A portrait and landscape painter and prominent Canadian artist, Edwin Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario. The Holgate family moved to Jamaica when Edwin was three so that his father could work as... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter and prominent Canadian artist, Edwin Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario. The Holgate family moved to Jamaica when Edwin was three so that his father could work as an engineer. Holgate returned to Toronto at the age of five where he lived with relatives and... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter and prominent Canadian artist, Edwin Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario. The Holgate family moved to Jamaica when Edwin was three so that his father could work as an engineer. Holgate returned to Toronto at the age of five where he lived with relatives and started school. When his family returned to Canada they settled in Montreal where Holgate attended the Art Association of Montreal studying under William Brymner. Holgate went on to continue his studies in... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter and prominent Canadian artist, Edwin Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario. The Holgate family moved to Jamaica when Edwin was three so that his father could work as an engineer. Holgate returned to Toronto at the age of five where he lived with relatives and started school. When his family returned to Canada they settled in Montreal where Holgate attended the Art Association of Montreal studying under William Brymner. Holgate went on to continue his studies in Paris, France returning to Canada to enlist in the army at the outbreak of World War I. He married after the war and returned to Paris where the couple remained until 1922. He taught wood engraving* at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris and began... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter and prominent Canadian artist, Edwin Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario. The Holgate family moved to Jamaica when Edwin was three so that his father could work as an engineer. Holgate returned to Toronto at the age of five where he lived with relatives and started school. When his family returned to Canada they settled in Montreal where Holgate attended the Art Association of Montreal studying under William Brymner. Holgate went on to continue his studies in Paris, France returning to Canada to enlist in the army at the outbreak of World War I. He married after the war and returned to Paris where the couple remained until 1922. He taught wood engraving* at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris and began painting nudes in northern landscapes. After years as an accomplished figure painter, Holgate was invited to join... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (37)
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A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
The Nude in Modern Canadian Art, 1920-1950 (Quebec Museum of Fine Arts)
2009
Grandbois, Michele, Anna Hudson and Esther Trepanier
191 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario)
2005
Bruce, Tobi and Janice Anderson
319 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Group of Seven in Western Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Glenbow Museum
208 pages (color)
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Charles C
374 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Printmaking in Quebec, 1900-1950
1990
Martin, Denis
148 pages (color)
Permeable Border: Art of Canada and the United States 1920-1940 (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
1989
Boyanoskji, Christine
70 pages
The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
1989
Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis
122 pages (color)
Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Donegan, Rosemary
143 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Works from the McCuaig Collection in the Laurentian University Museum (Now Called Art Gallery of Sudbury)
1987
Krueger, Pamela
56 pages
One Man's Obsession
1986
McMichael, Robert
410 pages
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979
Morris, Jerrold
107 pages
Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978
Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken
119 pages (color)
Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, 1973-1976 (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1977
Phillips, Carol A.
36 pages
From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape
1977
Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole
159 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
Canadian Artists and Airmen 1940-45: A Wartime Memoir (The Morris Gallery)
1974
Morris, Jerrold
207 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
The McMichael Conservation Collection of Canadian Art
1967
Duval, Paul
96 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1967
National Gallery of Canada
32 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the 'Canadian Group of Painters'
1936
Lismer, Arthur
12 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index