Three Clouds, watercolour and ink 1973, 8 ¾ x 5 ¾ in, 22.4 x 14.7 cm Painted Washstand, 35 x 17 in, 88.9 x 43.18 cm Swatches #1, acrylic and pencil on plywood, 1987, 31 x 68 ½ in, 78.7 x 174 cm		Harold Barling Town Born in Toronto, 1924 – 1990 Harold Barling Town was an abstract painter, illustrator, printmaker, sculptor and writer. He gained international recognition and, also rose to fame as a founding member of Painters Eleven (Toronto, 1953). Painters Eleven was a group of Canadian avant-garde abstract painters that helped to establish Modern art in Canada. Two retrospective exhibitions were organized for Harold Town by the Windsor Art Gallery (1975) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (1986). 1943 - 1945 Ontario College of Art, Toronto Selected Exhibitions 2000 Oscar Cahén and Harold Town - Paint & Paper, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1999 Painters Eleven - Commemorative Exhibition, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1979 - 1991 Painters Eleven in Retrospect, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa 1987 - 1990 Town. Works on Paper 1952 - 1987, Canada House, London; Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris. National tour 1990 Town. Four Decades, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1986 Harold Town. A Retrospective, Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto 1984 Toy Horse Drawings, Moore Gallery, Hamilton; Laing Galleries, Toronto 1980 Poets and Other People. Drawings by Harold Town. Art Gallery of Windsor 1975 Indications. Harold Town 1944 - 1975, Art Gallery of Windsor. Touring Exhibition 1973 Harold Town. The First Exhibition of New Work, 1969 - 1973, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Touring Exhibition 1972 Toronto Painting: 1953 - 1965, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Art Gallery of Toronto 1971 Silent Stars, Sound Stars, Film Stars, Sears Vincent Price Gallery, Chicago. Touring Exhibition 1970 Harold Town. Enigmas, Hart House, University of Toronto 1965 Eros '65, Dorothy Cameron Gallery, Toronto 1964 Canadian Painting, Tate Gallery, London; XXXII Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 1963 Fifteen Canadian Artists, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1958 Painters Eleven with Distinguished Artists from Quebec, The Park Gallery, Toronto 1957 Painters Eleven 1957 Exhibition, The Park Gallery, Toronto; L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Montreal 1954 Painters Eleven, Roberts Gallery, Toronto Text copied directly from artnet.com (http://artnet.com/Artists/), cbc.ca (http://archives.cbc.ca), and Robert Fulford's essay on Harold Town (http://www.robertfulford.com/town.html)

Harold Town is a renowned abstract painter and was a founding member of Painters Eleven (Canadian, 1924-1990).

La Parete Gallery – Fine Art Gallery - Toronto - Canada La Parete Gallery is recognized for its selection of Fine Art: Canadian Art - Native Art - Inuit Art - First Nations Art - International Art

Artists:  Antonio, Ann Beam, Carl Beam, Molly Lamb Bobak, David Bolduc, Miller Brittain, Christopher Broadhurst, Frank Leonard Brooks, Israel Broytman, A.J. Casson, Antonio Cardarelli, J. Cardinal-Schubert, Jack Chambers, Konrad Cramer, Eegyvudluk, Dorothy Francis, Pal Fried, Joachim Gauthier, Richard Gorman, Giovanni Guarlotti Tom Hodgson, Gershon Iskowitz, Lee L'Clerc, Maud Lewis, Kenneth Lochhead, René Marcil, Norval Morrisseau, Robert Natkin, Louis de Niverville, Anna Noéh, William Ogilvie, Frère Jérôme Paradis, William Ronald, Rolph Scarlett, Gerald Scott, P.C. Sheppard, Roland Strasser, Harold Town