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Richard Borthwick Gorman

Richard Borthwick Gorman (1935 - 2010) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada.  Richard Gorman is known for Abstract figure and portrait painting.

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Richard Borthwick Gorman RCA (1935 - 2010)

A prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, graphic artist, sculptor and educator, Richard Gorman was born in Ottawa, Ontario and died in Toronto, Ontario. His life and work are discussed in most Canadian art history books written since the late 1960s. His art is collected by many major Canadian museums. (1)

His mediums included oils, acrylics, watercolors, Lucite 44, charcoal, pen & ink, Conte crayon*, graphite, collage*, monoprint*, etching*, lithography*, serigraph*, woodcut*, magnetic drawing (applied on paper with a paint covered ball-bearing manipulated with a magnet), mixed mediums, aluminum sculptures, assemblage* (e.g. cigar box constructions), masks, color photocopy, found objects*, experimental film, and happenings*. His subjects included landscapes, portraits, figures, still life, humor, allegory*, metaphor, spirituality, and pure abstraction - line, shape, texture, color. His styles were Abstract Express   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9171 characters.]  Artist bio

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35 Book References for Richard Borthwick Gorman
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition) 506 Yes
2010 Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher) 480 Yes
2010 Nowell, Iris Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art 384 Yes
2008 Nasgaard, Roald Abstract Painting in Canada
(Exhibition catalog)
432 Yes
2006 Halkes, Petra Aspiring to the Landscape: On Painting and the Subject of Nature 184 Yes
2005 Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada The Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada)
(Exhibition catalog)
188 Yes
2005 Wigmore, Donnalu and John Parry Isaacs Seen: 50 Years on the Art Front, a Gallery Scrapbook 168 Yes
2003 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Biographical Index of Artists in Canada 250 No
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
2000 McKaskell, Robert Making It New! The Big Sixties Show 93 No
1999 Murray, Joan Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century 272 Yes
1998 Wylie, Liz In the Wilds: Canoeing and Canadian Art (McMichael Canadian Art Collection) 64 Yes
1996 Murray, Joan Confessions of a Curator: Adventures in Canadian Art 232 No
1996 Wylie, Liz Richard Gorman: Pure Painting (Ottawa Art Gallery) 88 Yes
1994 Lantry, Pierre B. Claire Champ et. al (General Editors) Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: G-K: Canadian Art Volume Two (National Gallery of Canada) 401 No
1992 Layton, Irving and Richard Gorman (Drawings) Dance With Desire: Selected Love Poems 189 No
1992 Leclerc, Denise and Marion H. Barclay The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada: The 1950s (National Gallery of Canada)
(Exhibition catalog)
237 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 Murray, Joan Naked Eye: Richard Gorman 33 Yes
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1988 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition) 418 Yes
1983 Bringhurst, Robert (Editor) Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada 239 Yes
1983 Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff Contemporary Canadian Art 300 Yes
1981 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979 448 No
1980 Sisler, Rebecca Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980 296 Yes
1974 Lord, Barry The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art 253 Yes
1973 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973 319 Yes
1972 Reid, Dennis Toronto Painting: 1953-1965 127 Yes
1970 Bradfield, Helen Pepall Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection 603 No
1970 MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 2, G-Jackson 294 No
1970 Townsend, William Canadian Art Today 114 Yes
1968 Smith, Frances K. Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University at Kingston 195 No
1967 Careless, J.M.S.; R. Craig Brown The Canadians: 1867-1967 856 Yes
1967 Fenwick, Kathleen M. and Yousuf Karsh, Roger Duhamel Canadian Prints and Drawings: With a Collection of Photographs by Yousuf Karsh 64 No
1966 Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art 128 Yes
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