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1923 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 2001 Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Abstract, tree landscape, social genre painting.
Donald Alvin Jarvis RCA, CGP, BCSA, FCA (1923 - 2001). Don Jarvis was a painter and educator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and lived there most of his life. He died in Sechelt,... Read full biography
Donald Alvin Jarvis RCA, CGP, BCSA, FCA (1923 - 2001). Don Jarvis was a painter and educator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and lived there most of his life. He died in Sechelt, B.C. (about 40 minutes by ferry from Vancouver). His mediums were oil, watercolour, acrylic, and... Read full biography
Donald Alvin Jarvis RCA, CGP, BCSA, FCA (1923 - 2001). Don Jarvis was a painter and educator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and lived there most of his life. He died in Sechelt, B.C. (about 40 minutes by ferry from Vancouver). His mediums were oil, watercolour, acrylic, and mixed mediums. His subjects are; abstracts, west coast landscapes (especially forests), urban life (people and buildings), social commentary, the human situation and figures. His styles are abstract... Read full biography
Donald Alvin Jarvis RCA, CGP, BCSA, FCA (1923 - 2001). Don Jarvis was a painter and educator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and lived there most of his life. He died in Sechelt, B.C. (about 40 minutes by ferry from Vancouver). His mediums were oil, watercolour, acrylic, and mixed mediums. His subjects are; abstracts, west coast landscapes (especially forests), urban life (people and buildings), social commentary, the human situation and figures. His styles are abstract expressionism, lyrical abstraction, semi abstraction, expressionism, fauvism and realism. Quote: "I see the painter as an instrument, a function, a conduit of the essential unity. My work is metaphor, never simile. I make no distinction between subject... Read full biography
Donald Alvin Jarvis RCA, CGP, BCSA, FCA (1923 - 2001). Don Jarvis was a painter and educator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and lived there most of his life. He died in Sechelt, B.C. (about 40 minutes by ferry from Vancouver). His mediums were oil, watercolour, acrylic, and mixed mediums. His subjects are; abstracts, west coast landscapes (especially forests), urban life (people and buildings), social commentary, the human situation and figures. His styles are abstract expressionism, lyrical abstraction, semi abstraction, expressionism, fauvism and realism. Quote: "I see the painter as an instrument, a function, a conduit of the essential unity. My work is metaphor, never simile. I make no distinction between subject and object, inner and outer, maker and viewer. I am continually surprised by what arises on the canvas or th... Read full biography
Donald Alvin Jarvis - Artist Info
About Donald Alvin Jarvis: Keywords
Keywords (29)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Lyrical Abstraction
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Trees, Woodland and Forest Interiors, Tree Landscapes
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Art Association
- •British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
- •Canadian Group of Painters
- •Federation of Canadian Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Hans Hofmann
Art School
- •Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Student
- •Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Teacher
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition of Special Group
- •7 West Coast Painters