Nationally and internationally acclaimed artist Joe Fafard was born to French-Canadian parents in the small agricultural community of Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan. He attended both the University of Manitoba (BFA 1966) and Pennsylvania State University (MFA 1968). He attended the University of Saskatchewan from 1968 to 1974 and, as a visiting lecturer, the University of California [...]
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Among his many honours, Ivan Eyre was elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1974, received the Queen’s Silver Jubilee medal in 1977, the University of Manitoba Alumni Jubilee Award in 1982 and was the subject of several films and books. He has held solo exhibitions from 1962 to the present and participated in many group shows. His works hang in numerous private and public collections in Canada and abroad. Winnipeg is the home to the Pavilion Gallery which houses the largest permanent collection of Eyre’s paintings representing 170 works on canvas and over 5000 drawings. Eyre is also known for his graphite, crayon studies, and woodcuts.
Ivan Eyre lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba and continues to be an essential part of the Prairie art scene where he has lived most of his life.
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Opening August 1st at Mayberry Fine Art in Winnipeg Square,”LANDSCAPE AND LILIES”, RECENT PAINTINGS BY WINNIPEG’S LUTHER POKRANT. Our satellite gallery in the Winnipeg Square Mall is located near the Fort Street entrance. The exhibition will continue until August 31.
Luther Pokrant was born in 1947 in Rosenfeld, Manitoba. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba School of Art and his Master of Arts degree from New Mexico State University. He is a past lecturer at the University of Regina. An active member of the Manitoba Society of Artists, he is also a longtime member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Since 1969, the artist has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the country. These include shows at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, the Manitoba Society of Artists, the Moose Jaw Art Museum, and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.
An avid fisherman and canoeist, much of his painting is inspired by the natural beauty of the Manitoba and Ontario lake country. Water reflection and water lilies offer are an endless source of inspiration for painting compositions. His illustration work is often thematic or historical in nature. Great Canadian artists of the past and their iconic works have been favoured subjects for his commissioned and non-commissioned illustrations.
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