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Gordon A. Smith

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Gordon Appelbe Smith (born June 18, 1919) is a Canadian painter, printmaker, sculptor, and teacher living in West Vancouver, British Columbia. [1]

46 relations: Abstract expressionism, Arthur Erickson, Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, B. C. Binning, Banff Centre, Brighton East, Victoria, British Columbia, Canadian Group of Painters, Canadians, Claude Monet, Clyfford Still, Elmer Bischoff, Emily Carr, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, England, Giverny, Harvard University, J. M. W. Turner, Jack Shadbolt, Lawren Harris, List of Laureates of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, Modernism, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, New York City, Order of Canada, Ottawa, Painting, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Printmaking, Professor, Richard Diebenkorn, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Sculpture, Simon Fraser University, Smithsonian Institution, Tate, Teacher, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Washington, D.C., West Vancouver, Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Abstract expressionism

Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.

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Arthur Erickson

Arthur Charles Erickson, (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner.

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Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts

The Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts is an annual Canadian art award established in 2004 to recognize outstanding achievements of British Columbia's senior artists.

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B. C. Binning

Bertram Charles Binning (10 February 1909 in Medicine Hat, Alberta – 16 March 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia), popularly known as B. C. Binning, was a leading Canadian artist.

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Banff Centre

Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre (and previously The Banff Centre for Continuing Education), located in Banff, Alberta, was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama.

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Brighton East, Victoria

Brighton East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Canadian Group of Painters

The Canadian Group of Painters (CGP) was a collective of 28 painters from across Canada who came together as a group in 1933.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Claude Monet

Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting.

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Clyfford Still

Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II.

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Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Nelson Bischoff (July 9, 1916 – March 2, 1991) was a visual artist in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Emily Carr

Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

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Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Emily Carr University of Art and Design (formerly the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design), known as ECUAD, is a public post-secondary art school and university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Giverny

Giverny is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known as J. M. W. Turner and contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist, known for his expressive colourisation, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.

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Jack Shadbolt

Jack Leonard Shadbolt, (February 4, 1909 – November 22, 1998) was a Canadian painter.

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Lawren Harris

Lawren Stewart Harris, CC (October 23, 1885 – January 29, 1970) was a Canadian painter.

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List of Laureates of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts are Canadian awards given each year to recognize outstanding contribution to the fields of visual and media arts.

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Modernism

Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

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National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.

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National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada (Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's premier art gallery.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian national order and the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI, generally referred to as the Patricia's) is one of the three Regular Force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Printmaking

Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter.

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Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880.

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San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is a private, non-profit college of contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada with campuses in Burnaby (Main Campus), Surrey, and Vancouver.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Tate

Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art.

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Teacher

A teacher (also called a school teacher or, in some contexts, an educator) is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values.

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia.

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Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada, and the largest in Western Canada.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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West Vancouver

West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Winnipeg Art Gallery

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) is a public art gallery that was founded in 1912.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_A._Smith

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