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Bertram Charles (BC) Binning

Bertram Charles (B.C.) Binning (1909 - 1976) was active/lived in British Columbia, Alberta / Canada, Japan.  Bertram Binning is known for Geometric abstract painting, graphics, murals, decoration, teaching.

Bertram Charles Binning (AKA: B.C. Binning) was a draughtsman, painter, graphic artist, muralist, architectural decorator, printmaker and influential educator who was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.  In 1913 his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, which is where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.  He died in West Vancouver, which is where his home was for the last 35 years of his life. (1)
 
His mediums were pen and ink, graphite, coloured pencil, gouache, oil (2), acrylic, silkscreen, mosaic tiles and mixed mediums.  His subjects were boats, the sea, nautical elements and coastal scenes.  He also did pure abstraction and semi abstraction.  His ultimate subjects were spatial ideas, texture, colour, line and pattern (formalism).  His styles were precisionism, geometric abstraction and decorative semi abstraction.  Most of his work is identified by clean lines, flat planes, geometric shapes, controlled balance, a ri   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7858 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Bertram Charles (BC) Binning


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Art Association
  • British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
  • Canadian Group of Painters
  • Canadian Society of Graphic Art
  • Federation of Canadian Artists
  • Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
  • Amedee Ozenfant
  • Charles H. Scott
  • Frederick Varley
  • Jock (J.W.G.) MacDonald
  • Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Student
  • Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
  • Order of Canada, Elected Member
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Abstraction Specialty
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • Biennial Exhibitions of Canadian Art
  • Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
  • Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
  • Vancouver Art Gallery

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