WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF "GENTLEMAN'S CHOICE" 1985William Perehudoff (1918 2013) is one of the most cherished and collected Canadian abstract painters. His work is a prime example of how color field painting was expressed in Canada. Like Jack Bush, and some of his American contemporaries, he was encouraged and guided by legendary New York critic Clement Greenberg. Perehudoff is known for his simple and exuberant canvases that celebrate the interaction and power of color. He spent several summers at

and numbered by the artist

The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach

myth and magic

Pachter's "Rooster" is an early image from a period where the artist was still experimenting with mood

30"H 40"W (work)

Chicago has challenged the (male-dominated) art world by creatively addressing issues of femininity

from an edition of 9

This work is a Polaroid from the legendary photoshoot that produced the photograph "Mannequins

Tod has depicted a wide-range of subjects throughout her illustrious career

There are serval instances where artists "hijack" existing works to alter or reinterpret them

he committed himself fully to painting upon his return to the United states in the mid 40's

capturing a shirtless young man balancing a bottle of hooch on his head while streamers fall in the background