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Charles Pachter 
Charles PachterBorn December 30, 1942
Toronto, Ontario CanadaField painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer Training Sorbonne, University of Toronto, Cranbrook Academy of Art Charles Pachter (born December 30, 1942 in Toronto) is a Canadian contemporary artist.
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Life
Pachter got a D-minus in visual art at Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute. However, that did not prevent him from pursuing a career in visual arts.[1]
Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. He studied French literature at the Sorbonne, art history at the University of Toronto, and painting and graphics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
His work has been shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum,[2] and the McMichael Canadiana Gallery, among others. He is represented in public and private collections in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and India. His murals can also be seen at Toronto's College subway station,[3] where the Montréal Canadiens face the Toronto Maple Leafs across the tracks. He holds honorary doctorates from Brock University, the Ontario College of Art & Design.,[4] and the University of Toronto.
His images of the Queen of England, moose, and maple leaf flag are pop icons of Canadian contemporary art. McClelland & Stewart publications include an illustrated monograph on his life and work, and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, his celebrated collaboration with poet Margaret Atwood. He has lectured extensively on the legacy of the Loyalists, John Graves Simcoe and the kickstarting of English Canada following the American Revolution.
Mr. Pachter lives and works beside Grange Park in an award-winning residence and studio designed by Canadian architect Stephen Teeple. His work is on permanent display in his adjoining Moose Factory gallery.[5]
In summer, he paints in a waterfront studio converted from an ice storage depot on Lake Simcoe. His 1980 portrait of Margaret Atwood is in the collection of the Portrait Gallery of Canada. His flag paintings hang in the Prime Minister’s residence in Ottawa, in the Canadian Embassy in Washington, in the Parliament Buildings and in the Embassy of France in Ottawa. Pachter’s steel and granite moose sculptures have been installed across Canada. His children’s books, M is for Moose and Canada Counts are published by Cormorant Brooks.
Works
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Charles Pachter's "Hockey Knights in Canada" at College Station on the subway in Toronto
Awards
- Order of Canada
- Chevalier of France's Order of Arts and Letters
- Queen’s Jubilee medal
Honorary Doctorates:
- Brock University 1996
- Ontario College of Art & Design 2009
- University of Toronto 2010
References
- ^ http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/decor/interiors/article/1061655--artist-in-residence-charles-pachter-s-chinatown-oasis
- ^ http://www.rom.on.ca/news/releases/public.php?mediakey=6e3rbvbo0q
- ^ http://www.openbooktoronto.com/articles/charles_pachter
- ^ http://www.themarknews.com/authors/399-charles-pachter
- ^ "Habitats: Charles Pachter's House", blogTO, Rick McGinnis, June 18, 2009
External links
- Pachter Hall and Moose Factory
- "Charles Pachter", Artnet
- "Charles Pachter", Askart
Categories:- University of Paris alumni
- Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Canadian painters
- Canadian printmakers
- Canadian sculptors
- Canadian designers
- Artists from Ontario
- People from Toronto
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