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Tony Scherman

Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada, England.  Tony Scherman is known for Encaustic painting-genre and figure, printmaking, teaching.

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Tony Scherman is a painter, printmaker and educator.  He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  When he was five, he moved with his family to Paris, France, and at ten to London, England where he lived until returning, in 1976, to Toronto, which has been his home since then.

He is one of the most prominent painters in the encaustic* medium in Canada.  Examples of his works in other mediums like watercolor, etching* and lithography* are rare by comparison. His subjects are social commentary, historical figures and events, literary figures, popular culture, still life, animals, portraits, mythology, fantasy, philosophy and allegory*. 

He generally paints a series of works under one title, constructing a narrative that links all the paintings in that series. Chasing Napoleon (Napoleon, French Revolution, Nazis), Banquo's Funeral (Macbeth), About 1865 (US Civil War), The Rape of Callisto (Greek mythology), and The Blue Highw   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9086 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Tony Scherman

   Publications  Book References:  13
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Tony Scherman
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America About Face November 2002 Ollman, Leah Yes
ARTnews Vasari Diary June 1996 Editors, Art News Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions April 1996 Editors, Art in America Yes
13 Book References for Tony Scherman
Year Author Title Pages Color
2007 Newlands, Anne Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings 366 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
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
2000 Antaki, Karen Concordia Collects: Selected Art Acquisitions, 1974-2000 (Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery 72 Yes
2000 Henric, Jacques; Hans Beiting, David Moos Chasing Napoleon: Forensic Portraits 129 Yes
1999 Holubizky, Ihor, David Moos and Joseph R. Wolin TRANSlinear (McMaster Museum of Art) 32 Yes
1989 Burnett, David Cineplex Odeon The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art 97 Yes
1989 Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton) 122 Yes
1982 Shepherd, Michael Canadian Art in Britain: Contemporary Works from Collections in Britain 56 Yes
1982 Wilkin, Karen Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery) 48 Yes
1981 Nasby, David Realism: Structure & Illusion (Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph)
(Exhibition catalog)
36 Yes
1974 MacDonald, Colin, S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes) 3667 No
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