AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
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1933 Fergus, Ontario, Canada - 2000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting.
John Meredith Smith, painter, was known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith. He studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958. Meredith's work was... Read full biography
John Meredith Smith, painter, was known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith. He studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958. Meredith's work was informed by a belief in the human presence as the ultimate subject of art; it was based on knowledge... Read full biography
John Meredith Smith, painter, was known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith. He studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958. Meredith's work was informed by a belief in the human presence as the ultimate subject of art; it was based on knowledge gained through experience rather than theory, on instinctive understanding. In early works (1958-62), abstract vertical stripes, dark and tonal in colour, take on first vegetal and then human... Read full biography
John Meredith Smith, painter, was known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith. He studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958. Meredith's work was informed by a belief in the human presence as the ultimate subject of art; it was based on knowledge gained through experience rather than theory, on instinctive understanding. In early works (1958-62), abstract vertical stripes, dark and tonal in colour, take on first vegetal and then human connotations, projecting a pervasive sense of primordial mystery. Paintings from the period 1962-66 generally present large-scale images and brilliant colour, often used to optical and psychological effect. Coloured-ink sketches then became the basis for... Read full biography
John Meredith Smith, painter, was known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith. He studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958. Meredith's work was informed by a belief in the human presence as the ultimate subject of art; it was based on knowledge gained through experience rather than theory, on instinctive understanding. In early works (1958-62), abstract vertical stripes, dark and tonal in colour, take on first vegetal and then human connotations, projecting a pervasive sense of primordial mystery. Paintings from the period 1962-66 generally present large-scale images and brilliant colour, often used to optical and psychological effect. Coloured-ink sketches then became the basis for paintings; his work at the same time became increasingly complex, concentrated and obsessive. These exceptional paintings of the l... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada)
2005
(Exhibition catalog)Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada188 pages (color)Isaacs Seen: 50 Years on the Art Front, a Gallery Scrapbook
2005Wigmore, Donnalu and John Parry168 pages (color)Signs of the Spirit: The Donovan Collection at St. Michael's College (University of St. Michael's College
2001Always, Richard, Daniel Donovan and Ihor Holubizky72 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesContemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989Naylor, Colin (editor)1,059 pagesMontreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing417 pagesA Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988Reid, Dennis418 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesArt in Architecture: Art for the Built Environment in the Province of Ontario
1982Parkin, Jeanne276 pagesSelections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982Wilkin, Karen48 pages (color)20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979Morris, Jerrold107 pagesModern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken119 pages (color)A Canadian Survey: Selected Works from the Collection of Imperial Oil Limited (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1978Moses, Gerry52 pages (color)Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972Withrow, William224 pages (color)Canadian Art Today
1970Townsend, William114 pages (color)Canadian Artists 68 (The National Art Exhibition Committee)
1968Young, Dennis79 pagesA History of Peel County: To Mark Its Centenary as a Separate County, 1867-1967
1967Charters, C.V. (Editor)287 pages (color)Canadian Prints and Drawings: With a Collection of Photographs by Yousuf Karsh
1967Fenwick, Kathleen M. and Yousuf Karsh, Roger Duhamel64 pagesSixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada)
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Townsend, William47 pages (color)