Commander C. Anthony Law Litt.D., DSC, RCN (1916 – 1996). A career naval officer and prominent Canadian painter, Commander C. Anthony Law (aka: Charles Anthony Francis Law; aka: Tony Law) was born in... Read full biography
Commander C. Anthony Law Litt.D., DSC, RCN (1916 – 1996). A career naval officer and prominent Canadian painter, Commander C. Anthony Law (aka: Charles Anthony Francis Law; aka: Tony Law) was born in London, England, while his Canadian parents were stationed there during World War I. He died in... Read full biography
Commander C. Anthony Law Litt.D., DSC, RCN (1916 – 1996). A career naval officer and prominent Canadian painter, Commander C. Anthony Law (aka: Charles Anthony Francis Law; aka: Tony Law) was born in London, England, while his Canadian parents were stationed there during World War I. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, his home since the 1950s. In addition to having combat commands during World War II Law, uniquely, was also commissioned as an Official War Artist. He was the recipient of the... Read full biography
Commander C. Anthony Law Litt.D., DSC, RCN (1916 – 1996). A career naval officer and prominent Canadian painter, Commander C. Anthony Law (aka: Charles Anthony Francis Law; aka: Tony Law) was born in London, England, while his Canadian parents were stationed there during World War I. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, his home since the 1950s. In addition to having combat commands during World War II Law, uniquely, was also commissioned as an Official War Artist. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in combat during the Normandy invasion and won two Jessie Dow Prizes* for his paintings shown at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. His works were also included at exhibitions at the National Gallery in London,... Read full biography
Commander C. Anthony Law Litt.D., DSC, RCN (1916 – 1996). A career naval officer and prominent Canadian painter, Commander C. Anthony Law (aka: Charles Anthony Francis Law; aka: Tony Law) was born in London, England, while his Canadian parents were stationed there during World War I. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, his home since the 1950s. In addition to having combat commands during World War II Law, uniquely, was also commissioned as an Official War Artist. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in combat during the Normandy invasion and won two Jessie Dow Prizes* for his paintings shown at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. His works were also included at exhibitions at the National Gallery in London, England and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Dozens of his paintings, drawings and photographs are in Canadian museum collections.... Read full biography
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About Anthony Law: Books
Books & Publications (26)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010, The Centennial Story
2009
Gimblett, Richard H.
230 pages (color)
Art or Memorial? The Forgotten History of Canada's War Art
2006
Brandon, Laura
168 pages (color)
Prototype: Contemporary Art from Joe Friday's Collection
2004
Koh, Germaine
70 pages (color)
Dalhousie Art Gallery: The Collection
2003
Garvey, Susan Gibson
184 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The AGNS Permanent Collection: Selected Works
2002
Riordan, Bernard
191 pages (color)
Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in San Miquel de Allende
2001
Virtue, John
488 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Canvas of War: Painting the Canadian Experience, 1914 to 1945 (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Oliver, Dean Frederick and Laura Brandon
178 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Exhibitions and Members, 1860-1979
1997
McMann, Evelyn de R
451 pages
Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage
1995
Kidd, Charles and David Willaimson, Editors
980 pages
Nova Scotian Pictures: Art in Nova Scotia, 1940-1966 (Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax) (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Paikowsky, Sandra
48 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1989-1990, 18th Edition (Jacques Cattell Press)
1989
Furman, Amy I. (Ed)
1,341 pages
White Plumes Astern, The Short Daring Life of Canada's MTB Flotilla
1989
Law, C. Anthony
170 pages
C. Anthony Law: A Retrospective (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia)
1989
Riordon, Bernard
32 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 15th Edition
1982
Editor, Jaques Cattell Press
1,204 pages
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 3, Jacobi-Lismer
1975
MacDonald, Colin S.
392 pages
Naval Paintings of the Second World War (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Canadian War Museum
30 pages
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
A Check List of the War Collections of World War I, 1914-1918 and World War II, 1939-1945 (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
1968
Wodehouse, R.F.
239 pages
Maritime Artists (Maritime Arts Association)
1967
Hashey, Mary W. (compiler)
77 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III