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1950 Toronto, Canada - 2023. Known for: Encaustic painting-genre and figure, printmaking, teaching.
Tony Scherman is a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was five, he moved with his family to Paris, France, and at ten to London, England where he lived... Read full biography
Tony Scherman is a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was five, he moved with his family to Paris, France, and at ten to London, England where he lived until returning, in 1976, to Toronto, which has been his home since then. He is one of the most... Read full biography
Tony Scherman is a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was five, he moved with his family to Paris, France, and at ten to London, England where he lived until returning, in 1976, to Toronto, which has been his home since then. He is one of the most prominent painters in the encaustic* medium in Canada. Examples of his works in other mediums like watercolor, etching* and lithography* are rare by comparison. His subjects are social commentary,... Read full biography
Tony Scherman is a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was five, he moved with his family to Paris, France, and at ten to London, England where he lived until returning, in 1976, to Toronto, which has been his home since then. He is one of the most prominent painters in the encaustic* medium in Canada. Examples of his works in other mediums like watercolor, etching* and lithography* are rare by comparison. His subjects are social commentary, historical figures and events, literary figures, popular culture, still life, animals, portraits, mythology, fantasy, philosophy and allegory*. He generally paints a series of works under one title, constructing a narrative that links all the paintings in... Read full biography
Tony Scherman is a painter, printmaker and educator. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was five, he moved with his family to Paris, France, and at ten to London, England where he lived until returning, in 1976, to Toronto, which has been his home since then. He is one of the most prominent painters in the encaustic* medium in Canada. Examples of his works in other mediums like watercolor, etching* and lithography* are rare by comparison. His subjects are social commentary, historical figures and events, literary figures, popular culture, still life, animals, portraits, mythology, fantasy, philosophy and allegory*. He generally paints a series of works under one title, constructing a narrative that links all the paintings in that series. Chasing Napoleon (Napoleon, French Revolution, Nazis), Banquo's Funeral (Macbeth),... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Still Life
Art School
- •Byam Shaw School of Art, London, Student
- •South Kensington Art School, Royal College of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts)
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Hamilton Art Gallery, Ontario
- •Quebec Museum of Fine Arts
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting