A big art night in Simcoe.
Lynnwood Arts latest exhibition “Don’t Touch The Art!” opens up on March 1st.
In a release talking about the event it notes that the influential group of rogues and mavericks, The Painters Eleven, were determined to leave their mark on the Canadian art scene as Abstract artists.
To following is from a release sent to us from Lynnwood, along with some photos:
The Painters Eleven group was started by one of the more reserved members of the group, Alexandra Luke, who assumed a leading role in organizing a touring show called the Canadian Abstract Exhibition. The show opened in Toronto in 1952, then travelled throughout Ontario and into New Brunswick. The exhibition introduced countless Canadians to Abstract art.
An influential member of Painters Eleven, William Ronald, who’s painting is featured in the Lynnwood Arts exhibition, worked as a window designer for Simpson’s department store in Toronto in 1953. He convinced the store to enhance window displays for contemporary furniture with Abstract art. The windows, entitled Abstracts at Home, garnered the interest of the Globe and Mail newspaper where a full-page ad was featured. This helped to introduce Abstract art to the general public, and the wave of acceptance for Abstract art had begun
