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Lucius Richard (LR) O'Brien

Lucius Richard (L.R.) O'Brien (1832 - 1899) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada.  Lucius OBrien is known for Landscape, still life and figure painting, graphics, illustration, teaching.

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Lucius Richard O'Brien was a very a prominent Canadian painter, graphic artist, illustrator and educator.  He was a founder and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*; a founder of the Ontario School of Art; and one of the first artists to travel the breadth of Canada.  His paintings depict the country's scenery from Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick to Vancouver Island, British Columbia; and, they are among the first pieces collected by the National Gallery of Canada,130 years ago.

Born in Shanty Bay, Ontario (on Lake Simcoe, 15 miles south of Orilla, and 50 miles north of Toronto), he died in Toronto where he had lived since about 1870.

Most of his works are watercolors; however, he did paint in oils in the late 1870s and early 1880s; and, early in his career (1840s and 1850s), he did satirical drawings which were made into wood engravings for illustrations.  The subjects of his mature work include portraits, genre (Indians, frontier life), alle   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10890 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  31
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31 Book References for Lucius Richard (L.R.) O'Brien
Year Author Title Pages Color
2013 Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario 357 Yes
2009 Boulet, Roger Vistas: Artists of the Canadian Pacific Railway (Glenbow Museum)
(Exhibition catalog)
192 Yes
2009 Graeme, Toni The Father of Canadian Art Thomas Mower Martin 1838-1934 72 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1991 Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981 1557 Yes
1990 Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward) Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada 230 Yes
1990 Reid, Dennis (Art Gallery of Canada) Lucius R. O'Brien: Visions of Victorian Canada
(Exhibition catalog)
191 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1988 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition) 418 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1982 Stacey, R.H., Barbara Volkmann, Rose-France Raddata O Kanada
(Exhibition catalog)
407 No
1980 Sisler, Rebecca Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980 296 Yes
1977 Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape 159 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1974 MacDonald, Colin, S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes) 3667 No
1973 Bell, Michael Painters in a New Land From Annapolis Royal to the Klondike 224 Yes
1973 Hubbard, R H Canadian Landscape Painting 1670-1930
(Exhibition catalog)
198 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)
1075 No
1973 Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973 319 Yes
1967 Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art 254 Yes
1966 Harper, J Russell Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition) 443 No
1966 Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art 128 Yes
1964 Brieger, P.H.; George Vickers, F.E. Winter Art and Man---The Modern World (Book Three of 3 Volumes) 234 Yes
1960 Hubbard, R.H. The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III 463 No
1948 National Gallery Of Canada Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada
(Exhibition catalog)
271 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1882 Grant, George Munro; L.R. O'Brien Picturesque Canada: The Country As It Was and Is 870 Yes
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