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Bruce Le Dain

Bruce Le Dain (1928 - 2000) was active/lived in Nova Scotia, Maine / Canada, England.  Bruce Le Dain is known for Landscape, cityscape, still life painting, commercial art, graphic design.

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A prominent advertising executive, a leader in the Canadian fine art community, a graphic designer, a painter, and the 25th President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, Bruce Le Dain was born in Montreal, Quebec and died in Montreal. (1)(2)

His painting medium was oils. His subjects were primarily landscapes, rural scenes, shorelines, cityscapes and still lifes. The painting locations depicted included Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and England. His styles could be described as Expressionism*, Fauvism*, Impressionism*, and Plein-Air Painting*. His askART auction record has dozens of illustrations of his oeuvre.

His art education includes studies at Sir George Williams University, Montreal (1946 – 1947); St. Martin’s School of Art, London (1953 – 1957); private classes with Valfred Thelin in Ogunquit, Maine (1981); and the Art Institute of Chicago* (1982) under Joseph Raffael. The Canadian artist Lorne Bouchard is also noted as “a lifelong influence”. (3)   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6464 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Bruce Le Dain

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10 Book References for Bruce Le Dain
Year Author Title Pages Color
2017 Cyr, Charles et al Horizon: Selected Artworks from the Town of Mount Royal Public Collection (Town of Mount Royal, Quebec 75 Yes
2003 Garvey, Susan Gibson Dalhousie Art Gallery: The Collection 184 Yes
2003 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Biographical Index of Artists in Canada 250 No
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
1998 Henry, Pierre Kaleidoscope: An Exhibition by Quebec Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 66 No
1998 Lumley, Elizabeth Canadian Who's Who-1998 1374 Yes
1997 McMann, Evelyn de R Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979 451 Yes
1996 Lumley, Elizabeth (editor) Canadian Who's Who 1996 Volume XXXI 1338 No
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1975 MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists Volume 6, Perrin-Rakine 324 No
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