LIST OF CANADIAN ARTISTS

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The arts have flourished in Canada since the 1900s, and especially since the end of World War II in 1945. Government support has played a vital role in their development, as has the establishment of numerous art schools and colleges across the country.
The works of most early Canadian painters followed European trends. During the mid 1800s, Cornelius Krieghoff, a Dutch born artist in Quebec, painted scenes of the life of the habitants (French-Canadian farmers). At about the same time, the Canadian artist Paul Kane painted pictures of Indian life in western Canada.
A group of landscape painters called the Group of Seven developed the first distinctly Canadian style of painting. All these artists painted large, brilliantly, coloured scenes of the Canadian wilderness.
Since the 1930s, Canadian painters have developed a wide range of highly individual styles. Emily Carr became famous for her paintings of totem poles of British Columbia. Other noted painters have included the landscape artist David Milne, the abstract painters Jean-Paul Riopelle and Harold Town and multi-media artist Michael Snow. The abstract art group Painters Eleven, particularly the artists William Ronald and Jack Bush, also had an important impact on modern art in Canada.
Canadian sculpture has been enriched by the walrus ivory and soapstone carvings by the Inuit artists. These carvings show objects and activities from the daily life of the Inuit.
The following is a list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:

Contents

Individuals

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Z

Groups

Dealers

Notes

Individuals

A

★ Terry Ananny (b.1956) painter

★ Robert Archambeau (b.1933) ceramic artist

★ Myfanwy Ashmore (b.1970) new media artist

B

★ Frédéric Back (b. 1924), painter and animator

★ Bruce Barber (b.1950) multimedia, installation artist

★ Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995) sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

★ Robert Bateman (b.1930) painter, naturalist

★ Rebecca Belmore (b.1960) performance artist, installation artist

★ Aggie Beynon, metalsmith^[1]

