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New York (2 weeks) |
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Mexico by car |
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| 1950 |
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Mexico |
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| 1951 |
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Mexico |
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| 1952 |
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Seville |
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Sailed from Seville to Santa Cruz de |
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Tenerife |
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July |
Tenerife |
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Flew to Casa Blanca, Morocco. |
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Bus to Fez (1 week). |
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Back to Gran Canaria & Tenerife |
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London by ship |
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New York by ship |
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Toronto by train |
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| 1953 |
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Completed McGill mural, Montréal |
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Mexico by car |
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| 1954 |
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Returned to Canada. Received Imperial |
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Oil commission and started the design. Sold 8 Apsley Road in fall. Rented house then appartment while waiting for house to be completed |
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| 1955 |
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Moved into new house. Received |
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Salvation Army mural comission. Almost completed when on December 23rd York had coronary. |
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| 1956 |
July |
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Started putting Imperial Oil mural on wall |
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| 1957 |
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Completed Imperial Oil mural |
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Flew to Paris - drove through Chartre, |
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Tours, down west coast of France, along the Bay of Biscay in Spain to Portugal, along the coast and across to Lisbon, Toledo, Madrid, Barcelona, the Cost Brava , the French Riviera and the Italian Riviera to Rome. Short trip to Switzerland , back to Rome, then Florence, Ravenna and Venice. Met Ernesto Barbini as arranged to be introduced to Venice. |
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Venice |
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Rome |
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Rome |
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Drove to Naples and sailed to Palermo, |
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Siciliy with car on board. Drove around Sicily about three weeks, crossed the Straits of Messina and drove to Rome. Drove through Switzerland and Germany to Brussels. Two weeks at World Fair. Visited Brugges and Knokke. Drove to Paris. |
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Returned to Canada by air. |
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Received commission for O'Keefe mural.Started design for O'Keefe mural. |
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Flew to New York then Puerto Rico. |
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Virgin Islands, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad and Grenada. By yacht the "Harebell" with the Hornes and VanValkenburgs for three weeks at various islands, (Grenadines, Dominica, San Lucia, Guadaloupe etc.,) to Antigua. By air to Puerto Rico then to New York (stormy hurricane flight), then Toronto |
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Started to put O'Keefe mural on wall, |
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assisted by Bob Paterson and Labonte Smith. Dispute with International Brotherhood of Decorators and Paperhangers of America. |
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| 1960 |
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Completed O'Keefe Mural |
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Drove to and stayed in Mexico |
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Canada |
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15th By air to Paris. Hotel Solferino, 191 |
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Rue de Lille, in bed with 'flu over Christmas, owners the Sbindens were very kind. Soon found studio at 12 Blvd. Perriere (rear) Rue Sausure at back - 2-storey pavillon with balcony overlooking studio and a small garden |
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| 1961 |
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Paris - Spring spent a week painting at |
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Honfleur and environs |
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Drove through Switzerland to Milan, Venice, |
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Florence, Rome with the Leonard Brooks - returning by way of Turino and Basel, Switzerland. Blizzards - news in Basel that Mania Bott had died. Back to Paris. Weekends during Paris sojourn, mostly travelling and painting in smaller French towns with Lionel Roy (Canadian Ambassador to UNESCO) |
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| 1962 |
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Weekends painting in small French towns |
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Flew to Vienna, Austria - Istambul, |
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Turkey, (Asia Minor, Bosphorous, Princess Island etc.,) Athens, then by boat a week touring the islands - Crete, Rhodes, Delos, Patmos, Mykonos etc. A week's archealogical tour by bus - Corinth, Sparta and Olympia most of the Pelopeneses, Ydra etc. |
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| 1963 |
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Paris - Touring, painting weekends |
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Feb |
Madrid by air (stayed with the Max |
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Stewarts- snow and slush) then to Tangiers, Morocco, Casablanca, by bus to Marrakesh (Stewarts and Dorothy Osborne joined us). Flew to Agadir, Mogador, Safi, Mazagan, Rabat, Fez. York painting all the time. |
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Return to Paris |
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Aug |
Drove to Brugges, Knokke, Brussels, |
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Antwerp then to Holland. Otterlo (Van Gogh Museum), Zyder Zee, Amsterdam, Haarlem (Franz Hall and Cheese), Leiden, Den Hague and Rotterdam |
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London by air for R.C.A. exhibition at the |
