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Fred Sebastian fonds [graphic material (some electronic), textual record]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:1751 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Graphic material; textual record (Electronic) Works have been item-level catalogued in the Minisis-ICON database. (99: Closed pending processing)
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Record information Fred Sebastian fonds [graphic material (some electronic), textual record]
Date:ca. 1980-2016.Reference:R8267-0-9-EType of material:Art, Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:187030Date(s):ca. 1980-2016.Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:OntarioExtent:1533 drawings : pen and ink, pencil, charcoal, pastel (many recto-verso)
17 watercolours : some with mixed media.
1 collage : mixed media.
120 paintings : acrylic, oil and mixed media.
1.1 cm of textual records.
1 print : poster.
1 photograph : b&w.
219 drawings : electronic.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:The fonds comprises both original editorial cartoons as well as some illustrations which were commissioned as accompaniments to magazine articles. Editorial caricatures were published predominantly through syndication in a number of newspapers across Canada. They parody such political issues as language rights, free trade, and the Meech Lake Accord. Federal and provincial politicians featured in the fonds include John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney, Ed Broadbent, John Turner, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Robert Bourassa and Bill Vander Zalm. Public figures include David Suzuki and the British royal family. Also part of the fonds are more illustrative works which relate to such issues as the controversy over the C.B.C. broadcast of the 1991 film The Valour and the Horror; an elected Senate; perks enjoyed by Members of Parliament; the tenure of Marcel Masse as Defence Minister; Canada as peacekeeper; and defence spending.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Sebastian, Fred, 1964- : Fred Sebastian was born in Ottawa in 1964. He is a graduate of Algonquin College's Commercial Art/Graphic Design program and a graduate of Carleton University's Art History program. He also holds a Baccalaureate of Education from the University of Ottawa. He presently teaches at the Algonquin College School of Media and Design.
An award-winning freelance illustrator and graphic designer, Fred Sebastian's work has appeared throughout the world in such publications as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Canadian Living, as well as through Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate and Artizans (http://artizans.com/). In Canada, he has contributed cartoons and/or illustrations to Legion magazine, The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Business News, The Province (Vancouver), The Toronto Star, Law Times, Canadian Nurse magazine and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. He is the recipient of the 1994 Studio Magazine Merit Award for illustration and winner of the 2001 National Press Club International Editorial Cartoon Competition On Press Freedom.Additional information:Arrangement note:Most of the fonds is described at the item level, some of the fonds is described at the file level where appropriate.Subject heading:Source:Private -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Access restriction documentGraphic (art)[Consultation Open]Volume [R8267] 14--34[Consultation Open]Item no. assigned by LAC [R8267] 1--13[Consultation Open]Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [R8267][Consultation Open]29;[Consultation Open]31--32;[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Volume [R8267] 30[Consultation Open]Graphic (art): electronic[Consultation Closed pending processing]Terms of use:Copyright: Fred SebastianYou can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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