“Forcing a facile meaning from art too often replaces the richness of mystery with human rationality.”- Leslie Poole . Leslie Poole was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received his B.A. in... Read full biography
“Forcing a facile meaning from art too often replaces the richness of mystery with human rationality.”- Leslie Poole . Leslie Poole was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received his B.A. in Fine Art from the University of Alberta in 1967. He went on to earn an M.A. from Yale University in... Read full biography
“Forcing a facile meaning from art too often replaces the richness of mystery with human rationality.”- Leslie Poole . Leslie Poole was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received his B.A. in Fine Art from the University of Alberta in 1967. He went on to earn an M.A. from Yale University in 1970. Poole is one of Canada’s most extensively recognized and collected artists, with over 100 solo exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Poole has exhibited in many museums including the... Read full biography
“Forcing a facile meaning from art too often replaces the richness of mystery with human rationality.”- Leslie Poole . Leslie Poole was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received his B.A. in Fine Art from the University of Alberta in 1967. He went on to earn an M.A. from Yale University in 1970. Poole is one of Canada’s most extensively recognized and collected artists, with over 100 solo exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Poole has exhibited in many museums including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the Kelowna Art Gallery. His work is part of many major public, corporate and private collections including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Nova... Read full biography
“Forcing a facile meaning from art too often replaces the richness of mystery with human rationality.”- Leslie Poole . Leslie Poole was born in 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received his B.A. in Fine Art from the University of Alberta in 1967. He went on to earn an M.A. from Yale University in 1970. Poole is one of Canada’s most extensively recognized and collected artists, with over 100 solo exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Poole has exhibited in many museums including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the Kelowna Art Gallery. His work is part of many major public, corporate and private collections including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Royal Bank, McGill University, Trimark Mutual Funds, and Rothschild Inc.... Read full biography
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About Leslie Donald Poole: Books
Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery)
1998
Hunter, Andrew
36 pages (color)
Art Bank Catalogue, 1972-1987
1988
Editor, Canada Council
166 pages
Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Rombout, Luke
440 pages (color)
The Hand Holding the Brush: Self Portraits by Canadian Artists
1983
Stacey, Robert
132 pages
From This Point of View: 60 British Columbia Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, Graphic and Video Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Balkind, Alvin et al (Vancouver Art Gallery)
67 pages
Forum 76 (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Rosshandler, Leo and Germain Lefebvre
95 pages
Current Energies: British Columbia '75, 20 Artists