File contains a manuscript essay by Arthur Lismer entitled "The appreciation of pictures"; typescript or carbon copies of "Letters to African teachers of Bechuanaland," and "Suggestions for a proposed syllabus for the teaching of art in [South African] native schools"; and a mimeograph copy of five chapters of "The teaching of art in normal primary & secondary schools [in the Transvaal]."
Synopsis of "Canadian art for the young"
Item is a notebook containing a manuscript synopsis, illustrated with small pen sketches, of a projected book by Lismer entitled "Canadian art for the young," intended for use by teachers in public schools.
Lismer retrospective (1950) exhibition records
File contains correspondence to Lismer in Montreal from Sydney Key, curator at the Art Gallery of Toronto regarding the exhibition Arthur Lismer: Paintings 1913-1949 at the gallery in January-February 1950, with a manuscript letter to Sydney Key in Lismer’s hand (not sent); lists of paintings and a diagram of an installation; with an annotated proof of the catalogue for the exhibition. Some leaves have pen or pencil sketches.
T. Eaton Co. Fine Art Galleries correspondence
File contains correspondence to Lismer from R.S. van Valkenburg of the Fine Arts Galleries of the T. Eaton Company in Toronto regarding an exhibition of Lismer’s paintings on consignment to the gallery from January to July of 1946, along with borrowed works not for sale; with shipping documents and an exhibition list. Some leaves have pen sketches on verso.
British art schools exhibition correspondence
File contains correspondence between Lismer, art consultant Robert Martin (London, England) and representatives of art schools and institutions in Canada regarding a proposed travelling exhibition of artworks by students in art schools in Britain in 1922.
Series comprises lists of Arthur Lismer’s paintings exhibited in commercial galleries in Canada in the 1930s to 1950s, and the Art Gallery of Toronto Lismer retrospective of 1950; with correspondence regarding a planned exhibition of the work of British art students in 1922, a show of Lismer’s paintings in the Eaton’s department store in Toronto in 1946, and the 1950 Lismer retrospective.
Lismer, Arthur
Series comprises Arthur Lismer’s correspondence, chiefly between the 1920s to 1950s, with officials at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa); the Children’s Art Centre at the Art Gallery of Toronto; Charles S. Band, president of the Art Gallery of Toronto; with miscellaneous active (unsent) and passive correspondence; and typed transcripts of some handwritten letters.
Lismer, Arthur
Charles S. Band correspondence
File contains correspondence to Lismer in South Africa, New York and Montreal from then-president of the Art Gallery of Toronto Charles Shaw Band in Toronto, between 1936 and 1949, commenting on events and committee affairs at the Gallery. The file also includes correspondence (1949–1950) from Harry Southam regarding Lismer’s canvas Sombre Isle.
Band, Charles Shaw
Children’s Art Centre correspondence
File contains manuscript correspondence from Lismer to the staff of the Children’s Art Centre at the Art Gallery of Toronto discussing his sentiments about art education; letters were written from Columbia University in New York (1938–1939), and afterwards from Ottawa. Includes typed transcripts.
Miscellaneous active correspondence
File contains manuscript correspondence of Lismer to Eric Brown, officials at the Ontario College of Art, and others, largely unfinished and unsent, on art education and other subjects.