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Commonwealth Centre opened by Queen Elisabeth II and Jawaharlal Nehru. Presented to both. |
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Paris - Musée Galliéra Exhibition |
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Moved to Rue de la Cité Universitaire |
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| 1964 |
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Invitation to exhibit with Salon |
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"Confrontation", in Dijon. To Dijon with Lionel Roy. André Malraux bought York's largest work for the Musée de Dijon. |
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Mar |
Return to Canada by air |
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| 1965 |
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Bought New York studio, 215 Bowery. |
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Mar |
First of four retrospective exhibitions at |
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Sarnia Art Gallery |
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Apr |
Completed Port Arthur Mural and installed |
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Third Retrospective exhibition at the |
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Roberts Gallery, Toronto |
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July |
Completed and installed Bell Telephone |
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mosaics. Completed small, moveable mural for Dow Corning with their silicone caulking materials and dry colour pigments |
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Sept |
Los Angeles - Virginia had an exhibition |
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at the Mission Gallery, L.A. in October |
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Oct |
5th to Honolulu by air |
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9th to Japan - Tokyo,Nara, Kyoto |
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Fuji Hakone, Osaka |
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27th to Taiwan |
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To Hong Kong - stayed 3 months with |
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Graeme Wilson, poet and translator of the Hagiwara poetry |
| 1966 |
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30th Left Hong Kong for North Borneo |
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(now Sabah) capital Jessleton with Graeme Wilson. Met Rex (British Information Officer) and Mavis Hunt . then to Kuching. Hunt arranged for a trip by jeep to a Land Dyak village in the jungle. |
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Feb |
6th to Singapore. First to Orchard Hotel, |
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then Goodwood Hotel arranged by Ling Ling (Eunice) Liau. Met her Malaysian student friends who took us everywhere. Crossed into Malaysia for dinner etc. |
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12th Djakarta, Indonesia |
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13th Bali, capital Dempassar |
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15th Djakarta |
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16th Singapore |
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17th Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Met Graeme |
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Wilson and toured with French ex-owner of our hotel |
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19th Siem Reap. Toured Ankhor Wat with |
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Graeme by motorized pedicabs and visited distant ruin by jeep |
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21st Return to Phnom Penh and on to |
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Bankok, Thailand. Stayed with British military attaché, John Turner |
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Mar |
3rd To Penang. Met by Robert Cheah whose |
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father was medical doctor. Robert toured us around and in the evening assisted with his birthday celebrations, meeting many more young Malaysians. First met Robert through Ling Ling in Singapore, he was on vacation from his studies at the University of Melbourne. |
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5th to Kuala Lumpur - toured by the Henry |
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Richardsons |
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8th to Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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11th Madras |
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13th Mahabalipuram |
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14th Bombay |
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16th Aurangabad and Ellora Caves |
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17th Ajanta Caves |
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18th Bombay |
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20th Jaipur |
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21st New Delhi (stayed with Samples in British compound) |
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25th By car to Taj Mahal, Agra, Fort Agra, Fatepur Sikri |
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26th Gwalior & Khajuraho |
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27th Varanasi or Benares |
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28th Overnight at Khanjour. Lela sick - finally permitted to stay in Government guest house if out by 6 a.m. Room being held for early arrival of a general - no bedding or linens supplied |
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29th New Delhi |
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Apr |
4th Srinagar, Kashmir - Lived on houseboat |
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9th Back to New Delhi |
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15th To Kabul, Afghanistan |
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17th Tehran, Iran. Met Doug Tushingham who was catologuing the Crown Jewels |
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t19th to Isfahan, Shiraz and Persepolis |
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20th Back to Shiraz and Isfahan |
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22nd Tehran |
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23rd Baghdad |
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24th Side trip to Babylon - Arch of Tesifon |
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26th To Cairo - Saw John Lawrey, Australian ambassador, visited pyramids |
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May |
2nd To Luxor |
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5th To Beirut, with Soses, visited Baalbek |
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7th with Soses by car to Damascus, Syria |
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9th to Amman, Jordan - by car past Dead Sea (York had swim with Soses) and Jericho to Old Jerusalem |
