Hortense M. Gordon was an abstract painter and technical teacher in her native Hamilton, Ontario for over 30 years. She was also an active member of Canada's first English - speaking abstract group,... Read full biography
Hortense M. Gordon was an abstract painter and technical teacher in her native Hamilton, Ontario for over 30 years. She was also an active member of Canada's first English - speaking abstract group, Painters Eleven. Unlike others in this highly visible group who were younger than she was and active... Read full biography
Hortense M. Gordon was an abstract painter and technical teacher in her native Hamilton, Ontario for over 30 years. She was also an active member of Canada's first English - speaking abstract group, Painters Eleven. Unlike others in this highly visible group who were younger than she was and active in Toronto art circles, Hortense Gordon had spent over 30 years teaching art in a technical school in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. But she had also studied, exhibited regularly, and worked... Read full biography
Hortense M. Gordon was an abstract painter and technical teacher in her native Hamilton, Ontario for over 30 years. She was also an active member of Canada's first English - speaking abstract group, Painters Eleven. Unlike others in this highly visible group who were younger than she was and active in Toronto art circles, Hortense Gordon had spent over 30 years teaching art in a technical school in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. But she had also studied, exhibited regularly, and worked tirelessly for recognition as an artist during her teaching career. With a background in arts and crafts, she had little formal art training but had taught herself principles of applied design. She was born November 24, 1886 in Hamilton, and was the younger... Read full biography
Hortense M. Gordon was an abstract painter and technical teacher in her native Hamilton, Ontario for over 30 years. She was also an active member of Canada's first English - speaking abstract group, Painters Eleven. Unlike others in this highly visible group who were younger than she was and active in Toronto art circles, Hortense Gordon had spent over 30 years teaching art in a technical school in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. But she had also studied, exhibited regularly, and worked tirelessly for recognition as an artist during her teaching career. With a background in arts and crafts, she had little formal art training but had taught herself principles of applied design. She was born November 24, 1886 in Hamilton, and was the younger daughter of Sarah Louise Crompton, English - born daughter of Thomas Crompton, a well - know... Read full biography
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About Hortense Crompton Mattice Gordon: Books
Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Color Creates Light: Studies With Hans Hoffman
2011
Dickey, Tina
424 pages (color)
Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art
2010
Nowell, Iris
384 pages (color)
The Outer Limits: Works from the permanent collection of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery
2001
Johnston, Melanie
43 pages
By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
1992
Tippett, Maria
226 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Climbing the Cold White Peaks: A Survey of Artists in and from Hamilton, 1910-1950