Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton or as he was known in his professional life L. A. C. Panton (1894–1954) was a Canadian painter and educator.
Career
Panton was born at
Egremont, Cheshire
Egremont is an area of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire and in the north east of the Wirral Peninsula, it is bordered by New Brighton to the north, Liscard to the west and Seaco ...
, in England, and emigrated to Canada at 17 years of age.A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1–8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada He enlisted in Army in the First World War, serving in the 4th Division, Signal Company (1916–1919). After he returned from the war, he studied art at the Ontario College of Art in the evening. He also took classes at the Central Technical School in Toronto, then worked at Rous and Mann as a designer until 1924 when he got a job teaching art. He taught first at the Central Technical School, then at Western Technical School (1926–1937), and then as art director at Northern Vocational School (1937–1951) from which he took sabbatical leave to study with
William C. Palmer
William C. Palmer (1906–1987) was an American painter who created public murals.
Biography
William Charles Palmer was born in 1906, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Work
He was influenced by the Group of Seven in his painting at first, but his work became changed to become a synthesis of the natural world and abstraction. His
retrospective
A retrospective (from Latin ''retrospectare'', "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, ''retrospective'' has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popu ...
in 1990 was appropriately titled ''Towards a lyrical abstraction''.
Exhibitions
Panton's work was shown in many exhibitions abroad such as the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley (1924); ''A Century of Canadian Art'' at the Tate Gallery (1938) and others. Over the years he held solo shows at Laing Galleries (1949) and elsewhere. A memorial exhibition of his work was shown by the Ontario Society of Artists at the Art Gallery of Toronto (1955) and a
retrospective
A retrospective (from Latin ''retrospectare'', "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, ''retrospective'' has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popu ...
show was held at Hart House, University of Toronto (1974), as well as a show of his work by the Park Gallery, Toronto and in 1990, the Art Gallery of Ontario circulated a retrospective titled ''Towards a lyrical abstraction: the art of L.A.C. Panton'', curated by Christine Boyanoski.
Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers
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 ...
Museum London
Museum London is an art and history museum located in London, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the forks of the Thames River. It started its operations in 1940 with London Public Library and amalgamated with London Regional Art Gallery an ...