Reference: see Biographies of Inuit Artists, Vol.1, by Canadian Arctic Producers for biography CHIN

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Kenojuak, Graphic Masterworks of the Inuit, by J.Blodgett, Mintmark Press, Toronto; biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.2, G-K, ed.P.Landry, pg.366; biography in Biographies of Inuit Artists, Vol.1, by Canadian Arctic Producers; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; listed on www.katilvik.com

Reference: biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 1, pg. 288; The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, by Peggy and Harold Samuels, pg. 12, Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1976

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see The World of Robert Bateman, R.Derry, Ramsey, Random House, 1986; Portraits Of Nature: Paintings By Robert Bateman, by S.Shetler, Ontario, Penguin, 1987; Robert Bateman: An Artist In Nature, R.Bateman, Random/Madison, 1990; The Art of Robert Bateman, R.Bateman, Crescent Books, 1993; biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, addendum; website at www.batemanideas.com/

Reference: Maxwell Bennett Bates was born in Calgary in 1906. He studied painting under Lars Haukaness at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art. In 1931, he moved to England to study painting and architecture where he became a member of the “Twenties Group” which was supported by Lucy Wertheim. Bates continued to live in England until 1939 when he joined the Princess Louise Machine Gun Battalion. As part of the 51st Highland Division, he was sent off to fight in France but was captured by Germans at Dunkirk. He worked as a Prisoner of War at a Thuringian salt mine for the next five years. After being freed by American forces, Maxwell Bates returned to Calgary in 1946 to work at his father’s architecture firm. Bates ‘s career as an artist flourished throughout the 50s. He held multiple exhibitions throughout Canada and became a member of Canadian Group of Painters in 1957. In 1961, he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralyzed. He moved to Victoria soon after and continued his innovations with art. He became a founding member and the president of the Limners and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary in 1971. A retrospective of his work was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1973 and he was awarded the order of Canada in 1980, shortly before his death.

see Maxwell Bates, Retrospective Exhibition, by R.Bloore, Norman Mackenzie, 1961; Maxwell Bates, by C.Graham, AGGV, 1966; Maxwell Bates, by F.Eckhardt, WAG, 1968; Maxwell Bates, in Retrospect, by T.Guernsey, VAG, 1973; Maxwell Bates, A Retrospective, by I.Thom, AGGV, 1982; Maxwell Bates: Landscapes 1948-1978, by N.Townshend, Medicine Hat Art Gallery, 1982; Maxwell Bates, Biography of an Artist, by K.Snow, U. of Calgary Press; Maxwell Bates: Canada's Premier Expressionist of the 20th Century, by N.Townshend, 2005; wrote and illustrated A Wilderness of Days, by Maxwell Bates, Sono Nis Press, 1978; biography in Benezit, Tome 1, pg.506; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; listed on www.artprice.com

Reference: see N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.79; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.21 for biography and other examples; author and publisher of An Aegean Note-book, 1950; Roloff Beny Sei Tavole a Colori, by M.Fuchs, Edizioni del Milione, 1953; The Siebens Collection, Roloff Beny, A Visual Odyssey, University of Calgary Art Gallery, 1976

Reference: see Derek Michael Besant / Diagrams, by R.Graburn, Nickle Arts Museum, 1985; Alberta Art, Works from the A.A.F., by L.Schmidt; Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.59; Artists of Alberta, by S.Baker, pg.51, U. of A. Press, 1980; Survey Alberta 88, by A.MacKay, pg.9, Alberta College of Art, 1988; included in Contemporary Canadian Art, by D.Burnett/M.Schiff, pg. 276, Hurtig Pub., 1983; included in the University of Calgary Millenium Portfolio, 1999 as an alumnus; represented by Wallace Galleries, Calgary

Reference: see B.C. Binning, a Retrospective, by A.Balkind, U of BC, 1973; B.C. Binning: A Classic Spirit, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V., 1985; B.C. Binning, by Abraham J. Rogatnick, Ian M. Thom, Adele Weder, Douglas and McIntyre, 2006; biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.94; A.G.O., by the A.G.O. pg.31; Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.1, by C.MacDonald, pg.49, the artist was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta; Images of the Land, 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie, pg.100

Reference: David Blackwood was born in 1941 in Wesleyville, Newfoundland. He was the son to Captain Edward and Molly Blackwood, a family with a long seafaring history. In 1959, he graduated from Wesleyville Memorial High School and received a Government of Newfoundland Centennial Scholarship to study at the Ontario College of Art. Blackwood graduates from the Ontario College of Art in 1963 and was appointed as art master at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. In 1964, the National Gallery of Canada purchased Blackwood’s first etching, The Search Party for its Biennial of Canadian Prints. In 1969, he became artist in residence at Erindale Collge, University of Toronto, in Mississauga. His works were exhibited throughout Canada and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993, in recognition of his contributions to the cultural life and the heritage of Canada. In 2000, David and Anita Blackwood gifted a major collection of Blackwood prints which gave Art Gallery of Ontario the collection of record for Blackwood’s work and created a Blackwood Research Centre.

see artist's website www.davidblackwood.com; see David Blackwood Prints 1962-1984, by P.Grattan, Art Gallery of the Memorial University of Newfoundland; The Art of David Blackwood, by W.Gough, McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1988; David Blackwood Master Printmaker, by W.Gough, Douglas and McIntyre, 2001; biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.96; exhibited at Gallery One, Toronto, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver and New Zones Gallery, Calgary; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.38; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

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Reference: see Double Duty, Sketches and Diaries of Molly Lamb Bobak, by C.Gossage, Canadian War Museum, 1992; Molly Lamb Bobak - a Retrospective, by C.Richmond, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1993 for other examples and biography; and N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.102; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.36; exhibition list in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.35; North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.76, Garland Pub., 1995; biographies in MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.55 and Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.36; see website at www.bobakart.com

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website