Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) was an English-born Canadian landscape painter dubbed "the father of Canadian art"
Jan Burka was a Czech painter, graphic artist and sculptor.
Vanguard was a periodical produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1972 to 1989, containing reviews and critical articles on Canadian art and artists. The magazine was successor to the Vancouver Art Gallery Bulletin which existed between 1933 and 1971. It was published monthly by the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1972 to 1984. The first issue of Vanguard appeared in January 1972. In February 1979 it was redesigned as a glossy, full format, perfect-bound, magazine with full-color photographs of artwork featuring longer articles, usually on individual artists, in front, and short, illustrated, reviews of current exhibitions in Canada in back. Its coverage also expanded to include national art events. Canadian arts writers were featured along with three American art critics: Donald Kuspit, Erik ReeL, and Matthew Kangas. The magazine was published by the Vancouver Society for Critical Arts Publications from 1985 to 1989, when it ceased publication. Full holdings can be found at the Vancouver Art Gallery library.
Robert Harold Blackburn was a Canadian academic librarian. He is best known for serving as the Chief Librarian at the University of Toronto from 1954 to 1981.
The Women's Art Association of Canada (WAAC) is an organization founded in 1887 to promote and support women artists and craftswomen in Canada, including artists in the visual media, performance artists and writers. At one time it had almost 1,000 members. Although smaller today, it still plays an active role in fundraising and providing scholarships for young artists.
Albert Edward Cloutier (1902–1965) was a Canadian painter and graphic designer who painted in a form of intensified realism with abstract plastic forms.
The Canadian Guild of Potters was a non-profit organization of Canadian ceramic artists that was active from 1936 to 1978.
The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was a non-profit organization of Canadian etchers and engravers.
The Canadian Society of Graphic Art (CSGA), originally called the Graphic Arts Club, was a non-profit organization of Canadian graphic artists. It was founded in 1904, and formally chartered in 1933. At one time it was one of the larger organizations of Canadian artists.
The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) is an association of artists in Canada founded in Toronto in 1941. The FCA soon had chapters across the country, and was one of the main forces behind formation of the Canada Council in 1957. After this, the national organization withered, and only the British Columbia chapter remained active. A drive for expansion began in 1977, causing a renewal of activity that started in western Canada and then spread. Expansion stalled out in the late 1990s when funding cuts hit the Federation as hard as it hit other arts organization. Renewed vigor by volunteers and staff in recent years has brought new life to the Federation and expansion is again underway. The organization has about 2,700 paying members and 5,000 artist contacts throughout Canada as of the end of 2017, a permanent gallery in Vancouver, and organizes approximately 44 exhibitions every year.
Walter Halsey Abell (1897–1956) was an American Art teacher and theoretician.
Jean-Philippe Dallaire was a French Canadian painter with an eclectic and highly original style. He is known for his festive scenes peopled by macabre characters.
Harold Mortimer-Lamb was an Anglo-Canadian mining engineer, journalist, photographer, and artist perhaps best known for championing the Group of Seven in the 1920s. He was the father of New Brunswick artist Molly Lamb Bobak.
Florence Vale was a Canadian artist influenced by Surrealism, Cubism, Expressionism, and the works of Paul Klee. "I paint what I dream", wrote Vale.
Richard Taylor (1902–1970) was a Canadian cartoonist best known for his cartoons in the magazine The New Yorker and in Playboy. He signed his work R.Taylor. Canadian comics historian John Bell called Taylor "one of the greatest New Yorker cartoonists".
Marthe Rakine was a Canadian, later Swiss, painter of Russian birth.
Louise Robert is a Canadian painter who uses writing in her work.
Eric Brown (1877–1939) was the first Director of the National Gallery of Canada. His tenure was from 1910–1939.
Jacques and Hay was a 19th-century furniture manufacturer in Toronto, Canada, in 1872 to be renamed Robert Hay and Company and later still to become Charles Rogers and Sons Company. In its heyday it was colloquially known as "jakesenhay".
James I. Robb, CM is a Canadian artist known for his paintings celebrating the life, culture and history of the Yukon.
