The Globe and Mail - 19.10.2019

Artist: Burgert, Jonas, Title: Dummwind

Medium: Oil on canvas, Size: 87” x 79’’/ 220 x 200cm

Artist: Nerdrum, Odd, Title: Summer Nights

Medium: Oil on canvas, Size: 71” x 76’’/ 180 x 193cm

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Aportraitoftheartist

InJanuary,1967,myfather,HaroldTown,wasattheheightofhisfameasaCanadianabstractpainter.Hewasonhiswayto

ChicagotoattendamajorexhibitionofhisworkarrangedbyhorrorlegendandartconnoisseurVincentPrice.Travellingby

train(Haroldhatedflying),hewasaccompaniedbyJohnReeves,thecelebratedportraitphotographer,whocapturedmy

fatherathissartorialbest.Asalittlegirl,Iwasalwaysmesmerizedtoseemyfathergetdresseduplikethis.Mostdays,he

worejeans,aturtleneckandanarmyjacketashewalkedtotheStudioBuilding,theplacewhereheworkedintheRosedale

ravine.Butforspecialoccasions,hewouldtransform,puttingonhisantiquewatchfobandcuf flinks.Sometimeshewould

letmechoosehisnecktieorpocketsquare.Myfatherlovedvintageclothes,andhewaswellknownforhisfashionsense.In

1968,theTorontoTelegramnamedhimtoitsbest-dressedlist.Haroldwrote:“Old,goodclothesarestylish.Styleisnot

Vogueandsuchmagazines.It’swhatyouchooseforyourself,regardlessoftheirdictates.”Haroldhadfirmopinionsabout

clothes–andjustabouteverythingelse.Itoftengothimintotrouble,ashearguedwitheveryonefromartcriticsto

curators.Today,morethan50yearslater,he’sbecomeaniconicfigure.HaroldTownprovedthatCanadacouldproduce

innovativeartthatisimportantontheinternationalstage.Andhedidsowithpanache.SHELLEYTOWN

JOHNREEVES