The late Canadian painter, Jack Bush, said he painted “from the belly”. Born in Montreal in 1909, he earned his living as a commercial artist until his work gained recognition in the New York art market in 1968. In an interview he gave before his death, Bush talks about his life, his work, the development of art in Canada over the past 25 years. Exhibitions of his work are shown, in particular a retrospective at which he and his friend Clement Greenberg, noted New York art critic, talk about his paintings.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
307186
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Canada
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography
Crafts & Visual Arts → Bush, Jack
Crafts & Visual Arts → Commercial art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)