Arthur Shilling (1941 - 1986). Arthur Shilling was a painter, illustrator and author who was born, and died (as a result of complications from rheumatic fever), on the Rama Reserve near Orilla,... Read full biography
Arthur Shilling (1941 - 1986). Arthur Shilling was a painter, illustrator and author who was born, and died (as a result of complications from rheumatic fever), on the Rama Reserve near Orilla, Ontario, and except for a brief period in the late 1960's and early 1970's, lived there most of his life.... Read full biography
Arthur Shilling (1941 - 1986). Arthur Shilling was a painter, illustrator and author who was born, and died (as a result of complications from rheumatic fever), on the Rama Reserve near Orilla, Ontario, and except for a brief period in the late 1960's and early 1970's, lived there most of his life. His medium was primarily oil on masonite or canvas, however he has also worked in pastel, watercolor and pencil. His subjects are portraits and landscapes. His style was expressionist characterized... Read full biography
Arthur Shilling (1941 - 1986). Arthur Shilling was a painter, illustrator and author who was born, and died (as a result of complications from rheumatic fever), on the Rama Reserve near Orilla, Ontario, and except for a brief period in the late 1960's and early 1970's, lived there most of his life. His medium was primarily oil on masonite or canvas, however he has also worked in pastel, watercolor and pencil. His subjects are portraits and landscapes. His style was expressionist characterized by distinctive bold strokes of color. He studied at the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto; but is mostly self-taught. He traveled through Canada's west to British Columbia and to northern Alberta. He started showing his work... Read full biography
Arthur Shilling (1941 - 1986). Arthur Shilling was a painter, illustrator and author who was born, and died (as a result of complications from rheumatic fever), on the Rama Reserve near Orilla, Ontario, and except for a brief period in the late 1960's and early 1970's, lived there most of his life. His medium was primarily oil on masonite or canvas, however he has also worked in pastel, watercolor and pencil. His subjects are portraits and landscapes. His style was expressionist characterized by distinctive bold strokes of color. He studied at the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto; but is mostly self-taught. He traveled through Canada's west to British Columbia and to northern Alberta. He started showing his work at the Orilla Public Library in 1963 and had his first solo show in Ottawa, Ontario in 1967. Subsequently... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes (Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian)
2013
Penney, David W. and Gerald McMaster (General Editors)
128 pages (color)
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
McMaster, Gerald et al
538 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)
The Ojibway Dream
1986
Shilling, Arthur
48 pages (color)
We are the Music Makers (illustrated by Arthur Shilling)
1984
Stone, Court
0 pages (color)
Contemporary Indian Art at Rideau Hall
1983
Munro, John C., Preface
32 pages
A Selection of Work: Contemporary Indian Art, the Trail from the Past to the Future (Mackenzie Gallery at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)