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Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000
Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000

Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000

Date2/25/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0065006F
Wildlife artist: Retired Metro policeman Jim Majury, 56, of Scarborough, displays one of the paintings that has made him a renowned wildlife artist
Wildlife artist: Retired Metro policeman Jim Majury, 56, of Scarborough, displays one of the paintings that has made him a renowned wildlife artist
5/14/1986
Don Soloman and his 40-by-90-inch acrylic-on-canvas work Slow Roll, part of an exhibition of eight of the American-born artist's 'organic' paintings o(...)
Don Soloman and his 40-by-90-inch acrylic-on-canvas work Slow Roll, part of an exhibition of eight of the American-born artist's 'organic' paintings o(...)
1/29/1982
That's the guy! Jim Majury, 54, is retiring after 33 years with the Metro police force, where he gained fame by making sketches of suspects from descriptions given by witnesses
That's the guy! Jim Majury, 54, is retiring after 33 years with the Metro police force, where he gained fame by making sketches of suspects from descriptions given by witnesses
1/10/1989
Process of elimination: Police inspector Jim Majury, who has been making composite drawings of suspects for 23 years, starts by showing witnesses photographs illustrating different facial shapes
Process of elimination: Police inspector Jim Majury, who has been making composite drawings of suspects for 23 years, starts by showing witnesses photographs illustrating different facial shapes
2/17/1983
Jim Majury: Metro police inspector with his drawing of the suspect in a brutal rape in High Park
Jim Majury: Metro police inspector with his drawing of the suspect in a brutal rape in High Park
8/19/1982
George Minarsky: Circle Gallery director says buyers of the gallery's art jewelry pieces may already posses paintings or sculptures by the artists that they buy
George Minarsky: Circle Gallery director says buyers of the gallery's art jewelry pieces may already posses paintings or sculptures by the artists that they buy
1/9/1989
Eugenio Tellez: Chilean expatriate artist's paintings, on exhibit at Lake Galleries, communicate a sense of collapse and show an unmistakable nostalgia for the void
Eugenio Tellez: Chilean expatriate artist's paintings, on exhibit at Lake Galleries, communicate a sense of collapse and show an unmistakable nostalgia for the void
4/13/1992
Toronto artist Joan Hamilton-Smith has been known for her portraits and her paintings of old houses, but now she is taking birds and animals as her su(...)
Toronto artist Joan Hamilton-Smith has been known for her portraits and her paintings of old houses, but now she is taking birds and animals as her su(...)
2/25/1976
Colville brushes up. Artist Alex Colville is brushing up his paintings, preparing for the First Major Retrospective of his work, at The Art Gallery of(...)
Colville brushes up. Artist Alex Colville is brushing up his paintings, preparing for the First Major Retrospective of his work, at The Art Gallery of(...)
7/11/1983
A Newfoundland lobster fisherman at work is just one of the paintings of artist William Kurelek on display at the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St
A Newfoundland lobster fisherman at work is just one of the paintings of artist William Kurelek on display at the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St
11/13/1974
In the lurch, Backers pulled out on 72-year-old producer-director, forcing him to sell two Matisse paintings and his house in the south of France
In the lurch, Backers pulled out on 72-year-old producer-director, forcing him to sell two Matisse paintings and his house in the south of France
1/6/1972
Toronto painter Louis de Niverville sits in front of recent paintings, on the left, Ex Cathedra 2, a collage showing a whimsical cardinal in front of (...)
Toronto painter Louis de Niverville sits in front of recent paintings, on the left, Ex Cathedra 2, a collage showing a whimsical cardinal in front of (...)
3/7/1985