David Gerry Partridge was a sculptor (he used the term painter with nails), painter, etcher, engraver, printmaker and educator and was born in Akron, Ohio. He moved to Britain in 1928 with his family... Read full biography
David Gerry Partridge was a sculptor (he used the term painter with nails), painter, etcher, engraver, printmaker and educator and was born in Akron, Ohio. He moved to Britain in 1928 with his family and then to Canada in 1936, living in Toronto, Ottawa, and St. Catharines. He lived in Sussex,... Read full biography
David Gerry Partridge was a sculptor (he used the term painter with nails), painter, etcher, engraver, printmaker and educator and was born in Akron, Ohio. He moved to Britain in 1928 with his family and then to Canada in 1936, living in Toronto, Ottawa, and St. Catharines. He lived in Sussex, England off and on from 1956 to 1974. He then returned to Toronto where he lived the rest of his life. His mediums were oil, watercolor, tempera, nails, aluminum, copper, and plywood. His style is... Read full biography
David Gerry Partridge was a sculptor (he used the term painter with nails), painter, etcher, engraver, printmaker and educator and was born in Akron, Ohio. He moved to Britain in 1928 with his family and then to Canada in 1936, living in Toronto, Ottawa, and St. Catharines. He lived in Sussex, England off and on from 1956 to 1974. He then returned to Toronto where he lived the rest of his life. His mediums were oil, watercolor, tempera, nails, aluminum, copper, and plywood. His style is non-objective, abstract. He is most well known for his unique low relief sculpture technique using nails in plywood. He called them Naillies or Configurations. He studied at Radley College, Oxfordshire (1933-34); Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario... Read full biography
David Gerry Partridge was a sculptor (he used the term painter with nails), painter, etcher, engraver, printmaker and educator and was born in Akron, Ohio. He moved to Britain in 1928 with his family and then to Canada in 1936, living in Toronto, Ottawa, and St. Catharines. He lived in Sussex, England off and on from 1956 to 1974. He then returned to Toronto where he lived the rest of his life. His mediums were oil, watercolor, tempera, nails, aluminum, copper, and plywood. His style is non-objective, abstract. He is most well known for his unique low relief sculpture technique using nails in plywood. He called them Naillies or Configurations. He studied at Radley College, Oxfordshire (1933-34); Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario (1935-38); Trinity College, University of Toronto, Degree - B.A. (English, History,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (14)
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The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 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)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Art in Architecture: Art for the Built Environment in the Province of Ontario
1982
Parkin, Jeanne
276 pages
Who's Who in American Art, Fifteenth Edition, 1982
1982
R.R. Bowker Co. (Editors)
1,204 pages
Canadian Art in Britain: Contemporary Works from Collections in Britain
1982
Shepherd, Michael
56 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists
1977
Bell, Jane
0 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Sculpture 67 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Cameron, Dorothy, and Don Wallace
115 pages
Canadian Sculpture: Expo '67
1967
Withrow, William
106 pages
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)