Alberta, British Columbia / Canada. 1906 - 1998
Landscape and figure painting, teaching
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1895 Willersey, Worcester, England - 1967 Cochrane, Albert, Canada. Known for: Mountain landscape painting.
Born in England, Roland Gissing became a painter of Canadian mountains and foothills. He was the son of an author and studied at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. His love of American... Read full biography
Born in England, Roland Gissing became a painter of Canadian mountains and foothills. He was the son of an author and studied at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. His love of American cowboy movies influenced his move to Canada in 1913, and for ten years, he worked as a ranch hand in... Read full biography
Born in England, Roland Gissing became a painter of Canadian mountains and foothills. He was the son of an author and studied at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. His love of American cowboy movies influenced his move to Canada in 1913, and for ten years, he worked as a ranch hand in Alberta, Montana, Nebraska, and Arizona. Painter C.W. Jefferys in Calgary encouraged his art talent, and he settled near Cochrane at the fork of the Ghost and Bow Rivers. In 1929, he had his first... Read full biography
Born in England, Roland Gissing became a painter of Canadian mountains and foothills. He was the son of an author and studied at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. His love of American cowboy movies influenced his move to Canada in 1913, and for ten years, he worked as a ranch hand in Alberta, Montana, Nebraska, and Arizona. Painter C.W. Jefferys in Calgary encouraged his art talent, and he settled near Cochrane at the fork of the Ghost and Bow Rivers. In 1929, he had his first one-man show, which was highly successful although he had had little formal instruction. A studio fire in 1944 destroyed his oil paintings, so he turned to watercolor of the English school, painting in clear, soft tones. His main subjects were sunlit... Read full biography
Born in England, Roland Gissing became a painter of Canadian mountains and foothills. He was the son of an author and studied at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. His love of American cowboy movies influenced his move to Canada in 1913, and for ten years, he worked as a ranch hand in Alberta, Montana, Nebraska, and Arizona. Painter C.W. Jefferys in Calgary encouraged his art talent, and he settled near Cochrane at the fork of the Ghost and Bow Rivers. In 1929, he had his first one-man show, which was highly successful although he had had little formal instruction. A studio fire in 1944 destroyed his oil paintings, so he turned to watercolor of the English school, painting in clear, soft tones. His main subjects were sunlit mountains and rivers, scenes reproduced on calendars and cards, and he would often backpack into the wilderness f... Read full biography
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Marine and ship painting, graphic art
Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada. Born 1937
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Saskatchewan, Alberta / Canada, England. 1905 - 1989
Landscape, skyscape painting
Ontario / Canada. 1882 - 1965
Portraits, still life, landscape, marine, and genre painting
Saskatchewan / Canada. 1929 - 2015
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Ontario / Canada. 1898 - 1992
Landscape and portrait painting, graphics
British Columbia / Canada, England. 1909 - 1998
Abstract painting, printmaking, murals, graphics, illustration
Ontario / Canada. 1886 - 1961
Abstract painting, art educator
Canada, Scotland. 1921 - 1992
Landscape, mural
Alberta / Canada. 1944 - 1990
Landscape, figure, genre, children, mountains and nostalgia painting
Ontario / Canada. 1901 - 1967
Abstract painting
British Columbia / Canada. 1928 - 2004
Abstract landscape painting, graphics
British Columbia, Manitoba / Canada. 1919 - 2016
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Saskatchewan / Canada, France. 1925 - 2016
Abstract expression painting, performance art
British Columbia / Canada. 1918 - 2004
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British Columbia / Canada. 1936 - 2014
Wilderness landscape, mountains and village scene painting
Ontario / Canada. 1855 - 1936
Landscape, figure, animals, allegory and portrait painting
Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada. 1941 - 2022
Etching, aquatint, watercolor painting, drawing, teaching
Ontario, Alberta / Canada. 1888 - 1949
Landscape and marine painting, illustration, teaching
British Columbia / Canada, England. 1898 - 1992
Landscape paintings, printmaking, teaching, collaborative art
Saskatchewan, Ontario / Canada, Israel. Born 1935
Painting, printmaking, sculpture, teaching
Ontario / Canada. 1935 - 2010
Abstract easel and mural painting, printmaking, sculpture, commercial art, teaching
Quebec, Ontario / Canada, Spain. 1931 - 1999
Painting, graphics, drawing, printmaking, murals and teaching
British Columbia / England, France. 1918 - 2014
Floral, interior, landscape and figure painting
Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia / Canada, England. 1884 - 1963
Landscape and marine painting, wood block prints, teaching
Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta / Canada, England. 1906 - 1980
Expressionist painting, satirical figure, graphics
Canada. Born 1942
City scene, rural landscape
British Columbia / Canada. Born 1955
High color modernist, impasto landscape, genre and figure painting
Ontario, Manitoba / Canada. 1926 - 2006
Surreal landscape and abstract painting, murals, teaching