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Eleanor
Milne: The Making of an Artist in Canada
Principal Investigators: Dr. Catherine
MacKenzie, Linda Bien
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/milne/
Proficient
in many media, Eleanor Milne (b.1925) continues to play an active role
in the Canadian art world. She was Canada's Dominion Sculptor from 1961
to 1993, contributing many elements to the Centre Block of Parliament.
She created stone carvings of the History of Canada, the British North
America Act and the Origin of Life in Canada. She also designed stained
glass windows for the House of Commons, and oversaw the restoration
of the linen ceiling of the House.
The
Art of Guido Nincheri/l'Art de Guido Nincheri
Principal Investigator: Linda Bien
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/nincheri
Guido
Nincheri (1885-1973), one of Canada's most important stained glass masters
also introduced the technique of true fresco to North America. This
bilingual website results from the collaboration between the Atelier
d'histoire Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and the Research Collections of the
Slide Library at Concordia University.It documents some of Nincheri's
religious and secular works of ornamentation, stained glass, fresco
and other mural painting in Montreal.
Anne
Savage
Principal Investigator: Linda Bien
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/savage/
Anne
(Annie) Douglas Savage was a Canadian artist and teacher who made a
significant impact on Canadian art and education. She was one of the
first women to participate actively in the creation of a Canadian school
of painting, and an early exponent of child art and creative teaching.
Trained as a painter, and a self taught teacher, her success as an educator
and her development as a painter were concurrent.
Canadian
Artists of Eastern European Origin
Principal Investigator: Dr. Loren Lerner
http://art-history.concordia.ca/eea/index.htm
This
website/project aims to provide information in the form of a biographical
dictionary of over seventy selected living artists in Canada, of mainly
eastern European origin. Spanning the period from the 1930s to the present,
its focus encompasses both artists who came to Canada in the last seventy
years, and first and second generation artists reconnecting with their
eastern European heritage.
Canadian
Sculpture: Coming of Age
Principal Investigator: Linda Bien
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/sculpture
The
site documents 15 male and female founders and early members of the
Sculptors' Society of Canada (SSC, f.1928). It is linked to a database
of over 1000 images of the artists' works from the Research Collections
of the Slide Library. The website includes a printable 30 page bibliography
on the SSC by Concordia PhD student, Joyce Millar, an authority on Canadian
sculpture who acted as consultant for the project.
Canadian
Sculpture from the Hayward and Brault Collections
Principal Investigator: Linda Bien
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/brault
Conceived
as a pilot project to use the World Wide Web to increase awareness and
expand interest in Canadian sculpture, a searchable bilingual database
on this site makes thousands of images of traditional Canadian art and
information about historical Canadian sculptors available over the Internet.
Diving
for a Sunken Canadian Treasure: Rediscovering the P.S. Lady Sherbrooke
Principal Investigator: Jean Belisle
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/lady
The
P.S. Lady Sherbrooke, a vessel used to navigate the waters of a newly
discovered land, is an essential element in Canadian history. The two
basic purposes to this website are to describe the P.S. Lady Sherbrooke
and then to outline the complexities involved in what was the largest,
privately supported, underwater archeological dive in Canadian history.
First
Nations Art: An Introduction to Contemporary Native Artists in Canada
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joan Acland
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artists/
This
Introductory Guide is intended to facilitate access to relevant biographical
and bibliographic information pertaining to contemporary First Nations
artists and includes the artist's full name, date and place of birth,
as well as First Nations affiliation, followed by a short biographical
description. We have produced a bibliography of the most recent and/or
important writings on each artist, which is meant to introduce the reader
to that artist's work. A recent exhibition history is provided with
an emphasis on Canadian venues. We also list selected collections containing
the artist's work, to enable you to see the original art.
Researching
the Visual Arts in Canada
http://art-history.concordia.ca/RVACanada/index.html
This
Website is an ongoing project of the Art History Department at Concordia
University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Compiled by graduate students,
it is meant to be a used as a tool for sharing resources for studying
the visual arts in Canada.
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