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Gilles Beaugrand, De Ferronnier à Orfèvre
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Article by Paul Bourassa
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illes Beaugrand (Montréal, 1906 – Laval, 2005) est diplômé de l’École des beaux-arts de Montréal, en 1928. Boursier de la Province, il étudie...
A Canadian Cigar Box Sampler
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Article by Sheldon Posen
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n 1893, six men from Zorra Township in south-western Ontario, veterans of the region’s famed Highland Games, beat all comers at the Chicago...
Tiger Maple Lamp Table
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Article by Su Murdoch
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spend much of my time evaluating heritage buildings. Some are exquisite in their design and craftsmanship; others prove that bad taste has...
Furniture at Fanningbank: A Story of Survival in PEI
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Article by Catherine Hennessey, C.M.
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t was an ambitious act in 1829 for a colony the size of Prince Edward Island to authorize the appointment of commissioners...
Ross Morrow’s Interactive Works In Silver
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Article by Ornamentvm
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n the following pages, Ornamentvm converses with Canadian silversmith Ross Morrow, whose work combines meticulous traditional techniques of metalsmithing with innovative and whimsical design....
New Artists At The Alberta College Of Art + Design
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or the second in our series of articles on the national schools of art and design across Canada, the editors of Ornamentvm asked a number of...
Has Postmodernism Changed Collecting?
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Article by Colleen Watson O’Reilly
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his past October at the 25th annual symposium of the CSDA Objects of Desire: Pursuits of the Collecting Eye, veterans and...
TSIMSHIAN TREASURES: Repatriation and Questions of Ownership
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Article by Donna McAlear
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he Dundas Collection of Northwest Coast American Indian Art was purported by Sotheby’s to be the last significant field collection of northwest coast...
Le Beau Dans La Vie Des Habitants De La Nouvelle-France
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Article by Jean-Pierre Hardy
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‘essentiel des écrits sur l’art en Nouvelle-France laisse à penser que le beau est l’apanage des plus fortunés seulement. De fait, la plupart...