Ontario North & Community Exhibition Space Reception

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The Fredrick Hagan Gift: Ontario Northworks 1941-1953

Frederick Hagan (1918-2003) was a Canadian painter, printmaker, and educator. Born in Toronto, he attended Central Technical School, following which he found employment in wood fabrication while attending night courses at the Ontario College of Art.

As was the case with many artists at the time, Hagan was affected by the vision of the Group of Seven. The North became Frederick Hagan’s anchor in life, and often the work accomplished there became the source material for his paintings and prints. The North attracted him. It was less predictable and it emanated a strength that he admired and embraced. This exhibition focuses on 37 lithograph prints produced by Hagan in northern Ontario during the years of World War II and immediately following. They show an incredibly responsive artist who is always looking and attentive, finding new sights and textures, and expressing himself in a diverse range of styles and methods.

They were acquired for the Art Gallery of Sudbury permanent collection in 1989. The GPAG collection also includes a large number of Hagan’s prints, drawings and some of these will be included in the exhibition.

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Also featuring the celebratory reception for the two exhibitions in our Community Exhibition Space; photography by John Pingree, and photography by Mitchell Brown titled "Inside Me - A Stranger Amongst A Mess".

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Grimsby Public Art Gallery

The Gallery was established in 1975, as a non-profit organization which operates for the benefit and enrichment of the public. Our immediate audience is the Town of Grimsby and surrounding centres in the Region of Niagara.