George Theodore Berthon ARCA, OSA (1806 - 1892). "As Toronto's foremost exponent of the portrait tradition during the Victorian era, Berthon produced a body of work that serves as an important... Read full biography
George Theodore Berthon ARCA, OSA (1806 - 1892). "As Toronto's foremost exponent of the portrait tradition during the Victorian era, Berthon produced a body of work that serves as an important historical record and as a prime example of the grand-manner style in Canadian portraiture." - Carol... Read full biography
George Theodore Berthon ARCA, OSA (1806 - 1892). "As Toronto's foremost exponent of the portrait tradition during the Victorian era, Berthon produced a body of work that serves as an important historical record and as a prime example of the grand-manner style in Canadian portraiture." - Carol Lowrey (1). An important Canadian painter and draftsman, George Theodore Berthon was born in Vienna, Austria to French parents and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived since the early 1840s. Shortly... Read full biography
George Theodore Berthon ARCA, OSA (1806 - 1892). "As Toronto's foremost exponent of the portrait tradition during the Victorian era, Berthon produced a body of work that serves as an important historical record and as a prime example of the grand-manner style in Canadian portraiture." - Carol Lowrey (1). An important Canadian painter and draftsman, George Theodore Berthon was born in Vienna, Austria to French parents and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived since the early 1840s. Shortly after his birth his family returned to their home in Paris where Berthon grew up. In 1827 he moved to London, England. Sometime after 1836 and before 1845 he immigrated to Toronto, Canada where he lived the rest of his life. Berthon's work is... Read full biography
George Theodore Berthon ARCA, OSA (1806 - 1892). "As Toronto's foremost exponent of the portrait tradition during the Victorian era, Berthon produced a body of work that serves as an important historical record and as a prime example of the grand-manner style in Canadian portraiture." - Carol Lowrey (1). An important Canadian painter and draftsman, George Theodore Berthon was born in Vienna, Austria to French parents and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived since the early 1840s. Shortly after his birth his family returned to their home in Paris where Berthon grew up. In 1827 he moved to London, England. Sometime after 1836 and before 1845 he immigrated to Toronto, Canada where he lived the rest of his life. Berthon's work is discussed in most Canadian art history books and his portraits hang in many distinguished Canadian public and private collections. (2)(3) &n... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (41)
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AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
Paul Kane, the Artist: Wilderness to Studio
2011
Lister, Kenneth R.
416 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
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
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
The Dictionary of Art: 34 Volume Set
1996
Turner, Jane (Editor)
0 pages (color)
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)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Volume XII, 1891-1900
1990
Halpenny, Francess G.
1,305 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario-Selected Works
1990
Withrow, William J., et al
463 pages (color)
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: A-F, Canadian Art, Volume One A--F (National Gallery of Canada)
1988
Hill, Charles C. and Pierre B. Landry, Editors
415 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Toronto of Old
1987
Scadding, Henry; Frederick H. Armstrong, Editor
408 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
The Ontario Collection (Ontario Heritage Foundation)
1984
Bayer, Fern
388 pages (color)
Toronto in Art: 150 Years Through Artist's Eyes
1983
Firth, Edith G.
200 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography
1978
McKay, W.A. (Editor)
914 pages
Landmarks of Canadian Art
1978
Mellen, Peter
260 pages (color)
Enjoying Canadian Painting
1976
Godsell, Patricia
275 pages (color)
The Ontario Community Collects: A Survey of Canadian Painting from 1766 to the Present (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
1975
Forsey, William C
247 pages (color)
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Early Painters and Engravers in Canada
1970
Harper, J. Russell
392 pages
Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University at Kingston
1968
Smith, Frances K.
195 pages
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
The Development of Canadian Art (The National Gallery of Canada)
1964
Hubbard, R.H.
137 pages (color)
An Anthology of Canadian Art
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
187 pages (color)
The Arts in Canada:
1958
Editor, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
120 pages (color)
Canadian Art-Its Origin and Development (Paperback) 1967
1943
Colgate, William
278 pages
Canadian Landscape Painters
1932
Robson, A. H.
227 pages (color)
The Fine Arts in Canada
1925
MacTavish, Newton
181 pages (color)
Canada and its Provinces: A History of the Canadian People and Their Institutions by One Hundred Associates Volume 12 of 23