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David Brown Milne

David Brown Milne (1882 - 1953) was active/lived in Ontario, New York / Canada.  David Milne is known for Painting, printmaking, commercial art.

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"The thing that makes a picture is the thing that makes dynamite - compression" - David Milne

David Brown Milne is considered to be one of the greatest Canadian artists.  He was a painter, printmaker, commercial artist, illustrator and writer who was born in Burgoyne, Ontario (100 miles North West of Toronto) and died in Bancroft, Ontario (100 miles North East of Toronto), where he had lived the last year of his life (1). He also lived in New York City (1903 - 1916); Boston Corner, New York (1916 - 1928) (2); Temagami, Weston, and Palgrave, Ontario (1928 - 1932); Six Mile Lake, Ontario, (1932 - 1939); Toronto, Ontario (1939 - 1940); and Uxbridge, Ontario (1940 - 1952).  He spent the summers from 1919 to 1928 in the Adirondacks, New York and the winter of 1923/24 in Ottawa, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. (3)

His primary mediums were oil, watercolor and color drypoint* etching.  Works in other mediums like ink, pencil and mixed mediums are rarer (4).  His   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15359 characters.]  Artist bio

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Research resources

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Keywords and Quick Facts for David Brown Milne


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art MethodArt MediaArt Style
  • Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
  • Impressionism Before 1940
  • Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
  • Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Adirondack Mountains
Art Association
  • American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
  • Canadian Group of Painters
  • Canadian Society of Graphic Art
  • Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
  • New York Water Color Club, Society-
  • Ottawa Group of Artists
  • Philadelphia Water Color Society, Club
Art Teacher
  • Frank Vincent DuMond
  • George Bridgman
  • Robert Henri
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • National Historic Person, Canadian Government Award
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
  • Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
  • Commercial Art and Design
  • Landscape Specialty
  • Snowscene Specialty
  • Watercolor Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • AskART Panama Pacific Expo
  • New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
  • Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
  • Sao Paulo Bienniale
  • Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
  • Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Art Association
  • American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
  • Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
  • Canadian Group of Painters-
  • Canadian Society of Graphic Artists
  • Canadian Society of Painters in Water Color-
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Ontario Society of Artists-
  • Ottawa Art Association-
  • Ottawa Group of Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
  • Armory Show 1913, New York

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