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Greta Moray
Gerta Moray (born 16 April 1940) is a Canadian art historian, educator and writer. Her career has spanned five decades. She is best known for her substantial book and writings on Emily Carr. Early years and career Moray was born in Krnov, Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to England. She studied in France, receiving a diploma from the Institute of Language and French Culture in Lyon. In England, she received a M.A. from Oxford University, and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Courtauld Institute of Art, then for many years taught art history at the University of Sheffield, the University of Stirling, and University of Edinburgh. In 1970 she came to Canada, settling in Toronto, then moved back to England for a time in 1971, continuing to teach and publishing scholarly articles on art history in The Burlington Magazine and elsewhere. She returned to Canada in 1981 and in 1889 began to teach at the School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) of the University of Guelph. Moray taught art histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krnov
Krnov (; , or ''Krnów'') is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Krnov consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Pod Bezručovým vrchem (14,445) *Pod Cvilínem (7,099) *Krásné Loučky (573) Geography Krnov is located about northwest of Opava and northwest of Ostrava, in the historic region of Czech Silesia on the border with Poland. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Opava (river), Opava and Opavice. The northern part of the territory with the town proper lies in the Opawskie Mountains, Zlatohorská Highlands, the western and the southern part lie in the Nízký Jeseník range. A small part on the southeast extends into the Opava Hilly Land. The highest point is the hill Bednářský vrch at above sea level. History The first written mention of Krnov is from 1240. At the latest in 1269 and probably alrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landon Mackenzie
Landon Mackenzie (born 1954) is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, Canada. She is known for her large-format paintings and her contribution as a professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she continues as Professor Emeritus). Early life and education Landon Mackenzie grew up in Toronto, Canada and left at 17 to study at NSCAD in Halifax, leading to a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree from the school ( Nova Scotia School of Art and Design) (1972-1976). She later earned a Master's of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal (1976-1979) where she studied with Guido Molinari and Irene F. Whittome. It was not until after completing art school that she began to fully pursue the discipline of painting. She received first prize at the Quebec Biennale of Painting in 1981 and began showing the Lost River Series with Galerie France Morin in Montreal. Career Aware of the limits placed on many female artists, Mackenzie used her androgynous name "Landon" to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Art Historians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1940 Births
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January 4 – WWII: Luftwaffe Chief and Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Nazi Germany, Germany, in his capacity as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan. *January 6 – WWII: Winter War – General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Soviet forces. *January 7 – WWII: Winter War: Battle of Raate Road – Outnumbered Finnish troops decisively defeat Soviet forces. *January 8 – WWII: **Winter War: Battle of Suomussalmi – Finnish forces destroy the 44th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), Soviet 44th Rifle Division. **Food rationing in the United Kingdom begins; it will remain in force until 1954. *January 9 – WWII: British submarine is sunk in the Heligoland Bight. *January 10 – WWII: Mechele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia's National Award For Canadian Non-Fiction
British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction was a Canadian literary award.British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction official website. Awarded annually since 2005 by the British Columbia Achievement Foundation, it was the largest non-fiction prize in Canada, rising from $25,000 in its initial years to $40,000 in 2008. Despite being presented by a BC-based organization, the award was not limited to writers from British Columbia, and instead was open to all non-fiction work by Canadian writers. In May 2018, the British Columbia Achievement Foundation announced that it was discontinuing the award as part of a process of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Historical Association
The Canadian Historical Association (CHA; , SHC) is a Canadian organization founded in 1922 for the purposes of promoting historical research and scholarship. It is a bilingual, not-for-profit, charitable organization, the largest of its kind in Canada. According to the Association, it "seeks to encourage the integration of historical knowledge and perspectives in both the scholarly and public spheres, to ensure the accessibility of historical resources, and to defend the rights and freedoms of emerging and professional historians in the pursuit of historical inquiry as well as those of history degree holders who utilize the analytical, research, communication, and writing skills they acquired during their studies to pursue a variety of career paths inside or outside of academia." Activities The CHA represents historians in Canada and acts as a public advocate for the field. Within the historical profession, the CHA helps to set ethical standards for research and has published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Town
Harold Barling Town, D.Litt (June 13, 1924 – December 27, 1990) was a Canadian artist who worked in many different media and modes, but is best known for his abstract paintings. He was a member of Painters Eleven, an abstract group of artists in Toronto (1954-1960). Town coined the name of the group, which was based simply on the number of artists that were present at the first meeting.Fulford, "Introduction" He also worked as an illustrator, a profession he credited with imparting a sense of discipline that would last throughout his entire artistic career. His early illustrative appeared in magazines such as ''Maclean's'' and ''Mayfair''. Life and work Harold Town was trained at Western Technical-Commercial School and the Ontario College of Art, both in Toronto. The Royal Ontario Museum gave him what he called a global horizon which influenced his commercial and abstract art. His early work also reflected his interest in Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Of Seven (artists)
The Group of Seven, once known as the Algonquin School, was a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933, with "a like vision". It originally consisted of Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), Lawren Harris (1885–1970), A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), Frank Johnston (artist), Frank Johnston (1888–1949), Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932), and Frederick Varley (1881–1969). A. J. Casson (1898–1992) was invited to join in 1926, Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) became a member in 1930, and Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890–1956) joined in 1932. Two artists associated with the group are Tom Thomson (1877–1917) and Emily Carr (1871–1945). Although he died before its official formation, Thomson had a significant influence on the group. In his essay "The Story of the Group of Seven", Harris wrote that Thomson was "a part of the movement before we pinned a label on it"; Thomson's paintings ''The West Wind (painting), The West Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Dejardin
Ian A. C. Dejardin (born 26 August 1955) is an art historian who was director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in Dulwich, England. In August 2016 Dulwich Picture Gallery announced that he would be leaving to become chief executive of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Ontario in April 2017. He is married to Eric Pearson, his partner since 1987, and lives in Toronto, Canada. Career Ian Dejardin holds an MA in the history of art from the University of Edinburgh. He started a doctorate in art history at the University of Warwick, but then spent seven years developing a designer knitwear business in Cumbria with former partner Brian Ashley. Subsequently, he completed a postgraduate diploma in art gallery and museum studies at Manchester University. This was followed by curatorial appointments at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and with English Heritage (London Region). In 1998, Dejardin was appointed as curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery and was responsible for the galler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Milroy
Sarah Milroy (born 1957) is the executive director and chief curator of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario, responsible for the 2021 exhibition and editor of the book ''Uninvited: Canadian women artists in the modern moment'' (2021), as well as co-editing with Ian Dejardin, the previous director, ''Tom Thomson: North Star'' (2023) and contributing to numerous books on art, including ''Mary Pratt'', ''From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia'', '' David Milne: Modern Painting'' and co-editing ''Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael''. She is a champion of the art of Canada. Early years Milroy was born in Vancouver, the third daughter of Elizabeth Nichol (née Fellowes), who founded Vancouver's Equinox Gallery in 1972 and John Lang Nichol, a Liberal politician and senator who served in the Second World War and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. She grew up in Vancouver but travelled to Montreal to study English literat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
