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December 12, 2013 Thursday 11:22 AM GMT
Ford donates Yousuf Karsh photos to Art Gallery of Windsor
The Ford Motor Company of Canada has donated a lot of Yousuf Karsh
photographs to the Art Gallery of Windsor.
The automaker's major gift consists of 39 works by the acclaimed
Canadian photographer.
The lot concentrates on the artist's work following a visit to a
Windsor Ford plant in February 1951.
Karsh took a series of portraits of plant employees working on the
assembly line, in the foundry and at the trade school.
`We thank Ford for this extraordinary gift. This acquisition
represents a culmination of many years of partnership and work between
the Art Gallery of Windsor and Ford of Canada," AGW director Catharine
Mastin said in a media release. "We look forward to sharing these
great works with a special exhibit in the New Year."
An exhibition of selected works from the collection will be shown Jan.
25 through April 6 next year.
Karsh is best known for his iconic images of Winston Churchill, Albert
Einstein, Ernest Hemingway and many other heads of state and
government, and celebrities.
`The industrial projects of Yousuf Karsh have been little-studied, yet
were surprisingly a substantial part of his career. They document
important aspects of Canadian history and national life, with a focus
on the City of Windsor and industry," former AGW curator Cassandra
Getty said.
Karsh was born in Mardin, Armenia and arrived in Canada in 1924.
For more than six decades he maintained a studio in Ottawa.
Karsh garnered a dozen Honorary Doctorates from universities in Canada
and the United States, Companion to the Order of Canada and numerous
professional photography awards.
His exhibition history includes showing at the World's Fair in
Montreal in 1967 and at the National Portrait Gallery in London,
England.
`Yousuf Karsh's work helps to demonstrate the proud legacy Ford of
Canada has in Windsor,"Ford of Canada president and CEO Dianne Craig
said. "This is a gift to Windsor and a celebration of a special era of
our everyday heroes captured by a true master."
December 12, 2013 Thursday 11:22 AM GMT
Ford donates Yousuf Karsh photos to Art Gallery of Windsor
The Ford Motor Company of Canada has donated a lot of Yousuf Karsh
photographs to the Art Gallery of Windsor.
The automaker's major gift consists of 39 works by the acclaimed
Canadian photographer.
The lot concentrates on the artist's work following a visit to a
Windsor Ford plant in February 1951.
Karsh took a series of portraits of plant employees working on the
assembly line, in the foundry and at the trade school.
`We thank Ford for this extraordinary gift. This acquisition
represents a culmination of many years of partnership and work between
the Art Gallery of Windsor and Ford of Canada," AGW director Catharine
Mastin said in a media release. "We look forward to sharing these
great works with a special exhibit in the New Year."
An exhibition of selected works from the collection will be shown Jan.
25 through April 6 next year.
Karsh is best known for his iconic images of Winston Churchill, Albert
Einstein, Ernest Hemingway and many other heads of state and
government, and celebrities.
`The industrial projects of Yousuf Karsh have been little-studied, yet
were surprisingly a substantial part of his career. They document
important aspects of Canadian history and national life, with a focus
on the City of Windsor and industry," former AGW curator Cassandra
Getty said.
Karsh was born in Mardin, Armenia and arrived in Canada in 1924.
For more than six decades he maintained a studio in Ottawa.
Karsh garnered a dozen Honorary Doctorates from universities in Canada
and the United States, Companion to the Order of Canada and numerous
professional photography awards.
His exhibition history includes showing at the World's Fair in
Montreal in 1967 and at the National Portrait Gallery in London,
England.
`Yousuf Karsh's work helps to demonstrate the proud legacy Ford of
Canada has in Windsor,"Ford of Canada president and CEO Dianne Craig
said. "This is a gift to Windsor and a celebration of a special era of
our everyday heroes captured by a true master."