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    Editorial: Canadian Art and the Great War

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. Canadian painting in the 19th century tended towards the pastoral. It depicted idyllic scenes of rural life and represented the country as a wondrous Eden. Canadian painter Homer Watson, under the influence of such American masters as Frederic Edwin Church and Albert Bierstadt, created images that are serene and suffused with golden light. In On the Mohawk River (1878), for instance, a lazy river ambles between tall, overhanging trees; in the background is a light-struck mountain. In Watson’s world, nature is peaceful, unthreatening and perhaps even sacred.

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    Art Association of Montreal

    ​The Art Association of Montreal, the forerunner of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, was founded in 1860.

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    Art Conservation and Restoration

    Art Conservation and Restoration, see Conservation of Movable Cultural Property.

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    Art Dealers

    Art dealers in Canada have served as art dealers everywhere, not only as sellers of art but as tastemakers. Since they act as a link between the work of art and the art-buying public, they have an important role in the identification of who is important in Canadian art.

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    Art Education

    William Berczy, circa 1781-82, watercolour (courtesy NGC). Art Education Art Education is a term that has referred historically to the intensive training given to artists for professional or personal purposes. The three principal contexts for this instruction have been within the apprenticeship system, in specialized institutions such as art academies or art schools, and, more recently, as an aspect of a wider curriculum offered in colleges, arts and crafts schools, universities and private educational institutions....

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    Art Illustration

     The earliest printed image relating to Canada is a bird's-eye view of Hochelaga and environs, published by Giovanni Ramusio in Venice in 1556.

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    Art Writing and Criticism

    Art Writing and Criticism date for the most part from the 1950s.

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    Artists' Organizations

    The history of visual artists' groups in Canada is filled with short-lived societies which have had a major influence on both professional and amateur artists.

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    Arts and Crafts Movement in Canada

    The Arts and Crafts movement in Canada consisted of architects, teachers, and craftspeople who worked with progressive patrons to integrate beautiful handcraftsmanship into everyday living.

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    Arts and Culture Centre

    Public building opened 22 May 1967. It was designed by Cummings and Campbell of St John's and Lebensold, Affleck, their Montreal associates, with acoustic design by Russell Johnson Associates.

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    Arts and Letters Club of Toronto

    The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. Club for men and (beginning in 1985) women engaged in or interested in the arts (literature, architecture, music, painting, stage, and sculpture). It was founded in 1908 largely through the efforts of Augustus Bridle.

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    Arts Club Theatre

    The Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, opened in February 1964 with a production called Light Up the Sky. The theatre was established by Otto Lowy, Yvonne Firkin and others on the second floor of a gospel hall at 1181 Seymour Street in Vancouver.

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    Arts, Heritage and Cultural Industries Funding

    Arts, Heritage and Cultural Industries Funding Not-for-profit arts and heritage institutions in Canada receive funding from 3 major sources: self-generated revenues from tickets or admissions, concessions, facility rentals, memberships, sales or rentals of works, gift shops, and other operations; governments at all levels; and the private sector, including individuals, corporations and foundations. These cultural organizations - performing arts companies, festivals, media arts organizations, museums and art galleries - also depend heavily on volunteer labour for...

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    Asian Canadian Theatre

    Asian Canadian theatre started early in the 20th century with lavish performances of traditional Cantonese operas. Today, Asian Canadian playwrights like Ins Choi address the struggles of everyday life in Canada.

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    Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

    The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Founded in 1889 to serve as the examination body of the RAM, the RCM, and, in 1947, the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. In 1984 it was reconstituted as an independent company, linked to the Royal Schools.

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