Eric Cameron
Eric Cameron | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1935 Leicester, England |
| Died | January 29, 2026 (aged 90) Didsbury, Alberta, Canada |
| Education | University of Durham, Courtauld Institute |
| Known for | Artist |
Eric Cameron RCA (April 18, 1935 – January 29, 2026) was a Canadian artist who lived in Calgary, Alberta, known for his conceptual art work and as a writer and educator.
Life and career
[edit]Cameron was educated at the University of Durham (graduated 1957), and the Courtauld Institute (1959). He moved to Canada in 1969.[1] His earlier works include the Process Paintings produced with masking tape grids and often brightly coloured, mostly from the 1960s.[2] His videotapes date mainly from 1973 to 1976. In 1979, Cameron began applying coats of gesso to some objects that just happened to be lying around his Halifax apartment. Thereafter, a total of sixty or so Thick Paintings were initiated by Caneron; about half are in museum collections across Canada, while the rest continued to be worked on.
He taught for a total of 47 years at universities in England and Canada until 2020 and was the recipient of the 1992 Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award[3] and the Governor General's Award in 2004.[4] He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[5] His works are held in the collections of the Glenbow Museum,[6] the National Gallery of Canada,[7] the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal,[8] and the Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Eric Cameron: 1935-2026". Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ "canadacouncil.ca". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- ↑ "Prizes". Canada Council. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ↑ canadacouncil.ca Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ glenbow.org
- ↑ National Gallery of Canada's Cybermuse website[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Collections". /macm.org. MACM, Montreal. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ Professor Eric Cameron obituary
Bibliography
[edit]- Nasgaard, Roald (2008). Abstract Painting in Canada. Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 350–353. ISBN 9781553653943. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
