John Hartman was born in 1950. John Hartman’s work first garnered attention with his 1993 exhibition entitled "Painting at Bay" at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Revered at this time for his... Read full biography
John Hartman was born in 1950. John Hartman’s work first garnered attention with his 1993 exhibition entitled "Painting at Bay" at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Revered at this time for his impressions of Canada's Georgian Bay area, he later began mixing thick swirls of oil paint with... Read full biography
John Hartman was born in 1950. John Hartman’s work first garnered attention with his 1993 exhibition entitled "Painting at Bay" at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Revered at this time for his impressions of Canada's Georgian Bay area, he later began mixing thick swirls of oil paint with blended elements of both landscape and the figurative. His experimentation with the canvas and expansion of the notion of landscape painting allowed for him to develop a distinct and recognizable... Read full biography
John Hartman was born in 1950. John Hartman’s work first garnered attention with his 1993 exhibition entitled "Painting at Bay" at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Revered at this time for his impressions of Canada's Georgian Bay area, he later began mixing thick swirls of oil paint with blended elements of both landscape and the figurative. His experimentation with the canvas and expansion of the notion of landscape painting allowed for him to develop a distinct and recognizable painterly style. Between 1999-2002, Hartman received national exposure with the exhibition and book "Big North" which toured Canada. Since then, he continues to question the relationship between people/place, and figurative/landscape as the viewer is forced... Read full biography
John Hartman was born in 1950. John Hartman’s work first garnered attention with his 1993 exhibition entitled "Painting at Bay" at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Revered at this time for his impressions of Canada's Georgian Bay area, he later began mixing thick swirls of oil paint with blended elements of both landscape and the figurative. His experimentation with the canvas and expansion of the notion of landscape painting allowed for him to develop a distinct and recognizable painterly style. Between 1999-2002, Hartman received national exposure with the exhibition and book "Big North" which toured Canada. Since then, he continues to question the relationship between people/place, and figurative/landscape as the viewer is forced to question what subject dominates the foreground, and which subject submits to the background in his work. He is now exhibite... Read full biography
John Hartman - Artist Info
About John Hartman: Books
Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Signs of the Spirit: The Donovan Collection at St. Michael's College (University of St. Michael's College
2001
Always, Richard, Daniel Donovan and Ihor Holubizky
72 pages (color)
Landscape '96: Placing Site/Siting Place (Mendel Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Fenton, Terry et al.
24 pages (color)
Reflecting Paradise: Expo '93' (University of Lethbridge Art Gallery