biografía de Lionel Arthur John THOMAS (1915-2005)

Lugar de nacimiento: Toronto, Ontario

Direcciones: West Vancouver, BC

Profesión: Painter, sculptor

Estudios: John Russell Acad.; Toronto; Ont. Col. Art, Toronto; Calif. Sch. Fine Art, San Francisco; also with Hans Hofmann, Provincetown, Mass.

Exposiciones: Awards: Allied Arts Medal, Royal Archit. Inst. Can., 1956.

Asociaciones: Assoc. Royal Can. Acad.; Am. Craftsmen Coun.; Am. Soc. Archeologists; Can. Fedn. Artists; Ont. Crafts Found.

Obra: Fla. State Col., Lakeland; Nat. Gal., Ottawa; Art Gal. Toronto; Vancouver Art Gal.; Univ. Victoria, BC. Commissions: bronze fountain, Edmonton City Hall, 1958; Vancouver Pub. Libr., 1961; enamel doors, St. Thomas More Col., Saskatoon, Sask., 1962; BC Prov. Govt. Mus., Victoria, 1968; oil on panels, (with L&P Thomas), Stud. Union Bldg., Univ. BC, 1969.

Comentarios: Preferred media: enamel, oils. Positions: chmn., Comt. Appl. Design BC Govt., Victoria, 1965-68. Teaching: assoc. prof. design, Sch. Archit., 1950-64; assoc. prof. design, Univ. BC, 1964.

Fuentes: WW73; Rene Boux, New star," Can. Art; Stephen Franklin, "Artist and a briefcase," Weekend Mag. (1958); article, In: BC Beautiful (spring< 1970)"