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Fred Haines – Famous Meaford Artist

Posted by John Malloy on Jul 14th, 2009 and filed under Arts and Culture, Meaford. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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Fred Haines studied at Central Ontario School of Art under G.A. Reid & William Cruikshank. Academie Royale des Beaux Arts, Antwerp, 1913 under Juliaan de Vriendt

Meaford, Ontario, 1879  -  Died, Thornhill, Ontario, 1960


CAREER:
Began printmaking in 1919.
Commissioner of Fine Arts, CNE (1924).
Was responsible for bringing the work of Picasso & Dali to CNE shows in the 1930’s.
Curator, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1928-32.
Principal, Ontario College of Art, 1932-51.

APPOINTMENTS:
Secretary, Department of Graphic Art, Canadian National Exhibition, 1920 President, Ontario Society of Artists, 1924
President, Royal Canadian  Academy, 1939

MEMBER:
Ontario Society of Artists
Royal Canadian Academy

COMMISSIONS:
Produced two large (30 x 40) silkscreens with Sampson-Matthews Ltd. during WWII to decorate servicemen’s hostels and lounges

COLLECTIONS:
National Gallery of Canada
Thornhill High School
Meaford High School
Hart House, University of Toronto
numerous private collections

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