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Julius Griffith fonds [graphic material, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1932-1998.

Reference:

R11857-0-6-E

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3676109

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Julius Griffith fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1932-1998.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

184 prints : 49 wood engravings; 124 linocuts; 6 silkscreen; 1 lithograph; 2 etching; 2 monoprints.
37 drawings.
31 watercolours.
7 reproductions.
4 paintings : acrylic.
0.39 m of textual records.
657 photographs : 213 b&w and 7 col. prints; 423 col. slides; 4 col. transparencies; 4 col. negatives; 6 contact sheets

Language of material:

English

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The fonds comprises art, photographic and textual records relating to the life and career of Julius Griffith (1912-1997). The fonds has been arranged in six series: Personal Correspondence and Memorabilia; Business Records; Exhibitions and Publicity; Published Material; Art Material; and Photographic Material.

Provenance:

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Griffith, Julius Edward Lindsay, 1912-1997

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Artist: Griffith, Julius Edward Lindsay, 1912-1997

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Griffith, Julius Edward Lindsay, 1912-1997 : Julius Griffith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1912. He studied at the Vancouver School of Art under Charles H. Scott, Frederick Varley and J.W.G. MacDonald. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to England in 1928. There he studied at the Slade School and Central School of Arts & Crafts. With the onset of World War II, Griffith worked with "Air-raid Precautions" and later joined the Red Cross. While assisting at a country-house hospital in Sussex, he taught art and, in his spare time, studied Russian. In 1942, he joined the Royal Navy as an interpreter under the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. From 1942 to the end of the war, Griffith was stationed in Murmansk and Archangel, Russia. In 1946, he returned permanently to Canada.

Once home, Griffith established himself as a graphic artist and wood engraver. He later studied at the Ontario College of Art under Frederick Hagen who became a life-long friend. The Picture Loan Society in Toronto gave him four watercolour exhibitions. He also exhibited at the First International Biennial of Prints in Tokyo, Japan in 1957 and at the Brooklyn Museum's 20th International Biennial Show of Watercolours in 1959. He also exhibited prints at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in 1960 and watercolours at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1962.

For several decades, Griffith taught art in Toronto at the Western Technical School, the Artists' Workshop, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Central Technical School and the Ontario College of Art. In 1988, he was made a Life Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art and, in 1995, he received an achievement award for his contributions to excellence in art from the Ontario College of Art.

Griffith was a member of the Canadian Society for Painters in Watercolour with which he frequently exhibited in group shows. He was also a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists. His work is in the permanent collections of the Imperial War Museum in London, England, the National Gallery of Art, the Canadian War Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Toronto City Archives, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Glenbow Museum and McMaster University as well as numerous corporate and private collections. Julius Griffith died in 1997.

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Art records. (Electronic) The art records are item-level listed on an Excel spreadsheet which is available on the accession file. (90: Open)

Photographic records. (No finding aid) (90: Open)

Textual records. (Electronic) on-line (90: Open)

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Custodial history:

Transferred directly to L.A.C. by the sons of Julius Griffith.

Citation/reference note:

Credit: Library and Archives Canada

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2006-00652-5
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11857] 1--269

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11857] 270--271

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11857] 267--269

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Art: Copyright rests with the estate of Julius Griffith until 2047.
Textual records: The recipient of copies is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and for ascertaining the name of the person or organization holding copyright. The recipient is also responsible for determining whether any use of copyrighted material does or does not constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act.
Photographs: Copyright varies and must be checked on an item-level basis.

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