biographie de Harold Barling TOWN (1924-1990)

Birth place: Toronto, Canada

Addresses: Toronto 5, Ontario

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: Ont. Col. Art (grad., 1944); (hon. L.H.D.), York Univ., 1966.

Exhibited: Sixth Sao Paulo Biennial, 1961; Cezanne & Structure in Modern Painting, Guggenheim Mus., 1963; Documenta, Kassel, Ger., 1964; Can. Govt. Pavilion, Expo '1967, Can, 1967 & Expo '1970, Osaka, Japan, 1970; Mazelow Gallery, Toronto 319, Ont., 1970s; solo shows, Venice Biennial, Italy, 1956, 1964 & 1972. Awards: fel., Inst. Cult. Hispanica, Arte de Am. y Espana, Madrid, 1963; medal serv., Order Can., 1968.

Member: Royal Can. Acad.

Work: Tate Gal., London, Eng; MoMA; Stedelijk Mus., Amsterdam, Holland; Guggenheim Mus., New York; Nat. Gal. Can. Commissions: mural on canvas, Ont. Hydro Comm., St. Lawrence Seaway Power Proj., 1957; decorative exterior enamel frieze, North York Pub. Libr., Toronto, 1959; two part mural & sculptural screen, Toronto Int. Airport, Malton, Can. Govt., 1962; mural & collage, Tel. Bldg, Toronto, 1964; mural on canvas, Queens Park Proj., Ont. Govt., 1969.

Comments: Positions: mem. bd. gov., Ont. Art Col., 1971. Publications: illusr., "Love Where the Nights are Long," 1962; auth., "Enigmas," 1964; co-auth., "Drawings of Harold Town," 1969; auth., "Silent Stars, Sound Stars, Film Stars," 1971.

Sources: WW73; Herbert Read, A Concise History of Modern Painting (Praeger, 1959); J. Russel Harper, Painting in Canada (Univ. Toronto Press, 1966); R. Fulford, The Multiplicity of Harold Town," Arts Can. (Apr., 1971)."

Réserves Légales