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Painterly skills

Painterly skills

Date5/21/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Painterly skills: John Abrams demonstrates great technique in his show at Garnet Press. but still seems to be searching for something to say with his art; suggests critic Christopher Hume.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0103642F
Image shows a man demonstrating his skills as a soapstone sculptor. 
Recent hot weather Metro has enjoyed hasn't been enjoyed by Simeonie Eliasiapik demonstrating his skills as an Inuit soapstone sculptor
19 May 1977
From pick and shovel to art. Gio Batta Garlatti employes his skills as a sculptor and cabinet maker to restore and reproduce antiques. The 40-year-old(...)
From pick and shovel to art. Gio Batta Garlatti employes his skills as a sculptor and cabinet maker to restore and reproduce antiques. The 40-year-old(...)
3/12/1976
Chang FHUI-CHI demonstrates his skill
Chang FHUI-CHI demonstrates his skill
5/6/1946
Art form: Sharon Lee gets inspiration for her handpainted needlepoint canvases from Oriental design, combining her painting skill with her lifelong love of Oriental art
Art form: Sharon Lee gets inspiration for her handpainted needlepoint canvases from Oriental design, combining her painting skill with her lifelong love of Oriental art
12/5/1980
Practical Skills: George Brown College students learn skills such as sheet metal working (above), baking (for the college's 20th anniversary in 1988) and denture therapy
Practical Skills: George Brown College students learn skills such as sheet metal working (above), baking (for the college's 20th anniversary in 1988) and denture therapy
4/22/1987
Learning a pioneer skill, Cooking over an open fire is one of the pioneer day skills demonstrated at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Watched by chef Barb(...)
Learning a pioneer skill, Cooking over an open fire is one of the pioneer day skills demonstrated at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Watched by chef Barb(...)
8/26/1976
Yonge St. Margaret Dragu, above, says no one profits from this Yonge St. purge'
Yonge St. Margaret Dragu, above, says no one profits from this Yonge St. purge'
6/17/1978
Performance artist Margaret Dragu and partner Jim Munro have left their B
Performance artist Margaret Dragu and partner Jim Munro have left their B
10/11/1992
Rolling a log the wet way. Five champion loggers from British Columbia on a tour of Ontario, gave a demonstration of their skills yesterday at Ontario(...)
Rolling a log the wet way. Five champion loggers from British Columbia on a tour of Ontario, gave a demonstration of their skills yesterday at Ontario(...)
6/8/1973
The die is cast: Casino-game buff Larry Goldberg, who has honed his gambling skills in Las Vegas and Nassau, is passing on tips to novices in a course at Centennial College
The die is cast: Casino-game buff Larry Goldberg, who has honed his gambling skills in Las Vegas and Nassau, is passing on tips to novices in a course at Centennial College
2/17/1982
Craftsman at work: Luigi D'Andrea, 67, works on a piece of wrought iron in his workshop in a laneway at Ossington Ave. and Bloor St. D'Andrea, who brought his skills from Italy, has been plying his trade in Toronto since 1949, but now demand for hand-made
Craftsman at work: Luigi D'Andrea, 67, works on a piece of wrought iron in his workshop in a laneway at Ossington Ave. and Bloor St. D'Andrea, who brought his skills from Italy, has been plying his trade in Toronto since 1949, but now demand for hand-made
6/15/1987
Learning life-saving skills. Instructor Nelson Allison watches John Eisenstat of Toronto practise on a dummy during a course on CPR. St. John Ambulanc(...)
Learning life-saving skills. Instructor Nelson Allison watches John Eisenstat of Toronto practise on a dummy during a course on CPR. St. John Ambulanc(...)
8/8/1988