HAROLD TOWN "TRIANGLE BOW" SAP, 1956Harold Town (1924 1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group. While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of artists who simply attended their first meeting) his output was diverse, ever changing and not restricted to painting. Somewhat ironically, Town's first significant body of work, which established his reputation, was a group of monotypes which he called "Single Autographic

a bright streak of canary yellow overlays the other colours underneath

the National Gallery of Australia

Weegee’s influences converged

25"H 20"W (framed)

but rather overall themes and styles are taken from her inspirations

Some people on first glance dismiss his work from this period as simply being a mass of color

An immediate success

perhaps a broader and more consistent theme is that of spectacle and/or urban entertainment

5"H 18"W 2"D

the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal

Pachter’s prints are an ideal choice for starting a collection of Canadian art

and the Metropolitan all have examples of his work from this era in their permanent collections