Harold Klunder
Harold Klunder | |
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Born | 1943 Deventer, The Netherlands |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Central Technical School, Toronto |
Known for | Painting |
Partner(s) | Catherine Carmichael |
Elected | Royal Canadian Academy |
Harold Klunder RCA (born 1943) is a Canadian painter.
Career[]
Born in Deventer, The Netherlands, he immigrated with his family to Canada in 1952.[1] He studied art at the Central Technical School, Toronto.[2]
Klunder is principally known for his abstract paintings which are based on a non-traditional notion of "the self-portrait". They often feature an abundant use of paint, applied in layers, and take years to complete.[3] From 1971 to 1979, he used images and patterns often taken from found objects and geometric shapes.[4] He began using oils in 1980 instead of acrylic, thus increasing the sense of materiality of the paint.[5] In the early 1980s, he began developing a figural reference through drawing. By the mid-1980s, Klunder created "portraits" in paint, using his abstract language. He called such work "psychic realism"[4] and his use of an expressionist element was in touch with international painting. In about 1997, his work became more open and brighter, but still suggested figural elements.[5]
His work has been widely exhibited, both in Canada and abroad. In 1996, the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery in Owen Sound organized an exhibition, as did Museum London in 1999.[5] In 2020, his work was included in Painting Nature with a Mirror, a group show from the collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.[6] His work is also included in public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada,[7] the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[8]
In 1994, he began to teach at Memorial University of Newfoundland and in 1997-1998, he taught at University of Lethbridge, Alberta.[5]
Personal life[]
In 1983, he moved to Flesherton, Ontario, northwest of Toronto. In 1980, he moved to Montreal where he lives now with his partner Catherine Carmichael and best friend/artist Shane West. His daughter Saskia Carmichael Klunder, actress/dancer, lives in Montreal, Quebec, and Elizabeth Carmichael Klunder lives in Toronto, Ontario. Klunder also has a son, Willem Klunder, living in Europe (from a previous marriage).
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gallery provides an outlet for Klunder's hell-bent need to paint". The Westmount Examiner. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
- ^ Nasgaard 2008, p. 265-267.
- ^ "Plundering figures". Hour. 17 May 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Murray 1999, p. 158.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Reid, Dennis (2012). A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Third ed.). Don Mills, On: Oxford. p. 403. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Painting Nature with a Mirror". macm.org. Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Harold Klunder - National Gallery of Canada". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Murray, Joan (1999). Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Toronto: Dundurn. OCLC 260193722. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- Nasgaard, Roald (2008). Abstract Painting in Canada. Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 265–267. ISBN 9781553653943. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- 1943 births
- Artists from Toronto
- People from Deventer
- Canadian male painters
- Living people
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 20th-century Canadian painters
- 21st-century Canadian painters
- Abstract painters
- Dutch emigrants to Canada