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==Early membership==
==Early membership==
Early member included Alexandre Bercovitch, Paul-Émile Borduas, Simone Mary Bouchard, Stanley Cosgrove, [[Louise Landry Gadbois]], [[Eric Goldberg (artist)|Eric Goldberg]], [[Jack Humphrey]], [[John Goodwin Lyman]], [[Louis Muhlstock]], [[Alfred Pellan]] [[Goodridge Roberts]], [[Jori Smith]], and Philip Surrey.<ref name="Carney">{{cite book|last1=Carney|first1=Lora Senechal|title=Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925–1955: Writings and Reconsiderations|date=2017|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=0773551921|pages=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-EyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=Louise+Gadbois&source=bl&ots=jM5dWEAZLq&sig=z8CBqFxHKkg45G6LrbTJrUQm-_s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH1rXsxtrXAhXk6IMKHeinCbs4ChDoAQhXMAk#v=onepage&q=Louise%20Gadbois&f=false|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="CanadianPainting30s"/>
Early member included Alexandre Bercovitch, Paul-Émile Borduas, [[Simone Mary Bouchard]], Stanley Cosgrove, [[Louise Landry Gadbois]], [[Eric Goldberg (artist)|Eric Goldberg]], [[Jack Humphrey]], [[John Goodwin Lyman]], [[Louis Muhlstock]], [[Alfred Pellan]] [[Goodridge Roberts]], [[Jori Smith]], and Philip Surrey.<ref name="Carney">{{cite book|last1=Carney|first1=Lora Senechal|title=Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925–1955: Writings and Reconsiderations|date=2017|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=0773551921|pages=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-EyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=Louise+Gadbois&source=bl&ots=jM5dWEAZLq&sig=z8CBqFxHKkg45G6LrbTJrUQm-_s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH1rXsxtrXAhXk6IMKHeinCbs4ChDoAQhXMAk#v=onepage&q=Louise%20Gadbois&f=false|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="CanadianPainting30s"/>


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 16:00, 30 November 2017

The Contemporary Arts Society was founded by John Lyman in 1939 to promote modern art in Montreal, at a time when Canada was dominated by academic art.[1]

Lyman was the Society's first president. The additional officers were vice-president Paul-Émile Borduas, secretary Fritz Brandtner, and treasurer Philip Surrey.[2]

Early membership

Early member included Alexandre Bercovitch, Paul-Émile Borduas, Simone Mary Bouchard, Stanley Cosgrove, Louise Landry Gadbois, Eric Goldberg, Jack Humphrey, John Goodwin Lyman, Louis Muhlstock, Alfred Pellan Goodridge Roberts, Jori Smith, and Philip Surrey.[3][2]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Contemporary Arts Society". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Canadian Painting in the 30s: part 7. The Eastern Group and the Contemporary Arts Society". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ Carney, Lora Senechal (2017). Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925–1955: Writings and Reconsiderations. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 146. ISBN 0773551921. Retrieved 25 November 2017.