John William Beatty (AKA: J.W. Beatty) was a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born, lived and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His primary mediums were oil, watercolour, drypoint and... Read full biography
John William Beatty (AKA: J.W. Beatty) was a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born, lived and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His primary mediums were oil, watercolour, drypoint and etching. His primary subject was the Canadian landscape. The locations ranged across Canada from Baie St.... Read full biography
John William Beatty (AKA: J.W. Beatty) was a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born, lived and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His primary mediums were oil, watercolour, drypoint and etching. His primary subject was the Canadian landscape. The locations ranged across Canada from Baie St. Paul, Quebec to Bowen Island, British Columbia (suburb of Vancouver). There are also village scenes, urban scenes, landscapes, portraits, still life, figures and genre works from his European travels;... Read full biography
John William Beatty (AKA: J.W. Beatty) was a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born, lived and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His primary mediums were oil, watercolour, drypoint and etching. His primary subject was the Canadian landscape. The locations ranged across Canada from Baie St. Paul, Quebec to Bowen Island, British Columbia (suburb of Vancouver). There are also village scenes, urban scenes, landscapes, portraits, still life, figures and genre works from his European travels; and, during World War I, portraits and depictions of war in France. His styles are Impressionism, Plein Air and Fauvism. The influence of the Barbizon School is also evident in his early works. He is considered one of the principle innovators and... Read full biography
John William Beatty (AKA: J.W. Beatty) was a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born, lived and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His primary mediums were oil, watercolour, drypoint and etching. His primary subject was the Canadian landscape. The locations ranged across Canada from Baie St. Paul, Quebec to Bowen Island, British Columbia (suburb of Vancouver). There are also village scenes, urban scenes, landscapes, portraits, still life, figures and genre works from his European travels; and, during World War I, portraits and depictions of war in France. His styles are Impressionism, Plein Air and Fauvism. The influence of the Barbizon School is also evident in his early works. He is considered one of the principle innovators and promoters of the iconic Canadian landscape painting style made famous by the Group of... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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Who Killed Tom Thomson:
2018
Little, John
409 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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery)
1998
Hunter, Andrew
36 pages (color)
Massanoga: The Art of Bon Echo
1998
Stacey, Robert and Stan McMullin
101 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)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum)
1977
Robertson, Heather
240 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
The McMichael Conservation Collection of Canadian Art
1967
Duval, Paul
96 pages (color)
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index