Tony Urquhart | |
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| Born | April 9, 1934 Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| Died | January 26, 2022 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Notable awards | Order of Canada, Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, CARFAC Outstanding Contribution Award; degree of Doctor of Laws Carleton University, Ottawa |
| Spouse | Jane Urquhart |
| Children | Emily Urquhart |
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Anthony Morse Urquhart, CM RCA LL.D. (April 9, 1934 – January 26, 2022) was a Canadian painter. He was recognized in the late 1950s and early 1960s as one of Canada's pioneering abstractionists, having been variously linked with the Toronto painters associated with The Isaacs Gallery and The Heart of London group that included Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe and Murray Favro.
Since the 1960s Urquhart has followed an independent and autonomous path in his art, centred upon his distinctive "box" format.[1] In 1968, with Jack Chambers and Kim Ondaatje, he helped found Canadian Artists' Representation/Le Front des artistes Canadiens (CARFAC), the artists' 'union' that first established a fee schedule for public museum and gallery exhibitions of contemporary artists.[2]
- ^ Urquhart, Tony. "The Canadian Art Database: Artist Files, Biography". The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ^ Poole, Nancy Geddes. "The Art of London: 1830-1980". ir.lib.uwo.ca. McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario. p. 210. Retrieved April 12, 2021.