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C. S. Band fonds

  • LA.SC017
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1972

Fonds consists of correspondence with art galleries, artists and others regarding the acquisition and lending of artworks, as well as general correspondence with members of the Canadian arts community. Correspondents include André Bieler, B.C. Binning, E.J. Hughes, Jean-Paul Lemieux, Arthur Lismer, J.W.G. MacDonald and Frederick Varley (including a 1951 filmscript on Varley by Allan Wargon). The fonds also comprises two pen or pencil sketches by Arthur Lismer of C.S. Band, photographs of him and his friends, photographs of his collection, and installation shots of his artworks in exhibitions along with several exhibition catalogues. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Photographs Correspondence, galleries Correspondence, artists Correspondence, F.H. Varley Correspondence, general Miscellaneous

Band, Charles Shaw

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