Peter Stoyan - Artist Info

About Peter Stoyan

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Peter Stoyanoff
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    Peter Stoyan (1900-1979)

    A painter, graphic artist and illustrator, Peter Stoyan emigrated to Canada in 1914. He studied art in Toronto at the Ontario College of Art, under George Reid, J. W. Beatty, Fred Haines and Arthur Lismer. Beginning in the 1920's Stoyan traveled quite extensively and exhibited both his landscapes and city views during this time. The Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy both began to include his works in their exhibitions from 1925.

    Around 1930 Peter Stoyan visited New York City. He exhibited there for several years and worked mainly as an illustrator. His work from this early period is signed either, 'Stoyanoff' (his real name) or 'Stoin'. He then returned to Toronto an...

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