1968 oil and Lucite 44 on canvas painting titled Silent Night No. 4 by artist Harold town (Canadian; 1924-1990). Signed and dated upper right, also signed, dated, and titled verso. 

Measurements: 16.75" W x 18.5" H x 1.5" D (frame); 14" W x 16" H (canvas). 

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From AskArt:

He studied at the Western Technical School and graduated from the Ontario College of Art (1944) where he had studied under John Alfsen (see AskART), George Pepper (see AskART) and Frederick Haines (see AskART); none of their styles or influence is particularly evident in his mature work. However, when they were auctioning off his personal possessions years after his death one of the lots was a John Alfsen oil portrait of a child.  After graduation he worked as a commercial artist for magazines and in advertising until 1957, when he began devoting himself fulltime to his art. Legend has it that he never left Toronto, however he has travelled in the U.S.A. and spent several months in New York city in 1948.
 
His first claim to fame was as a founding member of the Painters Eleven in 1953 (see AskART glossary for other members).  In fact he thought of the name and acted as their publicist.  They were a group of Canadian abstract painters who took their cue from artists such as Jackson Pollock (see AskART) and de Kooning (see AskART), members of the New York School (see AskART glossary) of abstract expressionists.  The purpose of the group was to promote abstract art in English Canada, primarily through joint exhibitions.  By the time they disbanded in 1960, the Eleven were a major force in establishing modern art in Canada and are still a major influence in the Canadian art market.  Their art is now a prized and prominent feature in many private, corporate and public collections throughout Canada. The last living member Tom Hodgson (see AskArt) died in 2006.
 
Town was also a member of the Ontario Society of Artists; the Canadian Group of Painters (CGP); the Society of Canadian Painters, Etchers and Engravers; the Canadian Graphic Society; and the Art Directors Club. And he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA).
 
In addition to his shows with Painters Eleven he has been in numerous solo and other group exhibitions, the international venues of which include; the Museum of Modern Art (NYC / 1963), the Guggenheim ( NYC / 1963), the Tate (London / 1964), the Venice Biennale (Italy /1956, 1964 and 1972), the Sao Paulo Biennial (Brazil / 1957, 1961), Documenta (Kassel,Germany / 1964) and Expo 70 in Osaka.  In Canada he exhibited with the CGP through most of the 1950's and with the RCA in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's.  The venues for these were almost every major museum and gallery in the country.  Retrospectives of his work were put together in 1975 by the Art Gallery of Windsor (Ontario)  and in 1986 by the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto).

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