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Artists With Their Work Program. Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, Woodroffe Campus, Ottawa, 6-27 Feb 1973; McMaster U. Art Gallery, Hmilton, 4-25 Mar 1974; University of Toronto, Erindale College, Jan/Feb 1975; Algonquin College, Ottawa, 6-19 Feb 1975; St. Lawrence College Art Gallery, Kingston, 26-27 Mar 1975; Ottawa and Region Survey exhibition, Ottawa, 15 May - 28 Jun 1975; AWTW Meeting, Toronto, 4 Jun 1975; St. Lawrence College Art Gallery, Jan 1976; Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, 17-18 Oct 1978; Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, 29 Apr - 17 May 1981; Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, 8 - 31 Jan 1982.

Originator: The Montreal Museum of Fine Art.

Curator: Christine Boyanoski.

Originator: The Edmonton Art Gallery. Curator: R. Naasgard.

Jack (John Richard) Chambers, artist and experimental filmmaker, was born in London, Ontario in 1931. He studied at the Escuela Central de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1957 to 1959. In Spain he met Olga Sanchez Bustos, whom he married in Canada in 1963. They made their home in London and had two children, John (b. 1964) and Diego (b.1965). Chambers’ style of painting and drawing in the 1960s was characterized by a dreamlike quality. Toward the end of that decade, his work became intensely focused on the depiction of reality, often relating closely to source photographs, most of which were taken by the artist himself. Between 1964 and 1970 Chambers also directed eight films. The subjects of his work were often domestic or regional, focusing on his experience in London. In 1967, Chambers founded Canadian Artists’ Representation to try to establish fee scales for reproduction rights and rental fees for works in public exhibitions, and served as president from 1967 to 1975. In 1969 Chambers published his essay “Perceptual Realism”, and that same year, was diagnosed with leukemia. From 1971 to 1977 he worked on “Red and Green,” a study of art and perception (unpublished). Chambers died in London in 1978. His work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and numerous other Canadian galleries.

Frederick Sproston Challener, painter, was born in Whetstone, England in 1869 and came to Canada in 1870. He studied at the Ontario School of Art, was first exhibited in 1900 at the Royal Canadian Academy and subsequently worked as a newspaper artist. After a tour of Europe and the Middle East in 1898-99, he began working as a muralist and participated in the decoration of the recently completed Toronto City Hall. At the end of the First World War, Challener worked as a painter for the Canadian War Records Department. He made his career chiefly by creating murals for passenger boats, restaurants, hotels—such as Fort Rouillé in the King Edward Hotel,Toronto—office buildings and theatres, including the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. He also produced easel paintings, watercolours and drawings in a realistic, romantic style. From 1927-1952 he taught at the Ontario College of Art, during which period he made notes and assembled material on Canadian artists. He died in Toronto in 1959. Challener was a member of numerous arts organizations including the Toronto Art Students’ League, Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy, Society of Mural Decorators of Toronto and the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto (founding member, 1908). His work is in the National Gallery of Canada, the Civic Art Gallery, Winnipeg, the Art Gallery of Ontario and numerous public buildings.

Exhibition held at AGO Jan. 18-March 2, 1975.