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Jack Hamilton Bush BIOGRAPHY
1909 Toronto, Canada - 1977 Toronto, Canada. Known for: Color field abstract painting.
Jack Hamilton Bush, called Jack, was born in Toronto, 1909 and raised in Montreal. After finishing high school, he became an apprentice in the Art Department of the Rapid Grip Company in Montreal,... Read full biography
Jack Hamilton Bush, called Jack, was born in Toronto, 1909 and raised in Montreal. After finishing high school, he became an apprentice in the Art Department of the Rapid Grip Company in Montreal, where his father was a manager. Between 1926 and 1927, he studied with Adam Sheriff Scott, and... Read full biography
Jack Hamilton Bush, called Jack, was born in Toronto, 1909 and raised in Montreal. After finishing high school, he became an apprentice in the Art Department of the Rapid Grip Company in Montreal, where his father was a manager. Between 1926 and 1927, he studied with Adam Sheriff Scott, and attended night school at the Art Association of Montreal under Edmond Dyonnet in 1927-28. For career reasons, he moved to Toronto in 1928 where he attended evening classes at the Ontario College of Art,... Read full biography
Jack Hamilton Bush, called Jack, was born in Toronto, 1909 and raised in Montreal. After finishing high school, he became an apprentice in the Art Department of the Rapid Grip Company in Montreal, where his father was a manager. Between 1926 and 1927, he studied with Adam Sheriff Scott, and attended night school at the Art Association of Montreal under Edmond Dyonnet in 1927-28. For career reasons, he moved to Toronto in 1928 where he attended evening classes at the Ontario College of Art, studying among others under John William Beatty, Charles Comfort, and James Edmund Hervey MacDonald. By 1950, Bush was experimenting with abstraction and was exhibiting in various group shows. In 1952 he visited New York, mainly to see first-hand some of... Read full biography
Jack Hamilton Bush, called Jack, was born in Toronto, 1909 and raised in Montreal. After finishing high school, he became an apprentice in the Art Department of the Rapid Grip Company in Montreal, where his father was a manager. Between 1926 and 1927, he studied with Adam Sheriff Scott, and attended night school at the Art Association of Montreal under Edmond Dyonnet in 1927-28. For career reasons, he moved to Toronto in 1928 where he attended evening classes at the Ontario College of Art, studying among others under John William Beatty, Charles Comfort, and James Edmund Hervey MacDonald. By 1950, Bush was experimenting with abstraction and was exhibiting in various group shows. In 1952 he visited New York, mainly to see first-hand some of the works that were being produced there and which he had only seen in reproduction. That same... Read full biography
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Jack Hamilton Bush, called Jack, was born in Toronto, 1909 and raised in Montreal. After finishing high school, he became an apprentice in the Art Department of the Rapid Grip Company in Montreal, where his father was a manager. Between 1926 and 1927, he studied with Adam Sheriff Scott, and attended night school at the Art Association of Montreal under Edmond Dyonnet in 1927-28. For career reasons, he moved to Toronto in 1928 where he attended evening classes at the Ontario College of Art, studying among others under John William Beatty, Charles Comfort, and James Edmund Hervey MacDonald.
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