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the HERALD Page Arts and Ideas Wednesday October 1991 Milne exhibition a must for art lovers ByJOHNSOMMER A large retrospective exhibi tion of David Milnes oil and paintings as well as his has been assembl ed at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg The exhibition will be on view to December l and it is such a superb homage to the artist that no art lover should miss it Milne was a contemporary of the famous Group of Seven ar tists but he was far more aware of international trends in art than these chroniclers of the Canadian North He absorbed these trends of his time and fashioned his own unique style and perception from them The point can be made that Milne is the first modern artist in Canadian art history David Milne was born in On tario in and he left for New York in 1903 with the intention of becoming a commercial designer New York and the many new art movements he was confronted with changed his mind however He decided to become a painter instead After a period of study at the Art Students League he started to paint the life of the city around him He had trained himself in relation to artists like Cezanne Matisse and the American painter Maurice Prendergast and fairly quickly his paintings were recognized as the works of a daring and innovative modern ar tist Ideas and The Arts by John Summer His paintings were selected for inclusion into the Armory Show in New York the major ex hibition of the European and American avantgarde that Artisans plan stained glass course The Credit Valley Artisans are offering a course in the lead came method of stained glass on Mon day evenings starting November Georgetown resident Susan Ken- will be the instructor Susan has worked with stained glass for over eight years and is a member of the Stained Glass Crafters guild of the Credit Valley Ar tisans Students will create a design and learn how to use lead came to piece the glass together Tools and techniques specific to lead came will be demonstrated in cluding choice of lead came widening and narrowing chan nels and stretching the came This is an intermediate course in stained glass designed for those with Knowledge of cutting and grinding glass and soldering This is an excellent followup course for those who have taken a beginners stained glass course The course will be held at Cedar- vale Cottage Park Georgetown For further information con tact Frank Anthony Registrar at between pm and m Deadline for registration in this course is Monday Oct 1991 Caligraphy Art Susan Nelson middle demonstrates proper course on caligraphy writing Herald Photo techniques of Caligraphy writing to Alicia left and Sue Kelly Saturday during the Credit Valley REVERSE MORTGAGES Available At I MONEY CONCEPTS IHUNauruMMccinic Paper Factory 4th Annual Georgetown High School Saturday October Sunday October 27 1000 AM 400 PM Adults 200 Kids FREE Over 1 1 0 Vendors and Displays Raffles and Refreshments Christmas is coming soon Ail proceeds to support student projects caused a storm of protest and to a lesser degree converted many to the tenets of modem art Unfortunately critical success did not lead to sales and Milne struggled for many years with what amounted to poverty He left New York in order to live cheaper in Boston Corners in upstate New York and he enlisted in the Canadian Army in to become a war artist in England and France After the war he returned to Boston Cor ners His style developed towards graphic concentration and minimalism but these austere works had to wait a long time before they attracted buyers in spite of a sale to the National Gallery in Ottawa in 1924 In 1929 Milne returned to Canada and settled in Palgrave Ontario There he painted one of his bestknown works the justly famous Painting Place HI In the Milne finally found wealthy patrons such as the Toronto art dealer Douglas Dun can and the family His first marriage broke up and he remarried He moved to Toronto and later to Uxbridge and later still to Lake where he died of a stroke in will enable Library users and theatre goes to return to a wonderful selection of art works by mostly regional artists again and again To enjoy a work of art two creators are needed The first is the artist who makes the art work and the second the viewer whrf responds to it Ten Years is bursting with creations that de mand the viewers participation Verna Linneys The ElementsEarth for instance is one of the most symbolic works I have seen for some time Vallery Awakenings is a clarion tall to action Far Western Shore by James Collis is invigorating in its gestural cer tainty Charlotte Light Intersect is a timely ex pression of religious fervour and a formal exercise of great preci sion There is more much more Go and see Here in Georgetown we have a glorious exhibition right now at the Gallery of the Halton Hills Cultural Centre The exhibition that has the title Ten Years to Remember will also be on view to December of this year which John one of the best botanical artists in Canada to day is having an exhibition of his latest paintings at Gallery House Sol in Georgetown to November 7 At the same time selected small and medium sized bronzes by Canadian sculptors are on exhibit at House Sol All of them were cast by Art- cast Inc the wellknown art foundry on Armstrong Avenue There are also by Heather Drenters wife of the sculptor Andreas in this exhibition as well as pain tings by Frank C Black and Harold J Newman POPPY FUND OCTOBER 3091 Poppy Campaign Donations 1990 1411432 Expenses Veterans Welfare and Donations 483290 Wreaths and Poppies 1140091 1623381 Deducted from Trust Fund 21 1949 Marion Carney Poppy Chairman Bob Branch President GEORGETOWN LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS sCeeL magnolias DIRECTOR Ron Hill PRODUCER Joyce Holland COPRODUCER Margie frUsat 6 JOHN ELLIOTT THEATRE CHURCH ST GEORGETOWN POX office