Firestone Art Collection * Ontario Heritage * Canadian Group of Seven * Signed

Description: Note: Signed by O J (Jack) Firestone The Firestone Collection of Canadian Art is a collection of over 1600 works of twentieth-century Canadian art amassed by Ottawa residents O.J. and Isobel Firestone beginning in the 1950s. Appears unread -- spine not creased Firestone Art CollectionOntario Heritage Foundation 1978 1stVery Good Softcover 8x10 Cover is clean with edge wearGold printing on cover and spine is bright167 clean, unmarked pagesIncludes over 1200 works extensively indexed and illustrated Group of SevenFrench Canadian Artists This very rare signed volume is recently out of a local estateThere was no evidence of smoking or pets in the home Free Shipping -- Media Mail with Tracking Otto Jack Firestone immigrated to Canada from Austria in 1938, moving to Ottawa to work as an economist for the Federal Government after completing his master's degree in the subject. In the following years Firestone and his wife, concert pianist Isobel Torontow, visited artists' studios and began collecting their art. Including paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture from across Canada, the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art contains a variety of mediums and styles. Of the 1600 artworks in the Collection 1059 are works on paper, including charcoal and graphite sketches, watercolor and acrylic washes as well as collage. According to Firestone, there were two main groups in the Canadian art scene represented in his art collection: the Group of Seven and French Canadian artists. For some artists in the Collection, the Firestones acquired a piece from every year of their artistic career or from key years. The Firestone Collection of Canadian Art represents art collected from the 1950s, through until 1985.

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Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

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