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Greg Curnoe

 
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(b London, Ont., 19 Nov 1936; d Nov 1992). Canadian painter and printmaker. He attended the Doon School of Art, Kitchener, Ontario, from June to October 1956, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto (1957-60). He then returned to London, establishing a studio and joining with a number of other young artists living in the city to form a small but vital community: he founded a magazine, Region (nine issues, 1961-9), and with six other artists ran an artists' gallery, also called Region, from November 1962 to the end of 1963. His works of this period, sometimes linked to Pop art in their style and contemporary references, were often intimate in their subject-matter and unconventional in technique, as is the case with On the Bed (oil and stamp pad on hardboard, 1963; Vancouver, U. BC, Students' Un.).

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Greg Curnoe (1936–1992) was a Canadian painter known for his concentration on subjects associated with regionalism and London, Ontario. He became known for work similar to the pop art genre, which continued to parallel his later work.

Curnoe was a founding member of the Nihilist Spasm Band. In London, Ontario he founded Region magazine in 1961, Region Gallery in 1962, and co-founded the Forest City Gallery, an artist-run centre in 1973. He co-founded CARFAC with Jack Chambers in 1968.

Curnoe was an avid cyclist, and bicycles were a frequent subject of his work. While on a club ride in 1992, a distracted driver of a pickup truck failed to see the group of riders and plowed into them. Curnoe was killed and several others were seriously injured.


 
 
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