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12th on foot through Mandelbaum Gate to New Jerusalem, then by car to Tel Aviv,. Ayala Zacks came immediately to the hotel. |
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14th With Ayala to Ein Hook to see Art Village and the Marcel Yankos again |
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15th at Tiberias. Coffee on Sea of Galilee, on to Hazor Kibutz and Hazor Museum (built by Zacks) - excavation for the contents payed by the Rothchilds |
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18th to Nicosia, Cyprus. Stayed with Wainman-Woods who toured us everywhere. |
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27th to Athens |
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30th by boat to Santorini (ancient name Thira), arriving May 31st |
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June |
8th - to Ios |
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10th Past Naxos to Syros |
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11th to Tinos |
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14th to Mykanos and on to Athens |
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17th to Corfu (ancient name Kerkyra) |
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27th back to Athens |
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28th to Rome |
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July |
2nd to Paris - rented Luc Peire's studio for 3 months |
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(where 2 dreams which started Geometric period occurred). Produced 2 tapestries and 2 prints in Geometric style together with many plans for paintings |
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Sept |
27th Arrive in Toronto |
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Nov |
Exhibition Roberts Gallery |
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| 1967 |
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Mar |
Exhibition Galerie Agnes Lefort |
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Oct |
Retrospective, Arts & Letters Club |
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Nov |
To Mexico |
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| 1968 |
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April |
Return from Mexico by way of |
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Jacksonville, Florida and New York. 4-man exhibition at Museum London Arbuckle, Franck, Confort and Wilson |
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Sept |
4-man Exhibition at Roberts Gallery |
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Casson, Franck, Ogilvie and Wilson |
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Nov |
Exhibition, Rose Fried Gallery, N.Y. |
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Dec |
To Mexico |
| 1969 |
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Mar |
Return to Toronto by air |
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Exhibition, Roberts Gallery |
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Sept |
Designed mosaic mural for Carleton |
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University, Ottawa. Designed mural for Central Hospital, Toronto |
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Sept |
Mexico by air |
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Nov |
One-man exhibition , Palacio de |
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Bellas Artes, International Salon, Mexico City. Atotonilco acquired by museum (I.M.B.A) |
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Dec |
by car to Acapulco, Zilmatonejo, Taxco |
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| 1970 |
Jan |
Feb |
One-man exhibition at Centro Cultural de |
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Ignacio Ramirez (Bellas Artes) San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico |
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Mar |
After visiting the Chas. Hutchings in |
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Houston, Texas and the Quackenbosses in Memphis |
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Apr |
Installed Carleton University mosaic |
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mural "For Peace" 55 feet x 4 feet in Ottawa. Opening and unveiling ceremonies with Buckmaster Fuller |
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May |
Installed Central Hospital painted acrylic |
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mural 10'9" x 12', Toronto |
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Oct |
Exhibition , Roberts Gallery, Toronto |
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Dec |
To Mexico with Samples |
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| 1971 |
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Jan |
Return from Mexico |
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Mar |
Resigned O.S.A. |
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May |
To England. Stayed with Samples in |
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John and Pat Casson's house, 15 Lawrence St., Chelsea, London SW3 5NE. |
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To Paris for 1 week in Luk Peire's studio |
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June |
Return to Canada via Niagra Falls, NY |
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Nov |
Exhibiton - Wallack Gallery, Ottawa |
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Ettore Mazzoleni Memorial Collection, |
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Royal Conservatory of Music |
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| 1972 |
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Oct |
Exhibition, Roberts Gallery |
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| 1973 |
Feb |
Mar |
To Mexico - purchased Pila Seca #35 |
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July |
Sept |
Mexico - took possessoin of Pila Seca #35 |
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Nov |
Exhibition, Wallack Gallery |
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Dec |
Return to Mexico |
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| 1974 |
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April |
Toronto |
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Sept |
Retrospective, Sarnia A.G. |
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Oct |
Retrospective, Rothmans A.G. Stratford |
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Oct |
Exhibition , Roberts Gallery |
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To Mexico |
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Dec |
Retrospective, Robert McLaughlin A.G. |
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| 1975 |
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May |
Toronto |
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Nov |
Exhibition, Wallack Gallery, Ottawa |
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To Mexico |
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| 1976 |
May |
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Toronto |
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Exhibiton, Roberts Gallery |
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