Guido Molinari OC, LLD, RCA, SAPQ, AANFM (1933-2004). Guido Molinari was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, art theorist, philosopher, educator and art collector (1) who was born, lived and died in... Read full biography
Guido Molinari OC, LLD, RCA, SAPQ, AANFM (1933-2004). Guido Molinari was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, art theorist, philosopher, educator and art collector (1) who was born, lived and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His mediums were oil, acrylic, Duco auto paint, lithograph, serigraph... Read full biography
Guido Molinari OC, LLD, RCA, SAPQ, AANFM (1933-2004). Guido Molinari was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, art theorist, philosopher, educator and art collector (1) who was born, lived and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His mediums were oil, acrylic, Duco auto paint, lithograph, serigraph (silkscreen), watercolor, charcoal, pastel, ink, gouache, enamel and steel. His subjects are abstraction focusing on the dynamics of color and new pictorial space. His most famous paintings are hard edge and... Read full biography
Guido Molinari OC, LLD, RCA, SAPQ, AANFM (1933-2004). Guido Molinari was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, art theorist, philosopher, educator and art collector (1) who was born, lived and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His mediums were oil, acrylic, Duco auto paint, lithograph, serigraph (silkscreen), watercolor, charcoal, pastel, ink, gouache, enamel and steel. His subjects are abstraction focusing on the dynamics of color and new pictorial space. His most famous paintings are hard edge and consist of vertical bands of color. His styles are Plasticien (2), Op Art and Minimalism. Quotes:" My own position regarding the problem of color is that it is through a redefinition of the color phenomena and dynamism that a painting can realize... Read full biography
Guido Molinari OC, LLD, RCA, SAPQ, AANFM (1933-2004). Guido Molinari was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, art theorist, philosopher, educator and art collector (1) who was born, lived and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His mediums were oil, acrylic, Duco auto paint, lithograph, serigraph (silkscreen), watercolor, charcoal, pastel, ink, gouache, enamel and steel. His subjects are abstraction focusing on the dynamics of color and new pictorial space. His most famous paintings are hard edge and consist of vertical bands of color. His styles are Plasticien (2), Op Art and Minimalism. Quotes:" My own position regarding the problem of color is that it is through a redefinition of the color phenomena and dynamism that a painting can realize its full potentialities …" and " In my painting, the bands of color might measure the same, but in terms of color-energy t... Read full biography
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About Guido Molinari: Books
Books & Publications (65)
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Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925-1955
2017
Carney, Lora Senechal
322 pages (color)
Abstract Painting in Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Nasgaard, Roald
432 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
The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Cheetham, Mark; Matthew Teitelbaum, David Moos
120 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada
188 pages (color)
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
Pleasures of Sight and States of Being: Radical Abstract Painting Since 1990 (Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee)
2001
Nasgaard, Roald
60 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Concordia Collects: Selected Art Acquisitions, 1974-2000 (Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
2000
Antaki, Karen
72 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
A Century of Canadian Drawing: Selected from the Permanent Collection of the Dalhousei Art Gallery
1999
Garvey, Susan Gibson
50 pages
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
1999
Murray, Joan
272 pages (color)
Egregore: A History of the Montreal Automatist Movement
1998
Ellenwood, Ray
357 pages (color)
Kaleidoscope: An Exhibition by Quebec Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1998
Henry, Pierre
66 pages
Contemporary Artists in Canada
1997
Lang, Robert (editor)
627 pages
Depth Markers: Selected Art Writings, 1985-1994, Volume One
1995
Campbell, James D.
397 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 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)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Cineplex Odeon The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art
1989
Burnett, David
97 pages (color)
Stations (Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Bellemare et al
207 pages (color)
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)
The Best Contemporary Canadian Art
1987
Murray, Joan
201 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Montreal and Monument as an Art
1985
Leclerc, Suzanne and Christian Ekemberg
126 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada
1983
Bringhurst, Robert (Editor)
239 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Painting 82/Painting 82: An Exhibition in Two Parts (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Aarons, Anita
32 pages
Who's Who in American Art, Fifteenth Edition, 1982
1982
R.R. Bowker Co. (Editors)
1,204 pages
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978
Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken
119 pages (color)
Landmarks of Canadian Art
1978
Mellen, Peter
260 pages (color)
16 Quebec Painters in Their Milieu
1978
Paradis, Andree; Claude Beaulieu, Jules Bazin
171 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Contemporary Artists
1977
Bell, Jane
0 pages
Enjoying Canadian Painting
1976
Godsell, Patricia
275 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Guido Molinari
1976
Theberge, Pierre
0 pages (color)
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972
Withrow, William
224 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969
Thompson, David
64 pages (color)
Sculpture 67 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Cameron, Dorothy, and Don Wallace
115 pages
Ulysse Comtois - Guido Molinari: Canadian Pavillion, XXXIV Biennale Di Venezia, Venice, Italy (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Editor, National Gallery of Canada
24 pages (color)
On the Enjoyment of Modern Art
1968
Morris, Jerrold
86 pages (color)
Canadian Artists 68 (The National Art Exhibition Committee)
1968
Young, Dennis
79 pages
Statements: 18 Canadian Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1967
Curator, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
99 pages
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
The Ontario Centennial Art Exhibition (Ontario Council for the Arts)
1967
Robertson, Bryan
60 pages
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)
The Responsive Eye (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Seitz, William C
56 pages (color)
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)
1961
James, Philip et al
28 pages
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art