{"id":4818,"date":"2018-04-05T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp2022\/portfolio\/harold-town\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:50:00","slug":"harold-town","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/fr\/portfolio\/harold-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4818\" class=\"elementor elementor-4818\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c617a42 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c617a42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e7f984\" data-id=\"9e7f984\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef19a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ef19a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Town-Harold.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4819\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Town-Harold.jpg 600w, https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Town-Harold-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Town-Harold-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Town-Harold-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0179ae\" data-id=\"f0179ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd565e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd565e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHarold Town\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bebee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bebee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Canadian, 1924-1990)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8263aa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8263aa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Harold Town was an Abstract painter who was a member of the Painters Eleven, the Toronto-based group of Abstract artists active during the 1950, and whose work contributed significantly to the development of Modernism in the Canadian art scene. He is also remembered as a talented printmaker and illustrator whose early works appeared in <i>Mayfair <\/i>and <i>Maclean\u2019s <\/i>magazines. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Town was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1924 where he studied at the Western Technical-Commercial School and the Ontario College of Art. As a student, the works of Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning as well as East Asian ceramics and antiques from Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt were of great inspiration for him. Throughout his career, Town was also influenced by different global cultures and many historical references. He also experimented with a variety of contemporary and historical painting methods. He was somewhat of an unpredictable painter whose body of work evolved from abstraction to more conceptually grounded art later in his career. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During his lifetime, he received many honours and accolades for his artistic achievements. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1968. Additionally, he was chosen to represent Canada, along with artists Jack Shadbolt and Louis Archambault, at the Venice Biennale in 1956 and, again, in 1964 with artist Elza Mayhew. Town also represented Canada in the S\u00e3o Paulo Art Biennial in 1957 and 1961. Today, his work can be found in the collections of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">National Gallery of Canada<\/span><\/a> in Ottawa, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Guggenheim<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/span><\/a> in New York, among many other institutions across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harold Town was an Abstract painter who was a member of the Painters Eleven, the Toronto-based group of Abstract artists active during the 1950, and whose work contributed significantly to the development of Modernism in the Canadian art scene. 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