thecharioteer
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Thanks for the reference. Great article on the trial in the torontoist.com:
https://torontoist.com/2013/07/historicist-the-darlings-of-paris/
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Toronto In Art
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Thanks for the reference. Great article on the trial in the torontoist.com:
https://torontoist.com/2013/07/historicist-the-darlings-of-paris/
Mario1972
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EdDrass
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Torontovibe
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Goldie
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Outstanding video! Thanks.
Where is this and what's the title?
Where is this and what's the title?
heytopher
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That looks like Kirk Newman’s 'Community' (2001) at 250 Bloor St E
Gallery Arcturus
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From a McMichael show in 2018. Another gallery retweeted this.
Apparently: George Pepper capturing Bright Street in 1939, Caven Atkins depicting Howland Street in 1937, and Thoreau MacDonald’s Rosedale Ravine in 1924.
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Gallery Arcturus
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Wow. Missed this in 2021: https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...ts-a-golden-light-on-the-city-of-toronto.html
Anyone seen that painting before?
~ed d.
Anyone seen that painting before?
~ed d.
thecharioteer
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Reviving this thread with one of my favourite paintings of Toronto, "Lights of a City Street" painted by Frederick Marlett Bell-Smith in 1894:
Owned by HBC, here is a description from their web-site:
Lights of a City Street is an incredible view of the intersection of King and Yonge Streets, full of unprecedented realism and detail. According to a clock on the main building located on the southeast corner, it is 4:58 p.m. The streets have been dampened by a light rainstorm passing through the city. Looking east, passengers board two of the new streetcars on the King route. In order to capture the temper of the times, Bell-Smith has replicated all of the names of the local businesses which have taken up residence at this busy intersection. We can clearly see the offices of the shipping company, Cunard S.S. Line, situated on the northeast corner, facing King Street.
If the faces of the numerous pedestrians milling about in the picture seem incredibly life-like, this is no accident. Bell-Smith set out to create a documentary atmosphere by incorporating real people with whom he was familiar, both professionally and personally. The helmeted policeman, draped in his rain cape and directing traffic, is Constable John William Redford from the Toronto Police Force. Redford was a regular fixture at the corner of King and Yonge, routinely directing traffic as depicted in the painting. Upon retiring from the force, he worked as a security guard for the Simpsons department store on Queen Street at Yonge. Two other significant people are portrayed elsewhere: the gentlemen being swamped by newspaper boys is the artist himself, and the man seen raising his hat in greeting to the women passing by is Bell-Smith’s son, the Reverend F.M. Bell-Smith.
Owned by HBC, here is a description from their web-site:
Lights of a City Street is an incredible view of the intersection of King and Yonge Streets, full of unprecedented realism and detail. According to a clock on the main building located on the southeast corner, it is 4:58 p.m. The streets have been dampened by a light rainstorm passing through the city. Looking east, passengers board two of the new streetcars on the King route. In order to capture the temper of the times, Bell-Smith has replicated all of the names of the local businesses which have taken up residence at this busy intersection. We can clearly see the offices of the shipping company, Cunard S.S. Line, situated on the northeast corner, facing King Street.
If the faces of the numerous pedestrians milling about in the picture seem incredibly life-like, this is no accident. Bell-Smith set out to create a documentary atmosphere by incorporating real people with whom he was familiar, both professionally and personally. The helmeted policeman, draped in his rain cape and directing traffic, is Constable John William Redford from the Toronto Police Force. Redford was a regular fixture at the corner of King and Yonge, routinely directing traffic as depicted in the painting. Upon retiring from the force, he worked as a security guard for the Simpsons department store on Queen Street at Yonge. Two other significant people are portrayed elsewhere: the gentlemen being swamped by newspaper boys is the artist himself, and the man seen raising his hat in greeting to the women passing by is Bell-Smith’s son, the Reverend F.M. Bell-Smith.
Gallery Arcturus
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Okay, so that is just wonderful. With hints of pink in the sky.
Of note: "The painting graced the walls of HBC’s executive offices for some years before being moved to the Arcadian Court foyer. In 2012, the painting was moved to the Main Floor of the Queen Street store, facing the elevators."
Must go and see if it is there still.
~Ed D.
Gallery Arcturus
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Howard Park Bridge, 1983
SCHINKO, Lorie
[City of Toronto Art Collection]
thecharioteer
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Wonderful painting. Pity that the City's art collection is mostly not available for viewing by the public, being squirreled away in Councillors' offices and boardrooms.
thecharioteer
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A drawing titled “Massey Hall” from the 1890’s by Frederick Henry Brigden (1871-1956). TPL
CanadianNational
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More William Kurelek:
Toronto, Toronto.
Toronto Stock Exchange
Harvest Of Our Mere Humanism Years
The Bachelor
Hot Day In Kensington Market
Toronto, Toronto.
Toronto Stock Exchange
Harvest Of Our Mere Humanism Years
The Bachelor
Hot Day In Kensington Market
CanadianNational
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I love this little painting. It reminds me of J.W. Morrice a bit - that kind of intimate gentleness.
"The Gay Yellow Awnings"
Marion Long 1931
"The Gay Yellow Awnings"
Marion Long 1931