Английская Википедия:Canadian Society of Graphic Art
Шаблон:Infobox organization The Canadian Society of Graphic Art (CSGA), originally called the Graphic Arts Club, was a non-profit organization of Canadian graphic artists. It was founded in 1904, and formally chartered in 1933. At one time it was one of the larger organizations of Canadian artists.
History
The Society of Graphic Art, or Graphic Arts Club, was organized in 1904 by the members of the Toronto Art Student's League and the Mahl-stick Club.Шаблон:Sfn Charles William Jefferys was one of the founding members.Шаблон:Sfn In 1909 the Canadian National Exhibition granted the Society space at its annual fall fair. The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts supported the Society from 1912.Шаблон:Sfn Arthur Lismer published a short essay on the Graphic Arts Club of Toronto and its relationship with the Canadian National Exhibition in The Year Book of Canadian Art 1913.Шаблон:Sfn The Graphic Arts Club held its first public exhibition in 1924.Шаблон:Sfn This exhibition was held in the Art Gallery of Toronto, where most of the annual shows were held until 1963.Шаблон:Sfn
The society published The Canadian Graphic Art Year Book in 1931, with 24 pages and 38 illustrations, in a limited edition of five hundred copies. It was meant to showcase the national scope of Canadian graphics artists and the advances that had been made in the medium. The illustrations included bookplates, book illustrations, drawings and Christmas cards.Шаблон:Sfn The Society was formally granted a charter in 1933.Шаблон:Sfn At that time it changed its name to the Canadian Society of Graphic Art.Шаблон:Sfn
The CSGA was exhibiting serigraphs by the mid-1930s.Шаблон:Sfn The CSGA was one of the larger of the Canadian artists' organizations by the late 1930s.Шаблон:Sfn[1] The CSGA exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair.Шаблон:Sfn An exhibition was held in the Art Gallery of Toronto in March–April 1950 for the 50th anniversary of the gallery. All the visual art schools, styles and media were represented. The CSGA was among the eight art societies that contributed to the show.Шаблон:Sfn In June–August 1971, the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers held a joint exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.Шаблон:Sfn They merged in 1976 to form the Print and Drawing Council of Canada.Шаблон:Sfn
Noted members
- Bruno Bobak (1923–2012)
- Victor Child (1897–1960)
- Albert Edward Cloutier (1902–1965)
- Charles Comfort (1900–1994)
- Rody Kenny Courtice (1891–1973)
- Walter R. Duff (1879-1967)
- Michael Forster (1907–2002)
- Simone Hudon-Beaulac (1905–1984)
- Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951)
- André Lapine (1866–1952)
- Ivor Lewis (1882–1958)
- Jo Manning (born 1923)
- Christopher Pratt (born 1935)
- Moe Reinblatt (1917–1979)
- Margaret Shelton (1915–1984)
- Lorne Kidd Smith (1880 – c. 1966)
- Avrom Yanovsky (1911 – 1979)
References
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