- Don Jarvis
Don Jarvis (1923–2001, born in
Vancouver ) was a Canadian artist.He loved to draw from an early age. An aspiring cartoonist as a teenager, Jarvis enrolled at the Vancouver School of Art and Design (later re-named the
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design ) and was encouraged by his teacher, Bert Binning, to pursue fine art.When he graduated in 1948, Jarvis won a scholarship . At the suggestion of
Lawren Harris , he traveled to New York to study under the abstract expressionist Hans Hoffman. His time in New York produced his acclaimed, newly-discovered collection of New York Drawings. Jarvis returned to Vancouver in 1950 and became a drawing and painting instructor at the School of Art. He remained there for 36 years. Jarvis died in Sechelt, BC in 2001, leaving his wife, Gladys, their two sons, Graham and Roy, and grandchildren, Jennifer and Scott and one of the most varied Canadian art collections.External links
* [http://www.westwindgallery.net/jarvis.html Shows and images at Westwind Gallery]
* [http://www.bau-xi.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=44 Rain Forest Collection images]
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