HAROLD TOWN, R.C.A.

P11 60th Anniversary
October5 - 24 . 2013
rold Town - Untitled (c.1954)

Untitled (c.1954) 18.5 x 30 oil on masonite

 




Harold Town - The Druid Stump (1957-58)

The Druid Stump (1957-58) 24 x 24.25 oil on masonite



Harold Town - Homage to Turner (1959)

Homage to Turner (1959) 16 x 10 oil on canvas



Harold Town - Interior (1957)

Interior (1957) 25 x 29.25 oil on canvas




60th Anniversary of Painters Eleven -- Ontario's mid-century abstract collective

P11 period Harold Town paintings alongside his renowned and internationally exhibited single autographic prints.

A collection of works that substantiate Town's innovation and international reach as an artist.
Timed to coincide with the first exhibition of Painters Eleven in October of 1953 (see below), the exhibition will also include
important books on Painters Eleven, photographs and studio ephemera. Works by fellow
members of the historic collective will also be available.



Harold Town - The Place of the Samurai (1957)

The Place of the Samurai (1957) 22 x 18 S.A.P.



Acrobat (1957) 48 x 42 oil on masonite




Excerpt from Joan Murray's Confessions of a Curator: Adventures in Canadian Art (1996)

"Everett Roseborough's publicity photograph taken to advertise 'Abstracts at Home', the show at Simpson's department store in October 1953, which brought together the painters who founded Painters Eleven (1953 - 1960). (from left to right): Tom Hodgson, Alexandra Luke, Oscar Cahén, Ray Mead, Kazuo Nakamura, Jack Bush, William Ronald." (pg. 151)




Harold Town - Departure of the Ancients (1956)

Departure of the Ancients (1956) 30 x 40 oil on board




Harold Town - Untitled (1953)

Untitled (1953) 19.75 x 25.5 oil on masonite



CBC Archives
View video:
Remembering Illustrious Artist Harold Town




Harold Town - End Game #2 (1955-59)

End Game #2 (1955-59) 48 x 48 oil on masonite




Harold Town - 2023 - Works
Harold Town - 2020 - Works
Harold Town - 2019 - Works
Harold Town - 2018 - Works
Harold Town - 2018 - Vale Variations
Harold Town - 2018 - Enigma Drawings
Harold Town - 2017 - Works
Harold Town - 2016 - Works
Harold Town - 2015 - Works
Harold Town - 2013 - P11 60th Anniversary
Harold Town - 2011 - Works
Harold Town - 2010 - Film Stars
Harold Town - 2009 - Works from 1952-1987
Harold Town - 2008 - Works

 

 
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