Ed Bartram
Ed Bartram | |
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| Born | Edward John Bartram March 21, 1938 London, Ontario,Canada |
| Died | August 25, 2019(aged 81) Toronto,Ontario, Canada |
| Education | essentially self-taught as an artist with help from Herb Arris (1958);Vera FrenkelatUniversity of Toronto,Toronto, Ont. studiedetching(1960); Telesforas Valius atCentral Technical School,Toronto, Ont. studied etching (1965–1968);J. C. Heywood(1970s) |
| Known for | Printmaking, painting |
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Ed BartramRCA(March 21, 1938[1]– August 25, 2019),[2]also known asEdwardorTed Bartram,was a Canadian artist who was known for capturing the rockscape of Georgian Bay throughprintmaking,painting and photography.
Career
[edit]Ed Bartram, born inLondon, Ontario,had a B.A.,University of Western Ontarioand an M.A. Art & Archeology,University of Toronto;but was largely self-taught as an artist.[3]He had help in learning about painting and the processes of printmaking from many individuals. Among them, he counted Herb Arris from whom he took evening classes atH. B. Beal Secondary Schoolin London, Ontario (1958),[4]Vera Frenkelat theUniversity of Toronto(1960)[5]and Telesforas Valius atCentral Technical School,Toronto (1965–1968),[5]with both of whom he studiedetching.J. C. Heywoodadvised him on creating tonal effects in the 1970s.[6]
In the 1950s, on a canoe trip toGeorgian Baywith his friends, he discovered Bartram Island (named after him in 1991) which he bought around 1965.[7]Although in the 1960s, he had experimented with what he learned from Frenkel and Valius, making abstract prints and paintings, around 1970, on the island, he had a revelation. In Georgian Bay, he was surrounded by abstract rock surfaces that revealed the passage of time. He conceived of the scene as providing a metaphor for the way he made prints since in using an etching plate and gouging and scraping it, he felt he was reenacting the primordial forces he saw in action on the rockscape.[8]The island, marked by glaciation, offered him a perspective through which he understood the natural world. The rocks of Georgian Bay and their surfaces became his theme and remained so for his entire life.
Work
[edit]In the 1970s, Bartram made prints of the rock faces and their surfaces, often suggesting the lichen that covered them through intaglio,[9]then in 1977, recorded the scene itself in Georgian Bay with rock as a large part of the scene, leaving only a narrow area of sky at the top.[10]The area of sky grew gradually larger,[11]but his story was still the rock face. In 1995, he began to make variable mixed media prints that were one of a kind.[12]Throughout his practice, he created paintings and in 2013, he gave up printing for painting.[13]
Exhibitions
[edit]Bartram had many solo and group exhibitions. A 10-year travellingretrospectiveof his work was organized by the Art Gallery of Brant in Brantford in 1979;[14]a 20-year retrospective was held at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, Art Museum at theUniversity of Toronto,in 2001;[15]and theMcMichael Canadian Art Collectionin Kleinburg held a solo exhibition,The Eye Within,in 2009.[16][17]His work has been represented by the Mira Godard Gallery since 1977 and is also carried by the Galerie d'art Jean-Claude Bergeron in Ottawa,[15]which did shows after Bartram died as did the Godard Callery.
Awards and selected public collections
[edit]In 1974, he was awarded theOntario Arts CouncilPublication & Purchase Award – "Editions 1", at the Art Gallery of Brant and as a result, his printIsland Formsis in the collections of theArt Gallery of OntarioandYork University,both in Toronto, and theUniversity of Guelph.[18]His work is also inMuseum Londonin London, Ontario[19][15]theArt Gallery of Guelph[20]theArt Gallery of Hamilton,[21]theMcMichael Canadian Art Collection[22]and many other university and public galleries across Canada as well as many corporate and private collections.
Memberships and teaching
[edit]He was elected a member of theRoyal Canadian Academyin 1976[23] and of theOntario Society of Artistsin 1971.[2]He served as an instructor in printmaking at Central Technical School in Toronto (1971–1986) and as an Intaglio instructor at theOntario College of Art and Design(1985–2003).[15]
Ed Bartram died on August 25, 2019, in Toronto.[24]
References
[edit]- ^McMann, Evelyn (1981).Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.Toronto: University of Toronto Press.RetrievedJanuary 14,2021.
- ^abDusek (September 28, 2019)."The Passing of Canadian Artist Ed Bartram, OSA".ontariosocietyofartists.org.Ontario Society of Artists.RetrievedJanuary 14,2021.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 84.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 15.
- ^abBartram & Murray 2014,p. 19.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 48.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 31-32.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 37-38.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 39.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 57.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 62.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 91.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 111.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 42.
- ^abcdBartram, Ed."Ed Bartram".ccca.concordia.ca.Concordia University, Montreal.RetrievedJanuary 15,2021.
- ^"Ed Bartram: the Eye Within".mcmichael.com.McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg.RetrievedJanuary 15,2021.
- ^"Ed Bartram Georgian Bay Landscapes at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection".www.youtube.com.McMichael Canadian Art Collection, November 5, 2009.RetrievedJanuary 15,2021.
- ^Bartram & Murray 2014,p. 50.
- ^Bartram, Edward."Collection".collection.museumlondon.ca.Museum London, London, Ontario.RetrievedJanuary 16,2021.
- ^"Edward Bartram".collections.artgalleryofguelph.ca.Art Gallery of Guelph.RetrievedJanuary 19,2021.
- ^"Collection".tms.artgalleryofhamilton.com.Art Gallery of Hamilton.RetrievedJanuary 20,2023.
- ^"Collection".collections.mcmichael.com.McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg.RetrievedJanuary 21,2023.
- ^"Members since 1880".Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived fromthe originalon May 26, 2011.RetrievedJanuary 15,2021.
- ^Teotonio, Isabel (August 31, 2019)."Ed Bartram, Canadian artist renowned for Georgian Bay Rockscapes, has died".www.thestar.com.Toronto Star, August 31, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 15,2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bartram, Ed; Murray, Joan (2014).Ed Bartram: Rockscapes of Georgian Bay.Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside.RetrievedJanuary 14,2021.
- Wylie, Liz (1998).In the Wilds: Canoeing and Canadian Art.Kleinburg, Ontario: McMichael Canadian Art Collection.RetrievedJanuary 16,2021.
- 1938 births
- 2019 deaths
- Artists from London, Ontario
- Canadian male painters
- 20th-century Canadian painters
- 20th-century Canadian photographers
- 21st-century Canadian painters
- 21st-century Canadian photographers
- 20th-century Canadian printmakers
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 20th-century Canadian male artists
- 21st-century Canadian male artists