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John Kasyn

John Kasyn (1926 - 2008) was active/lived in Ontario, Manitoba / Canada, Poland.  John Kasyn is known for Back yard row house view paintings.

John Kasyn  CSPWC (1926 - 2008)

John Kasyn was a very popular Canadian painter.

He was born in Poland and came to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with his family in 1938.  In 1940, they moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. (1)

His mediums were oil and watercolor.  He also used a mixture of oil and Lucite 44.  The subjects of his most famous paintings are backyard views of row houses in Toronto. (2)

Quote:  "People don't live at the front of their houses. The back lanes are more interesting than the front. That's where the clotheslines are, the lean-tos, the garbage cans and broken fences." - John Kasyn (3)

His style was Realism*. AskART images have excellent illustrations of his work.

His formal art education began in Winnipeg with Saturday morning classes at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.  In Toronto, he attended Central Technical School and the Ontari   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6181 characters.]  Artist bio

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