| Paul YGARTUA
(Peintre) |
| Editions ART SHOPPING PARIS OCTOBRE 2023, |
 Paul Ygartua is a popular Canadian painter, muralist, and draftsman who was born in Bebington, England (a suburb of Liverpool) in 1945 and has lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1966. He also has bases in France and Spain which he visits annually. He has created some of the most recognizable images in Canada and some of the largest murals in the world. His works have been exhibited on every continent except Antarctica, in locations from the Vancouver Art Gallery; to the Grand Palais, Paris, France; to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Thousands of his paintings are in private, corporate, and museum collections. (1)
His primary mediums are acrylics on canvas and fresco, although he has also worked in oil, graphite, pen and ink, pastel, poster, lithograph, and mixed mediums. His subjects include landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, figures, portraits, still life, nudes, social commentary, cultural anthropology, native Indians, and as an abstractionist – shape, color, line, and texture. His styles include Realism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Expressionism, Surrealism and Abstract Surrealism. His most famous works are his “Heritage Series” depicting North American Indians and other ethnic and cultural groups from around the world.
He studied at the Laird School of Art, Birkenhead (1961 – 1962) and is a graduate of the Liverpool School of Art (1963 – 1965) with a degree in Industrial Design (NDD). He turned to painting full time within a few years of arriving in Canada (1966) and has been a full-time painter and muralist since then. He has never taught or worked as a commercial artist, his only occupation and source of income since 1968 has been as a painter of fine art, which is highly unusual in Canada, and he has been doing so successfully for over 50 years. (2)(3)
In addition to his most frequent work locations in Vancouver; Paris, France; and Bilbao and Barcelona, Spain; he has also worked for extended periods on projects in Berlin, Germany (1968); Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (1971, 1999 and 2000); Crete and Corfu, Greece (1972); Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (1973); Scottsdale, Arizona (1976); New Orleans, Louisiana (1978); Jerusalem, Israel (1980); Honolulu, Hawaii (1981 and 1982); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1984); San Juan, Puerto Rico (1985); Quebec City, Canada (1994); Montreal, Canada (2001); and Sydney, Australia (2002).
His paintings have been exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery (“Spectrum ’68); with the Federation of Canadian Artists (1979, 1981 and 1987); at Expo 86, Vancouver, Canada (1986); the New York Art Expo (1987); the Salon d’Automne at the Grand Palais, Paris, France (1990, 1992, 1994 and 1995); the Canadian Heritage Art Society (1991); the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (1991, 1992 and 1997); the Sala de Cultura, Bilbao, Spain (2003); and at the Firenze Biennale, Florence, Italy (2005).
The locations of some of his largest murals include Waikiki, Hawaii (“Rodeo Club”, 7ft X 25 ft – 1981); Chemainus, B.C. (“Native Heritage”, 25ft X 50ft – 1983 and The Hermit, 8ft X 16ft – 2008 ); Vancouver, B.C. (EXPO ’86 at the United Nations Pavilion “A World United”, 30ft X 100ft – 1986); Cannes, France (“La Croisette”, 5 Panels – 1995); Oshawa, Ontario (“Oshawa Generals”, 15ft X 35 ft – 1997); Whistler, B.C. (“Totem Village”, 15ft X 25 ft – 2000); Surrey, B.C. (International Beachcomber “Record Breakers”, 30ft X 300 ft – 2000); Ely, Nevada (“United by Our Children”, 30ft X 110 ft – 2001); and, Gorliz, Spain (“Gorliz Gehituz”, 30ft X 92 ft – 2010).
Ygartua’s most recent mural “Bella Bella – United in History” was commissioned by Shearwater Marine Group to commemorate the history of Bella Bella, B.C. The 22′ X 120′ fresco depicts seventeen important individuals that made a significant contribution to the history of Bella Bella since its founding, by the Hudson’s Bay Company, as a trading post in 1833.The mural was entirely drawn and painted by Ygartua, on the side of a World War II airplane hangar on Denny Island, in 20 days (22 May to 10 June 2013).
In addition to the thousands of works in private and corporate collections, Ygartua’s works are also in the collections of the Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.; and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta.
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