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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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Facts about Bertram Charles (BC) Binning

   Publications  Book References:  40
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40 Book References for Bertram Charles (B.C.) Binning
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Thom, Ian M. Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection (Vancouver Art Gallery) 160 Yes
2009 Hughes, Mary Jo; Michael Morris and Barry Till Visions into Reality: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Early Years, 1951-1973 (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria) 128 Yes
2008 Nasgaard, Roald Abstract Painting in Canada
(Exhibition catalog)
432 Yes
2007 Rogatnick, Abraham J.; Ian M. Thom, Adele Weder B.C. Binning
(Exhibition catalog)
180 Yes
2006 Szewczyk, Monika Paint: A Psychedelic Primer (Vancouver Art Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
71 Yes
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Thom, Ian and Alan Elder, editors A Modern Life - Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960 (Vancouver Art Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
176 Yes
2003 Holubizky, Ihor and Robert McKaskell 1953 94 Yes
2001 Thom, Ian et al Vancouver Collects (Vancouver Art Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
159 Yes
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
2000 Francis, Daniel (Editor) Encyclopedia of British Columbia 806 No
2000 Thom, Ian Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia 232 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Plaskett, Joseph A Speaking Likeness 320 Yes
1991 Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981 1557 Yes
1990 Watson, Scott Jack Shadbolt 243 Yes
1988 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition) 418 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1983 Bringhurst, Robert (Editor) Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada 239 Yes
1983 Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff Contemporary Canadian Art 300 Yes
1983 Lindberg, E. Theodore, Augaitis Daina and Elsa Schamis Vancouver School of Art: The Growth Years, 1939-1965 48 Yes
1983 Rombout, Luke Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983
(Exhibition catalog)
440 Yes
1983 Tuele, Nicholas, Leslie Dawn and Greg Bellerby Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 64 Yes
1978 Varley, Christopher and Jeffrey Spaulding Coasts, the Sea and Canadian Art 96 No
1977 Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape 159 Yes
1974 Harvey, Donald B.C. Artists' Tribute to Colin Graham (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria) 16 No
1974 MacDonald, Colin, S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes) 3667 No
1972 Duval, Paul Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970 192 Yes
1970 Bradfield, Helen Pepall Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection 603 No
1970 Townsend, William Canadian Art Today 114 Yes
1967 Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art 254 Yes
1967 National Gallery of Canada Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
32 Yes
1966 Harper, J Russell Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition) 443 No
1966 Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art 128 Yes
1964 Brieger, P.H.; George Vickers, F.E. Winter Art and Man---The Modern World (Book Three of 3 Volumes) 234 Yes
1964 Hubbard, R.H. The Development of Canadian Art (The National Gallery of Canada) 137 Yes
1960 Hubbard, R.H. The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III 463 No
1958 Watters, Reginald E. (editor) British Columbia: A Centennial Anthology 576 Yes
1952 Duval, Paul Canadian Drawing and Prints 100 No
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