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AKED, Aleen
- Born
- Kildwick, Yorkshire, England, 1907
- Died
- Toronto, 2003
- Biography synopsis
- Aked immigrated to Canada with her parents in 1910. A painter of still-lifes, portraits and landscapes in a post-impressionist style, from 1921-28 she studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto with, amongst others, Arthur Lismer, Frederick Varley, George Reid, A.Y. Jackson, Fred Haines and J.W. Beatty. Between 1929 and 1944, she spent winters in Sarasota, Florida where she exhibited regularly, studied at the Ringling School of Art, and became a member of the Southern States Art League and the Sarasota Art Association. She participated in many artist workshops and artist organizations in both Canada and the United States. In addition to exhibiting regularly at the Canadian National Exhibition, the Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists, she had solo exhibitions at the New York City Public Library and the Sarasota Art Association. Her last important exhibition took place at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in 1989.
- Media used
- Oil painting
- Painting
- Education
- Ontario College of Art & Design (formerly Ontario School of Art), 1921 - 1928 (under Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, F.W. Varley, A.Y. Jackson, George Reid, J.W. Beatty, Fred Haines, Yvonne McKague Housser)
- Ringling School of Art, Sarasota
- Memberships
- Southern States Art League
- Sarasota Art Association
- File & Archive locations
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, FL
- Robert McLaughlin Gallery Archives, ON
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Aleen Aked (1907-2003), AOCA, SSA, SSAL. ?
http://www.delake.com/estatescollections/page5.htm - Aked, Aleen. Sunny Paintings of Florida. New York: Marbella Gallery, 2008
- Evasuk, Stasia. "Car Collector, 82, has been driving since she was 11." Toronto Star 20 Nov 1989
- Frankel, Fred. "Aleen Aked - Sarasota." Artists of Old Florida 2015
http://artistsofoldflorida.com/artist/aleen-aked-sarasota/ - Murray, Joan. The Art of Aleen Aked. Oshawa, Ontario: The Robert Mclaughlin Gallery, 1989
- Wilson, Charles Reagan. ”Aleen Aked." The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture : Volume 21: Art and Architecture. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press 2013, 2013: 206.
