Roy Kiyooka OC, ARCA (1926 - 1994). An important and influential Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, sculptor, muralist, photographer, poet and educator, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1) was born in Moose... Read full biography
Roy Kiyooka OC, ARCA (1926 - 1994). An important and influential Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, sculptor, muralist, photographer, poet and educator, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, his most frequent home since 1960.... Read full biography
Roy Kiyooka OC, ARCA (1926 - 1994). An important and influential Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, sculptor, muralist, photographer, poet and educator, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, his most frequent home since 1960. Virtually all Canadian art history books, written since 1960, discuss Kiyooka's national significance as a pioneer of international modern art in Canada, and dozens of his works are in the permanent... Read full biography
Roy Kiyooka OC, ARCA (1926 - 1994). An important and influential Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, sculptor, muralist, photographer, poet and educator, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, his most frequent home since 1960. Virtually all Canadian art history books, written since 1960, discuss Kiyooka's national significance as a pioneer of international modern art in Canada, and dozens of his works are in the permanent collections of major Canadian museums. His mediums included oil, acrylic, water color, mosaic*, collage*, Duco automobile lacquer, enamel, ink, Aquatex, monotype*, serigraph*, stencil, photography, found objects, mixed mediums, wood, plastic, fiberglass,... Read full biography
Roy Kiyooka OC, ARCA (1926 - 1994). An important and influential Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, sculptor, muralist, photographer, poet and educator, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, his most frequent home since 1960. Virtually all Canadian art history books, written since 1960, discuss Kiyooka's national significance as a pioneer of international modern art in Canada, and dozens of his works are in the permanent collections of major Canadian museums. His mediums included oil, acrylic, water color, mosaic*, collage*, Duco automobile lacquer, enamel, ink, Aquatex, monotype*, serigraph*, stencil, photography, found objects, mixed mediums, wood, plastic, fiberglass, performance, film, and music. His subjects included portraits, faces, figures, landscapes, social commentary, his Japanese ancestry, and fo... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (61)
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A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010
Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky
480 pages (color)
Abstract Painting in Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Nasgaard, Roald
432 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
As One Who Serves: The Making of the University of Regina
2006
Pitsula, James M
509 pages
Paint: A Psychedelic Primer (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Szewczyk, Monika
71 pages (color)
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
The Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada
188 pages (color)
Intertidal: Vancouver Art & Artists (Helen Belkin Art Gallery and Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Watson, Scott; Dieter Roelstraete
205 pages
Prototype: Contemporary Art from Joe Friday's Collection
2004
Koh, Germaine
70 pages (color)
A Modern Life - Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960 (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Thom, Ian and Alan Elder, editors
176 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
All Amazed: For Roy Kiyooka (Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery)
2002
O'Brian, John; Naomi Sawada, Scott Watson
158 pages (color)
Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture, Volume 1
2001
Belton, Robert James
398 pages
Vancouver Collects (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Thom, Ian et al
159 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Flight Patterns (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Butler, Cornelia H; Lee Weng Choy, Francis Pound
159 pages (color)
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
2000
Francis, Daniel (Editor)
806 pages
Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia
2000
Thom, Ian
232 pages (color)
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
1999
Murray, Joan
272 pages (color)
Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery)
1998
Hunter, Andrew
36 pages (color)
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism (4 Volumes)
1993
Greenberg, Clement; Dr. John O'Brian, Editor
622 pages
Whispered Art History: Twenty Years at the Western Front
1993
Wallace, Keith et al
226 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)
Artropolis 90: Lineages & Linkages
1990
Ed Varney
144 pages
Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Farr, Dorothy
124 pages
Jack Shadbolt
1990
Watson, Scott
243 pages (color)
Printmaking in Alberta, 1945-1985
1989
Cochran, Bente Roed
173 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada
1983
Bringhurst, Robert (Editor)
239 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Vancouver School of Art: The Growth Years, 1939-1965
1983
Lindberg, E. Theodore, Augaitis Daina and Elsa Schamis
48 pages (color)
Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Rombout, Luke
440 pages (color)
Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1983
Tuele, Nicholas, Leslie Dawn and Greg Bellerby
64 pages (color)
Artists, Builders and Dreamers-50 Years at the Banff School
1982
Leighton, David; Peggy Leighton, McClelland, Stewart
160 pages
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Landmarks of Canadian Art
1978
Mellen, Peter
260 pages (color)
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
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
Roy K. Kiyooka: 25 Years (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Varley, Christopher
65 pages (color)
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Mystic Circle: Burnaby Art Gallery
1973
Lhalungpa, Lobsang Phuntshok and George Woodcock
156 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Creative and Performing Arts (Two Volumes)
1972
Rodney, Helen M.
616 pages
Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972
Withrow, William
224 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969
Thompson, David
64 pages (color)
Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University at Kingston
1968
Smith, Frances K.
195 pages
Canadian Artists 68 (The National Art Exhibition Committee)
1968
Young, Dennis
79 pages
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
The Ontario Centennial Art Exhibition (Ontario Council for the Arts)
1967
Robertson, Bryan
60 pages
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III