BS - Wednesday, February 24, 1982 - North Shore News EEE entertainment Sa ‘MACDONALD IN RETROSPECT commercial advertising at the newly-established Van- of the National Gallery of Canada and “Indian Burial, Nootka”, in the collection of Macdonald himself was in- fected by the exciting ideas exhibition of his ‘automatic’ watercolours. Exploring a local artist’s painting career fostered at the College and Macdonald moved to RENO BOWL development of abstract art and Applied Arts (now the the Vancouver Art Gallery. he began iments in Toronto in 1947 and became at in Canada, and an ar- Emily Carr College of Art When the Depression abstraction. He soon found instructor of painting at the tist/teacher who played a and Design). Inspired by the forced severe salary cuts im landscape painting in the Ontario College of Art. In NORTH SHORE seminal role in the establish- natural environment, Mac- tradition of bis Group of BOWL the art school budget, Mac- donald and Varley decided to found the B.C. College of 1953 he was instrumental in the founding Eleven, a group dedicated to of Painters 1927 to 1947, is on show at . . com- Art, in premises on Georgia abstraction opened up new promotion of abstract art. Your chance to win the Vancouver Art Gallery. position, spent much of their Street now occupied by vistas of expressive freedom. A 288-page illustrated a trip to RENO! The ition, organized by free time on week-cnds and) Maynards Auctioncers. It Although Macdonald catalogue written by Joyce the Ast Galiery of Ontario summer vacations on sket- quickly established a reputa- always looked to nature as Zemans which traces Mac- SATURDAY - guest curator Joyce ching and camping trips in tion as a centre of new and = his primary source of in- donald’s career, will be on 11 P.M Zemans of York Univessity, the i i ideas in a variety spiration, he preferred to sale in the Gallery Shop. NOON TO MM. incindes 158 works Macdonald’s rendering of of art forms including music, capture the spirit of nature The exhibition, which between 1930 and 1960, the the familiar Table Mountain, dance and than its physical 143 W. 3rd St. year of Macdonald's deathin Black Tusk, Castle Towers, well as the visual-ars. The manifestations or, as he put North Vancouver Toronto. and Howe Sound are carly = school for two it, “the inner rather than the . 985-1212 A graduate of the Edin- ive pieces includ- years before declaring outer .” It is from burgh College of Art, Mac- ed im the exhibition along , but its influence _ this that the exhibition “Jock donald emigrated to Canada with other well-known can- on the local cultural com- Macdonald The Inner Land- in 1927 to become head of vasses such as “Lytton Chur munity of the period is now = scape” derives its title. 980-1510 design and instructor in ch, B.C”, im the collection legendary. During his twenty years in ; -C. Macdonald ve a: artist teacher, axhibitor SUSHI, SUKIYAKI, and arts organizer. He was a . member of the B.C. Society BEEF - TERIYAKI of Artists, with whom he ex- hibited » @ charter member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a CASTLE TOWERS, Garibaldi, is just one of the art works by Jock MacDonald on display at Vancoever Art Gallery until March 21. North Shore Union, Burnaby Credit T h e K e last frve working days in Union, Mount Pleasant February and the first Credit Union. Totem ON STAGE NOW G five working days in March Color Film at: 119 EF. Ist Street, _ _ BRIGADOON P . R b4 b You can renew your FareCard North Vancouver Contiouing st oe Var r | m e | for March at: First tame FareCard buyers can Pobraary 25, 2, 77 a1 8 WW H S k T an ihe Royal Bank purenase their personalized photocard all branches or $2 any time during regular COMING SOON a S te a S O oO . 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