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Carl Ray

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Carl Ray (1943 - 1978) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada.  Carl Ray is known for Painting, drawing, graphic art, printmaking, illustration, murals, teaching.

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 Carl Ray (1943 – 1978)

“Universally admired, he was, with Norval Morrisseau, one of the first native Ontario artists to defy tribal taboos and depict the sacred legends.” (1)

An important and influential Canadian painter, draftsman, graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator, muralist and educator, Carl Ray, of Cree Algonquin ancestry, was born on Sandy Lake Indian Reserve, Ontario and murdered in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. He was a member of the group of modernist native artists known as the Indian Group of Seven*. He is discussed in most of the recent comprehensive books about Canadian art and he is the subject of an article in the Canadian Encyclopedia. His works are in numerous museum collections including the National Gallery of Canada. (2)

His mediums included acrylics, gouache, ink, watercolor, fresco, serigraph, stencil, and mixed mediums. His subjects included figures, genre*, landscapes, wildlife, fish, birds, and spirituality; however, he is most famous   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14471 characters.]  Artist bio

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48 Book References for Carl Ray
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Robertson, Carmen L. Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau: Art and the Colonial Narrative in the Canadian Media 221 No
2014 Lavallee, Michele "7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc." (MacKenzie Art Gallery 359 Yes
2014 Pomedli, Michael Living With Animals: Ojibwe Spirit Powers 335 No
2014 Ruffo, Armand Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird 312 Yes
2014 Sinclair, Catherine Miriam and Hudson Sargeant: Art Collection (Ottawa Art Gallery) 35 Yes
2013 Penney, David W. and Gerald McMaster (General Editors) Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes (Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian) 128 Yes
2012 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition) 506 Yes
2011 Ayre, Don Meditation and the Evolution of Cosmic Consciousness 308 Yes
2010 Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher) 480 Yes
2009 Valaskakis, Gail Guthrie; Madeleine Dion Stout Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture 379 Yes
2006 Friesen, John W; Virginia Agnes Lyons Friesen Canadian Aboriginal Art and Spirituality: A Vital Link 242 No
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Beavon, Daniel J.K.; Cora Jane Voyageur; David Newhouse Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples To Canadian Identity and Culture, Volume 1 458 Yes
2003 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Biographical Index of Artists in Canada 250 No
2001 Acland, Joan Reid First Nations Artists in Canada: A Biographical-Bibliographical Guide, 1960-1999 334 Yes
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
1999 Marsh, James H. (Editor) The Canadian Encyclopedia 2573 No
1999 Murray, Joan Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century 272 Yes
1998 Clark, Janet The Helen E. Band Collection of First Nations Art: From the Permanent Collection of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery 48 Yes
1998 Matuz, Roger (Editor) St. James Guide to Native North American Artists 691 No
1997 McKendry, Blake A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms 242 Yes
1995 Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters 701 No
1994 Rogers, Edward S. and Donald B. Smith Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations 448 No
1993 McMaster, Gerald et al In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1992 Davis, Angela E. The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop: Printing, People and History (MacKenzie Art Gallery) 88 Yes
1992 Odjig, Daphne; Rosamond M. Vanderburgh; Beth Southcott A Paintbrush in My Hand 174 Yes
1991 Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981 1557 Yes
1990 MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists ,Volume 7, Rakos to Sadowski 507 No
1989 Blodgett, Jean The McMichael Canadian Collection 175 Yes
1989 Podedworny, Carol Woodlands: Contemporary Art of the Anishnabe (Thunder Bay Gallery) 47 Yes
1988 Marsh, James H. (Editor) The Canadian Encyclopedia: Second Edition: (Four Volumes) 2736 Yes
1988 Mitchell, Maggie The Collective Achievement: Selections from the Permanent Collection (Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)		 40 No
1988 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition) 418 Yes
1987 Ness, Kim G. The Art Collection of McMaster University: European, Canadian and American Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Sculpture 328 Yes
1986 Bick, John and Carol Podedworny Thunder Bay Gallery: The Permanent Collection 49 Yes
1986 McMichael, Robert One Man's Obsession 410 No
1985 Marsh, James H. (Editor) The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes) 2089 Yes
1984 McLuhan, Elizabeth and Tom Hill Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makers (Art Gallery of Ontario) 118 Yes
1984 Southcott, Beth The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec 222 Yes
1983 Cinader, Bernhard et al The McMichael Canadian Collection 166 Yes
1983 Finn, Chris, Philip Fry and Sarah Yates-Howorth The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop, A Print Legend A Fifteen Year Survey, 1968-1983
(Exhibition catalog)		 54 No
1983 Munro, John C., Preface Contemporary Indian Art at Rideau Hall 32 No
1980 Highwater, Jamake The Sweet Grass Lives On: Fifty Contemporary North American Indian Artists 192 Yes
1979 Duval, Paul A Heritage of Canadian Art: The McMichael Collection 208 Yes
1978 Wolff, Hennie (Editor) The Index of Ontario Artists (Visual Arts Ontario and Ontario Association of Art Galleries) 337 No
1977 Cinader, Bernhard A Selection of Work: Contemporary Indian Art, the Trail from the Past to the Future (Mackenzie Gallery at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario)
(Exhibition catalog)		 31 Yes
1976 Marshall, Tom The White City 95 Yes
1971 Stevens, James R. and Carl Ray Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree 144 No
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