. Formation The Canadian Group of Painters succeeded the disbanded Group of Seven, whose paintings of the Canadian wil ...

Eastern Group of Painters The Eastern Group of Painters was a group of Canadian artists formed in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec for exhibition purposes and showing together as a group till 1950. It included Montreal artists whose common interest was painting and an art for art' ...

General Idea General Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, who were active from 1967 to 1994. As pioneers of early conceptual and media-based art, their collaboration became a model for artist-initiated ac ...

* Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (informally known as "Indian Group of Seven") * Regina Five * The Royal Art Lodge

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* Dorothy Cameron Bloore (1924–2000), Toronto art dealer, and installation artist * Douglas Moerdyke Duncan (1902–1968), Toronto art dealer * Heffel Gallery, Canada-wide auction house *

Avrom Isaacs Avrom Isaacs, D.F.A. (March 19, 1926 – January 15, 2016) was a Canadian art dealer. Career Avrom Isaacovitch, known as Av Isaacs, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved to Toronto with his family in 1941. Isaacs graduated with a bachelo ...

(1926–2016), Toronto art dealer * Alan Klinkhoff of Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal art dealer * G. Blair Laing (1911-1991), Toronto art dealer *

David Mirvish David Mirvish, (born August 29, 1944) is a Canadian art collector, art dealer, theatre producer, real estate developer and son of the late Toronto discount department store owner "Honest" Ed Mirvish and artist Anne Lazar Macklin. Life and caree ...

(born 1944), Toronto art dealer * Pete Ohler (1940-2021), football player and Calgary and Vancouver art dealer *

Jack Pollock Jack Henry Pollock (1 August 1930 – 10 December 1992) was an author, painter, art educator and art dealer who was a fixture on the Toronto art scene for over 3 decades. Pollock was the flamboyant founder and owner of The Pollock Gallery in Toront ...

(1930-1992), Toronto art dealer * Ash K. Prakash, Toronto art dealer, patron and writer * D. & J. Ritchie Auctioneers and Appraisers, Toronto auction house * Max Stern (1904–1987), Montreal art dealer * Jean-Pierre Valentin of

Valentin Gallery Valentin Gallery is an art gallery in Quebec. Created in 1934, it was first called "L'Art français" and had its start on Laurier Street in Montreal. Owners Lucienne (1900-1992) and Louis (1890-1956) Lange initially showed works by French arti ...

, Montreal art dealer *

Walker's Auctions Known as Walker's Auctions, Walker's Fine Art & Estate Auctioneers Inc. is a Canadian auction house specializing in Inuit, Canadian, and European art. Founded in Ottawa in 1937, Walker's Auctions is active in the global art market as one of the le ...

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William R. Watson William Robinson Watson (1887March 6, 1973) was an English-born Canadian art dealer who, through his staunch friendships with artists and his energetic enthusiasm for their work, helped establish the market for Canadian art. By the second half o ...

(1887–1973), Montreal art dealer

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