Background
Nasgaard, Roald was born on October 14, 1941 in Denmark. Son of Jens Larsen and Petra (Guldbaek) Nasgaard.
( In the tradition of the distinguished Douglas & McIntyr...)
In the tradition of the distinguished Douglas & McIntyre art program, this lavishly illustrated and superbly printed book is a rich, readable history of abstract painting in Canada. The story begins in the 1920s with the sometimes eccentric but remarkable work, rooted in symbolism and theosophy, of pioneers such as Kathleen Munn, Bertram Brooker and Lawren Harris. Two decades later the Automatistes-Canada's first truly independent avant-garde art movement-burst onto the scene in Montreal. After the Second World War, the urge to abstraction spread across Canada, manifesting itself in significant regional movements. Vancouver painters retained a British flavour, while in Toronto, the Painters Eleven looked south to New York. Montreal's Plasticiens launched their own razor-edged interpretation of the European tradition of geometric abstraction. In the sixties and seventies, the Prairies were influenced by Clement Greenberg's post-painterly abstraction, while Halifax became a hub of conceptual art and concrete painting. The book continues through the eighties and nineties, during which critics largely denounced painting, and concludes in the twenty-first century, with abstract painting alive and well again in the studios of Canada's young artists. A monumental tome containing 200 color reproductions, it mines a rich vein of art history ripe for international discovery.
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Nasgaard, Roald was born on October 14, 1941 in Denmark. Son of Jens Larsen and Petra (Guldbaek) Nasgaard.
Bachelor, University British Columbia, 1965. Master of Arts, University British Columbia, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1973.
Lecturer, assistant professor University Guelph, 1971-1975. Curator contemporary art Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1975-1978, chief curator, 1978-1989, deputy director, chief curator, 1989-1993, senior curator research, 1993. Chair department art Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995—2006, professor art history, since 2006.
Co-organizer programming Institute of Modern and Contemporary Art, Calgary, Canada. Visiting lecturer University Guelph, York University. Visiting lecturer, adjunct professor University Toronto.
Research fellow National Gallery Philadelphia Library. and Archives (summer), 2002.
( In the tradition of the distinguished Douglas & McIntyr...)
Member Toronto Public Art Commission, Gershon Iskowitz Foundation. Member College Art Association, University Art Association Canada.
Married Lori J. Walters (June 15, 2007).