George Swinton – CCCA Canadian Art Database

George Swinton

George Swinton RCA was a Canadian painter, historian, and one of the earliest writers and collectors of Inuit art. His book Eskimo Sculpture was published in 1965. A second book Sculpture of the Eskimo followed in 1972, a third Sculpture of the Inuit in 1999. In 1935/36, he studied agriculture at the BOKU (nowadays University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences), from 1936 to 1938 Economics and Political Science at the College for World Trade (Hochschule für Welthandel, nowadays Vienna University of Economics and Business). After the "Anschluss" of Austria to the "Third Reich" (March 1938), he emigrated with his family via the United Kingdom to Canada (1939). He served five years with the Canadian Intelligence Corps in the Canadian Army, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1944. He received his B.A. degree in economics and political science from McGill University, Montreal (1946); then studied at the Montreal School of Art and Design (1946–1947) and Art Students League, New York (1949–1950). He was hired as the curator of the Saskatoon Art Centre (1947–1949), then taught at Smith College in Massachusetts (1950–1953) and was an artist-in-residence at Queen's University (1953–1954). From 1954 to 1974, he taught at the School of Art at the University of Manitoba. He first travelled north for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1957. From 1974 to 1981, he taught Canadian Studies at Carleton University, then served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Art History at Carleton University from 1981 to 1985. In watercolours and paintings of landscapes, Swinton revealed his love of the prairie. In 1958, he had an exhibition of his paintings at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

Creator Id: 586
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Austria
Year of Birth: 1917
City: Winnipeg
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist, Writer
Gender: Male
Living Status: Deceased
Mediums: critique, curation, drawing, painting, text-based
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Work by George Swinton

When Oh When (On the Abyss)

Work ID: 79402

Measurements: 55.88 x 55.88 cm

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Date Made: 1946-47

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Dance of Mars

Work ID: 79403

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Date Made: 1948

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Rock Pool #1

Work ID: 79409

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Male Figure Study, seated

Work ID: 79405

Measurements: 45.72 1/6 x 40.64 cm

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Female Figure Study, front

Work ID: 79406

Measurements: 48.26 x 15.24 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Male Figure Study, front

Work ID: 79407

Measurements: 58.42 x 43.18 cm

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Female Figure Study

Work ID: 79404

Measurements: 58.42 1/4 x 22.86 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

One Who Could not Mask Himself

Work ID: 79410

Measurements: 38.1 1/4 x 27.94 1/4 cm

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Date Made: 1949

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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Still Life

Work ID: 79442

Measurements: 99.06 1/4 x 45.72 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Young Man of High Standing, Seated

Work ID: 79408

Measurements: 48.26 7/8 x 33.02 1/4 cm

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Date Made: 1949

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Forest, Rocks, Pool

Work ID: 79412

Measurements: 45.5 x 33 cm

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Date Made: 1950

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Portrait of E.P.

Work ID: 79411

Measurements: 50.8 x 33.02 cm

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Date Made: 1950

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

In the Dark

Work ID: 79413

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Date Made: 1950

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inquisitioners

Work ID: 79415

Measurements: 25.4 1/2 x 38.1 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1952

Materials: etching

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

In the Grass

Work ID: 79414

Measurements: 22.86 1/2 x 33.02 1/4 cm

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Date Made: 1952

Materials: sepia, oil felt pen

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Holy Family

Work ID: 79417

Measurements: 38.1 13/16 x 25.4 3/4 cm

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Date Made: 1953

Materials: chiariscuro woodcut

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Factory Near East Hampton

Work ID: 79416

Measurements: 43.18 x 58.42 cm

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Date Made: 1953

Materials: watercolour

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Budapest String Quartet I

Work ID: 79418

Measurements: 35.56 1/2 x 45.72 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1953

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Budapest String Quartet

Work ID: 79419

Measurements: 33.02 x 43.18 3/4 cm

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Date Made: 1953-1960

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Waterscape

Work ID: 79420

Measurements: 24 x 22 cm

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Date Made: 1954

Materials: gouache on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Sacrificial

Work ID: 79421

Measurements: 50.8 x 45.72 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1956

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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Study for Crucifixion

Work ID: 79422

Measurements: 53.34 1/2 x 45.72 cm

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Date Made: 1957

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Seated Man

Work ID: 79424

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Date Made: 1958

Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Spring Storm at Royal Military College

Work ID: 79423

Measurements: 58.42 3/4 x 73.66 3/4 cm

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Date Made: 1958 & 1995

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Arctic Rocks

Work ID: 79425

Measurements: 48.26 1/8 x 76.2 1/8 cm

Collection: University of Manitoba

Date Made: 1959

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Pelicans

Work ID: 79427

Measurements: 27.94 x 43.18 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1962

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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Qu’Appelle Valley

Work ID: 79426

Measurements: 33.02 x 50.8 cm

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Date Made: 1962

Materials: felt pen

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mysteries of Mountains / The Great Rock Wall

Work ID: 79428

Measurements: 22.86 x 30.48 cm

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Date Made: 1964

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled – Skull

Work ID: 79430

Measurements: 30.48 x 68.58 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1966

Materials: watercolour on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Dreamer

Work ID: 79432

Measurements: 30.48 1/2 x 38.1 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1970

Materials: sepia, ink, watercolour

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Reclining Figure

Work ID: 79431

Measurements: 33.02 1/2 x 76.2 cm

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Date Made: 1970

Materials: watercolour

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Strange Rainbows

Work ID: 79433

Measurements: 48.26 x 63.5 cm

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Date Made: 1985-1987

Materials: watercolour on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Primitive Defence

Work ID: 79434

Measurements: 50.8 x 86.36 cm

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Date Made: 1986-1990

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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inukshuk

Work ID: 79436

Measurements: 30.48 x 45.72 1/2 cm

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Date Made: 1990

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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Siberian Shaman, Luminating

Work ID: 79441

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

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Date Made: 1996

Materials: watercolour & ink on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Victoria Beach, Rocks with Storm Clouds 3

Work ID: 79438

Measurements: 76.2 1/4 x 60.96 cm

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Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Victoria Beach Rocks and Sails #1

Work ID: 79437

Measurements: 60.96 x 76.2 1/4 cm

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Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Georgian Bay Memories

Work ID: 79439

Measurements: 60.96 1/4 x 76.2 1/4 cm

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Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Sunscape

Work ID: 79435

Measurements: 40.64 x 48.26 3/4 cm

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Date Made: c.1990

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

George Swinton

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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Landscape

Work ID: 79429

Measurements: 45 x 42 cm

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Materials: lithograph

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA