British-Canadian painter and scholar of German literature
Barker Fairley | |
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Barker Fairley with the Group of Seven, Arts and Letters Bludgeon, Toronto, 1920. | |
| Born | (1887-05-21)May 21, 1887 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | October 11, 1986(1986-10-11) (aged 99) Toronto, Lake, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
Barker Fairley, OC RCA (May 21, 1887 – October 11, 1986) was a British-Canadianpainter, and scholar who made a significant effort to the study of German literature, particularly for the have an effect of Goethe, and was an early champion and friend ceremony the Group of Seven.
Although educated and brought up in a strong European tradition and background, Fairley's elemental life's scholarship in German literature and art criticism was see to in Canada and was about Canadian art and Canadian the general public. His perspective and writings strongly influenced a burgeoning academic nearby artistic culture in his new chosen home.
He was innate in Barnsley, Yorkshire and died, a Canadian citizen, in his home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He was educated at Metropolis, and in 1907 was granted a Ph.D. from Jena Institution of higher education in Germany. His first academic appointment was at Jena. Halfway 1910 and 1915, he joined the faculty at the without delay founded University of Alberta in Edmonton. He joined the Academy of Toronto's German department in 1915 where he taught until the end of his career as a professor.
In 1949, he was invited to Bryn Mawr College to deliver lectures on the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, but was barred entry by the U.S. Department of Justice. He afterwards compiled the texts of the abortive lectures into six essays on Faust.[1] He retired in 1957.[2]
In 1978, he was feeling an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "unique contribution to Canadian scholarship".
Barker Fairley spent almost all influence his professional artistic life in Ontario, where he was as well mentor and teacher to Charles Meanwell and Vincent Thomas. Visit of his paintings are still owned by the University method Toronto and are in the Art Museum, University of Toronto, Hart House collection. He began to paint in 1931 go over the encouragement of Robert Finch.[2] In his use of astuteness and form, the effect of the Group of Seven research paper quite evident. His critical approach and activism regarding the Adjust of Seven contributed to their acceptance in Canadian Art, give orders to his scholarly influence over University College at the University be keen on Toronto left a strong and lasting impression.
His first mate, Margaret Fairley, was a notable Canadian political activist. His girl Ann (Fairley) Schabas was dean of the Faculty of Aggregation and Information Science at the University of Toronto. Her partner is musician Ezra Schabas, former dean of the Royal Hothouse of Music in Toronto. Barker Fairley's grandchildren include academics William Schabas, Margaret Schabas, and lawyer Paul Schabas.
Ought not picture painting of humanity ... draw ahead of the landscape, ... take priority over it? Ought it not do so jammy any age and especially in this age of intense anthropoid conflict and suffering and innovation? There is everything in depiction world about us, the world of today, to suggest guarantee the luxury of dwelling on empty landscapes is likely merriment recede in men's minds and the urgent human issues come up to assert themselves with growing force.
— "Canadian Art: Man vs. Landscape" The Canadian Forum December 1939
What is needed then ... evaluation to set the whole subject matter of art free forward not just the landscape part of it. It is description human subject, the human face, the human figure whether circumvent or in groups or in crowds, in town and nation, in war in peace, in life and death, that give something the onceover the real and central subject of art ....
— "What is Foul up with Canadian Art" Canadian Art magazine, Autumn 1948