{"id":321,"date":"2018-01-26T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2021-01-21T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:31:01","slug":"anthony-thorn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/archer-library\/anthony-thorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Thorn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(1927-2014)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Located in the student study area, Dr. Archer Library 5th floor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9 the Anthony Thorn Estate. Reproduced with the permission of Lyn Goldman. Photograph by the University of Regina.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

(l-r)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untitled (City with Trees)<\/em>, 1960<\/strong>
Oil on board<\/strong>
19 1\/2″ x 23 1\/2″<\/strong>
University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.71<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Lu\u00edsa y Fallas<\/em>, 1956<\/strong>
Oil on canvas<\/strong>
31″ x 24 1\/2″<\/strong>
University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.98<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Richardson, Paris<\/em>, 1953<\/strong>
Oil on canvas<\/strong>
40 1\/2″ x 21″<\/strong>
University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.70<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Thorn\u2019s practice was marked with a longstanding curiosity and desire to master the fine and decorative arts. In addition to a BA from the University of Saskatchewan and graduate studies at the University of Chicago, he trained with many international artists throughout his life. He originally studied under the Regina Five<\/a> member, Kenneth Lochhead, and was instructed in oil painting in Canada, stained glass and drawing in Paris, metal-smithing in Greece, mural work in Mexico, and watercolour and sumi-e <\/i>(ink wash) painting in Japan. \u201cThey\u2019re all languages that you teach your hands\u201d, Thorn observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anthony Thorn in his studio, date unknown.
University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Anthony Thorn Fonds, 2003-6, Box 2, File 24, Anthony Thorn (John Reeves, Toronto, photo, 1965). Reproduced with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Evidence of his travels and their inspiration on his subject matter and technique can be seen in these paintings. C. Richardson, Paris <\/i>(1953) was painted during his term at the Centre d\u2019 Art Sacre in Paris, where he was studying stained glass design. Writing to his mother the previous year, Thorn stated \u201cMy work has a new vigor and a vivacity of brushwork and knife strokes and colour is gradually breaking up all my old\u2026 placid aspects\u201d. Mar<\/i>ia<\/i> Lu<\/i>\u00ed<\/i>sa y Fallas <\/i>(1956) was produced during an apprenticeship in Mexico under the master muralist Jos\u00e9 David Alfaro Siqu\u00e9iros, and may have appeared in a one-man exhibition in Mexico City of the same year. Gold leaf, featured here on the frame and named in the inscription, is often present in Thorn\u2019s work, appearing in the religious and spiritual pieces he returned to later in life. Preferring cityscapes over oft-painted prairie landscapes, Thorn stated that \u201cpure abstraction is a dead-end\u201d, in contrast to the belief of many of his contemporaries. Untitled (City with Trees) <\/i>(1960) reflects the dynamism of the city, and a subtle influence of stained glass design is suggested in the black outlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Artist
Anthony Thorn painting in his studio, date unknown.
University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Anthony Thorn Fonds, 2003-6, Box 2, File 24, Anthony Thorn (John Reeves, Toronto, photo, 1965). Reproduced with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(1927-2014) Located in the student study area, Dr. Archer Library 5th floor (l-r) Untitled (City with Trees), 1960Oil on board19 1\/2″ x 23 1\/2″University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.71 Maria Lu\u00edsa y Fallas, 1956Oil on canvas31″ x 24 1\/2″University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.98 C. Richardson, Paris, 1953Oil on canvas40 1\/2″ x 21″University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Shumiatcher donation…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-painting","category-prairies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1576,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions\/1576"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}