Albert Chiarandini, O.S.A., F.I.A.L. (1915-2007) :: Gallery Gevik

Townscape, 1980 oil on board, 10" × 12"	The Orchard, 1995 oil on board, 10" × 12"	Newmarket, Ontario, 1983 oil on board, 10" × 12"
Stormy Sea 1980 oil on board, 12" × 14"	The Red Roof Barn 1993 oil on board, 12" × 14"	Approaching Storm, 1984 oil on board, 9" × 12"
Evening Sky oil on board, 12" × 14"	Soffiare, 1974 oil on board, 10" × 12"	Holland Marsh, 1984 oil on board, 8" × 10"
Mid-August Sunset, 1980 oil on board, 12" × 14"

Albert Chiarandini, O.S.A., F.I.A.L. (1915-2007)

Albert Chiarandini was born on September 30, 1915, in the city of Udine, in northern Italy. He arrived in Canada in 1932 at the age of seventeen. He enrolled at the Ontario College of Art, where he studies under the guidance of Franklin Carmichael, and Frederick Challener, among others. In 1938, his first portrait was accepted into the Ontario Society of Artists Annual Show.

Always wanting to portray people in their environment, observing their instincts, mannerisms and lifestyles, he painted several series of large portraits depicting the diversity of the human condition. He would search and recruit models from Allan Gardens in Toronto, and from the streets surrounding the Salvation Army.

In 1967, he began painting in the area of Yorkville Avenue, in Toronto. With paint and canvas, he captured the face of political turmoil and the dynamic changes in Yorkville. He found here a different attitude to record and portray: a driven younger generation full of idealism, equality and peace. He created a series of portraits of young hippies, transient and searching.

He also painted landscapes, capturing scenes of rural life. From today's perspective, he has created a powerful gift of historical documentation and beauty, showing us what the countryside around Toronto looked like before it was built over by the ever-expanding suburbs of the city.

Chiarandini died in 2007, in Toronto.

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Daphne Odjig, Canadian Indigenous Artist and Icon Dies at 97. Click here for more details.

Odjig is frequently referred to as the "Grandmother of Indigenous Art." She has been the recipient of many awards, honours and recognitions for her works, to name a few: The Order of Canada, the Governor General's Award, and eight Honorary Doctorates. Her works have been shown in the National Gallery of Canada, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

She established the first native-run fine art print house in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1971. Known as 'Odjig Indian Prints,' this print house was so successful that it evolved into an Indigenous gallery space in 1974, called the New Warehouse Gallery, run by Odjig and her husband, Chester Beavon. She was also a founding member of the Indian Group of Seven. This artistic group's purpose was to promote Contemporary Indigenous art and artists.

Alex Janvier's major retrospective, "Alex Janvier: Modern Indigenous Master" is now open at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario until January 21st, 2018. Afterwards, it will travel to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.

This exhibition was recently on display at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina. Alex Janvier is one of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary artists. His career of sixty-five years has yielded thousands of paintings, and more than twenty-five murals and public commissions. (Photo credit: Kim Griffiths)

Gallery Gevik congratulates renowned Canadian and International abstract painter, Rita Letendre, on her first major museum retrospective exhibition outside of Québec. Rita Letendre: Fire and Light is now open until September 17, 2017 at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

This exhibition, which covers Letendre's career from the 1960's to 2000's, is co-curated by Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik. The retrospective features nearly forty large-scale paintings drawn from major national public and private collections.

Letendre was widely exhibited with the artistic groups, Les Automatistes and Les Plasticiens. She has received the Governor General's Award in Visual Arts, the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas, and the Orders of Canada, Ontario and Québec. Click here for more details.