HAROLD TOWN "DAY OF THE DRAGON" MONOTYPE, 1965Harold Town (1924 1990) is the best known and most dynamic artist from the "Painters Eleven" group. His reputation goes beyond his association with the group as arguably one of Canada's most ambitious, versatile and inventive artists of the 20th century. While Town coined the Painter's Eleven name (based on the number of artists who simply attended their first meeting) his output was diverse, ever changing and not restricted to painting nor

All biographies of the artist have noted that Wieland was an artist constantly sketching

to plaster these "Truism" sheets and her "Inflammatory Essays"

dealers and curators to reexamine and expand the cannon in hopes of including more female artists

with green

This work which appears to be made of slices of slate or even leather

and often menacing

this early print

Although the artist encountered a lot of interference with his pending designs due to copyright of the team's logos and from other TTC bigwigs (who insisted that the player be depicted wearing helmets) the ambitious and impressive public art project finally debuted to great fanfare in April 1985

Holzer explained that “Like any manifesto

marked a pivotal time for the couple

With its muted color palette and square crop

Edition Number 175