The Art of Aleen Aked

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada: Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1989. Soft cover. Fine. Aleen Aked. The Art of Aleen Aked Murray, Joan Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1989. First Edition. Near fine The catalogue for an exhibition of the late artist's work at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, 20 July - 3 September 1989. Includes the essay "Aleen Aked: An Autobiography in Art" by then gallery director Joan Murray, one of Canada's most widely published art historians. Stapled wrappers. 24p. incl. 6 colour and 7 b/w plates + b/w photos. List of Works, Bibliography. A landscape and portrait painter, Aked studied at the Ontario College of Art in the 1920s with some of Canada's best known painters, including A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald and J.W. Beatty. The Art of Aleen Aked Murray, Joan Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1989 Trade Paper. First Edition. Near fine The catalogue for an exhibition of the late artist's work at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, 20 July - 3 September 1989. Includes the essay "Aleen Aked: An Autobiography in Art" by then gallery director Joan Murray, one of Canada's most widely published art historians. Stapled wrappers. 24p. incl. 6 colour and 7 b/w plates + b/w photos. List of Works, Bibliography. A landscape and portrait painter, Aked studied at the Ontario College of Art in the 1920s with some of Canada's best known painters, including A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald and J.W. Beatty. Aleen Aked was born in England in 1907 and immigrated to Canada in 1910. From 1929 to 1944, winters were spent in Sarasota, Florida. Honorary Member of the Ladies golf Club of Toronto from 1927, she was the junior girl¿s champion in 1917,and the club champion from 1933-36. She also studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, in the winter of 1935. In 1936 she studied privately in Sarasota with the acclaimed American artist, Abbott Graves. From 1932-1939 she was a member of the Sarasota Art Association, and was president in 1942. She also was a member of the Southern States Art League and the Florida Federated Art program. In 1935 she won a prize for the best landscape painting at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, and won another prize there for the most popular oil painting in 1938. She also exhibited at the Allied Artists of America and the Royal Canadian Academy. In 1940, Aked had a solo exhibition at the New York City Public Library and the Sarasota Art Association. During World War II, Aked took a hiatus from painting to contribute to the war effort, sending over 5,000 packages to the allied troops. From 1946 there was a continuing solo exhibition at the Ladies Golf Club of Toronto. Aleen Aked died in 2003, leaving a legacy of a beautiful impressionist rendering of the Florida landscape and its people.