★ David Blackwood (b.1941) printmaker

★ Jordi Bonet (1932-1979), sculptor, muralist

★ Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) painter

★ John Boxtel (b. 1930) sculptor, woodcarving, drafting, design & building

★ Roland Brener (1942-2006) sculptor

★ AA Bronson (b.1946) mixed-media artist

★ Edward Burtynsky (b.1955) photographer

★ Jack Bush (1909-1977) painter

★ Leonid Berdichevsky (1945) painter

C

★ Dorothy Caldwell (b.1948) textile artist

★ Janet Cardiff (b.1957) installation artist

★ Emily Carr (1871-1945) painter

★ Ian Carr-Harris (b.1941) installation artist

★ Alexandre Castonguay, digital artist

★ Alex Colville (b.1920) painter

★ Douglas Coupland (b.1961), sculptural installation

★ Donigan Cumming (b.1947) multimedia artist

★ Greg Curnoe (1936-1992) painter, musician

★ George Cuthbertson (1898-1969) marine artist, researcher, author

D

★ Karen Dahl, ceramist

★ Ken Danby (b.1940) painter

★ Charles Daudelin (1920-2001) sculptor, painter

★ Eric Deis (b.1979) photographer

★ James Doran, enamelist

★ Stan Douglas (b.1960) installation artist

★ Marcel Dzama (b.1974) artist

E

★ Arthur Elliot (19th century) watercolourist

★ Arthur John Ensor (1905-1995) painter

★ Paterson Ewen (1925-2002) painter

F

★ Marcelle Ferron (1924-2001) painter, glazier

★ George Fertig (1915-1983) painter

G

★ Joseph Giunta (1911-2001) painter, collage/assemblage artist

★ Gerald Gladstone (1929-2005) sculptor, painter

★ Eric Goldberg (1890-1969) painter

★ Noam Gonick (b.1973), filmmaker

★ Betty Goodwin (b.1923) printmaker, sculptor, painter

★ Rodney Graham (b.1949) photographer, installation artist

★ Pierre Granche (1948-1997), sculptor

★ Charles B. Greul (b.1923) printmaker

H

★ Lawren Harris (1885-1970) painter

★ Robert Harrison (ceramist), ceramist

★ Paul Hartal (b.1936) painter, poet

★ Fred Herzog (b. 1930) photographer

★ William G. Hobbs (b.1927) painter, historian

★ Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (b. 1913) sculptor

★ Edwin Holgate (1892-1977) painter

J

★ A. Y. Jackson (1882-1974) painter

★ Brian Jungen (b.1970) sculptor, installation artist

K

★ Lena Karpinsky (b.1961) painter

★ Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) photographer

★ Aart Kemink (1914-2006) painter

★ Christopher Kier (b.1959) painter

★ Germaine Koh (b.1967) conceptual artist

★ Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872) painter

★ William Kurelek (1927-1977) painter

L

★ Robert LaPalme (1908-1997), painter, caricaturist

★ Jules Lasalle (b. 1957), sculptor

★ Ozias Leduc (1864-1955) painter

★ Enid Legros-Wise, ceramist

★ Maurice Lemieux (1931-1994), sculptor

★ Serge Lemoyne (1941-1998) painter

★ Laura L. Letinsky, photographer

★ Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) painter

★ Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (b.1967) installation artist

★ Attila Richard Lukacs (b.1962) painter

★ James Lumbers (b.1929) painter

M

★ Doris McCarthy (b.1910) painter, printmaker

★ Mendelson Joe (b. 1944) painter, musician

★ David Milne (1882-1953) painter

★ Neil Minuk, architect

★ Guido Molinari (1933-2004) painter

★ Skye Morrison textile designer, folklorist

★ Norval Morrisseau (b.1932) painter

★ Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927-1991), painter, ceramist, muralist

★ Paula Murray, ceramist

N

★ Grace Nickel, ceramist

O

★ Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832-1899) painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy

★ Kim Ondaatje (b.1928) painter, filmmaker

P

★ Mimi Parent (1924-2005) painter

★ Paul Peel (1860-1892) painter

★ William Perehudoff (b.1919) painter

★ Christopher Pratt (b.1935) painter

★ Mary Pratt (b.1935) painter

R

★ Nina Raginsky (b.1941) photographer

★ Don Reichert (b.1932) painter, multimedia artist

★ Bill Reid (1920-1998) sculptor

★ Kelly Richardson (b.1972) video artist, photographer

★ Richard James Rivet, painter, printmaker

★ Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) painter

★ David Rokeby (b.1960) new media artist

★ William Ronald (1926-1998) painter

★ Lupe Rodriguez (b.1953) painter

S

★ Tony Scherman (b.1950) painter

★ Jack Shadbolt (1909-1998) painter

★ Damien Smith (b.1969) visual artist

★ Gordon A. Smith (b.1919) painter, printmaker, sculptor

★ Michael Smith, painter

★ Michael Snow (b.1929) painter, filmmaker, musician

★ Arlene Stamp, two-dimensional artist and designer

★ Reva Stone, digital artist

★ Rudolf Stussi, painter

★ Gerald Squires (b.1937) painter, printmaker, sculptor

★ Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869-1937) painter, sculptor

T

★ Ewa Tarsia, painter, printmaker

★ Tom Thomson (1877-1917) painter

★ Ione Thorkelsson, glass artist

★ Tristan Tondino (b.1961) painter

V

★ Frederick Varley (1881-1969) painter

★ Henri Venne, painter, photographer

★ Arthur Villeneuve, painter (1910-1990)

W

★ Horatio Walker (1858-1938) painter

★ Jeff Wall (b.1946) photographer

★ Homer Watson (1855-1936) painter

★ Jeff Willmore (b.1954) painter and performance artist

★ Andrew Wright (b.1971) multimedia artist

★ Kamila Wozniakowska, painter

Z

★ Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber (b. 1937) painter, photographer

Groups

★ Group of Seven

★ Canadian Group of Painters

★ Eastern Group of Painters

★ Les Automatistes

★ Painters Eleven

★ Regina Five

★ General Idea

Dealers

★ Max Stern, 1904-1987, art dealer

Notes

1. RCA Academicians elected 2007