John Martin Alfsen

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John Martin Alfsen
Born
John Martin Alfsen

(1902-12-23)December 23, 1902
Art Students League, New York with Kenneth Hayes Miller; Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp; Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris; sculpture, with Antoine Bourdelle
SpouseMarion Beatrice Scott (married 1934)
AwardsCanada Council grants (1958, 1963)

John Martin Alfsen RCA, known more commonly as John Alfsen (December 23, 1902 – November  30, 1971)[1] was a painter, known for his portraits, figurative work and paintings of circus life.

Biography

John Martin Alfsen was born in Long Rapids, Michigan,

Art Students' League, New York, under Kenneth Hayes Miller (1925).[3]

He taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1971. For two years, he lived in

Sarasota where he taught and painted winter circus people at the Ringling Brothers School of Art.[3] An award was established in his memory at the College in 1986.[4]

His work was featured in an exhibition with Randolph Hewton in 1943 at the then Art Gallery of Toronto,[5] at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario (1958) and recently, in the exhibition Drawn to Dance with York Wilson and Canadian artist Grant Macdonald in 2016 at the DCD Gallery, Toronto.[6]

His works are in public collections such as the

Ringling Brothers School of Art in Florida.[10]
His work can be seen at Alfsen House, 154 Main St. North, Markham, Ontario.

Alfsen was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1959), the Ontario Society of Artists (1939); the Canadian Group of Painters and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (1956).[3]

References

  1. ^ "John Martin Alfsen". app.pch.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ G. Campbell McInnes, "No. 2 - John Alfsen". The Canadian Forum vol. 16 ( March 1937), p. 18.
  3. ^ a b c d A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada.
  4. ^ a b "John Martin Alfsen". www.johnalfsen.com. John Alfsen House, Markham. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. OCLC 78944669
    . Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via www.worldcat.org.
  6. ^ "Drawn to Dance exhibition". www.museumsontario.ca. Ontario Museums. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "John Martin Alfsen". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ^ Alfsen, John Martin. "The Collection". ago.ca. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. ^ "John Alfsen". collections.artmuseum.utoronto.ca:8080/objects. Artmuseum, University of Toronto. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  10. ISBN 0070925046
    . Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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