Robert Linsley (1952 – February 2, 2017) was a Canadian artist, writer and professor known for his abstract paintings.[1] He died in Kitchener, Ontario where he had moved in 2002 to teach at the University of Waterloo.[1]
Early life and education
Linsley was born in 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] He received a BFA degree in 1982 and a MFA degree in 1988 from the University of British Columbia.[3]
Career
His book Beyond Resemblance Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism was published in 2017 by Reaktion Books.[4][5] Linsley's work is included in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery,[6] the Edmonton Art Gallery[7] and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.[8]
Linsley died in a bicycle accident in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario in 2017.[7][9]
References
- 12"Robert Linsley: 1952–2017".
- ↑Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage. "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
- ↑"Should the Arts stand on its own two feet?". alumni UBC. Archived from the original on 2017-11-20.
- ↑"Remembering Robert Linsley". 2017-02-11.
- ↑""A Self-Implicated Search": Reviewing Robert Linsley's Final Book". Momus. March 1, 2017.
- ↑"Thank you, Robert". 22 February 2017.
- 12"Kitchener artist Robert Linsley remembered after fatal bike crash | CBC News".
- ↑"11.0.0.47 - One Hundred Views of Mount Baker". belkin.pastperfectonline.com.
- ↑"Remembering Robert Linsley: Working in the abstract with many twists".
- 1952 births
- 2017 deaths
- Artists from Winnipeg
- Canadian abstract artists
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- Escritores de Winnipeg
- Artistas canadienses del siglo XXI
- Esbozos de artistas canadienses