Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers

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Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers
Formation1916
Dissolved1976
TypeCrafts association
Legal statusNon-profit organization
Region
Canada
Official language
English, French

The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was a non-profit organization of Canadian etchers and engravers.

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History

The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was founded in 1916 as a successor to the short-lived Association of Canadian Etchers, founded in 1885. [1] William W. Alexander was a founding member along with other former members of the Toronto Art Students' League such as W.J. Thomson, John Wesley Cotton, T.G. Greene, and Charles Macdonald Manly. [2] Alexander participated in the Society's exhibitions with bookplates based on his sketches and watercolors from northern canoe trips. [3] The CPE was relatively conservative. It favored intaglio and insisted that the artist should be involved in each stage of production including drawing, engraving or etching, and printing the block or plate. [4]

The Society began holding annual exhibitions in 1919 at the Art Gallery of Toronto. Usually these were part of larger exhibitions. The Society held exhibitions in other locations in Toronto from 1933 to 1959. The Society was formally incorporated on 1935. From 1943 to 1959 it exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum. [5] The Canadian Society of Graphic Art (CSGA) was exhibiting serigraphs by the mid-1930. However, the CPE would not accept silkscreen prints until 1946. Even then, it was careful to exclude commercial methods of silkscreen printing. [6] Between 1960 and 1974 the Society's annual exhibitions were each held in a different city in Ontario. [5]

Jo Manning, who made prints between 1960 and 1980, was an executive member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and a member of the Canadian Society of Painter-etchers and Engravers. [7] In June–August 1971 the Society held a joint exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with the Canadian Society of Graphic Art. [8] The Society merged with the Canadian Society of Graphic Art in 1976 to form the Print and Drawing Council of Canada. [1] Jo Manning was a founding member of the new Council. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lacroix 2006.
  2. Jefferys, C.W. (2017). ""Reminiscences of Old Litho. Life". (unpublished holograph ms. relating to period 1885–1890). From the From "The Old Litho Life" to "Never a Day without a Line" / De l'atelier de lithographie traditionnel à celui où il ne se passe " pas un jour sans un trait " by Robert Stacey". National Gallery of Canada Journal. 8 (June): 99–134. doi:10.3138/ngcr.8.005 . Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. Lerner & Williamson 1991, p. 483.
  4. Cochran 1989, p. 5.
  5. 1 2 Lerner & Williamson 1991, p. 4.
  6. Cochran 1989, p. 3.
  7. Lerner & Williamson 1991, p. 105.

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