Ralph Allen (1926 – March 26, 2019) was a Canadian painter.

Biography

Allen was born in 1926 in

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, England. He graduated from the

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in London (1954). In 1957, he began working at Queen’s University. From 1963 to 1973, Allen was director of the

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at Queen's University. He was a professor of art in the

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department (1972–87), and finally professor emeritus on his retirement in 1987. His work in the 1990s was in partnership with the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at Queen’s Faculty of Education, and he taught on reserves in

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and Kasabonika in 1995. Allen exhibited in 15 shows prior to 1973, receiving several Canada Council grants, gaining critical attention through publications such as ''Canadian Art''. He did not show his work again until after his retirement, with four shows of new works in the early 1990s. In 1990 he exhibited his work at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston and at Rodman Hall Gallery in St. Catharines.

Collections

His work can be found in the permanent collections of the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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References

External links

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Ralph Allen - profile at CCCA Canadian Art DatabaseRalph Allen at Agnes Etherington Gallery
20th-century English painters 21st-century English painters Queen's University at Kingston faculty Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Alumni of University College London {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Ralph 1926 births 2019 deaths