Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Hagan, Fred |
Title |
Trading Occasion |
Accession # |
999.32.126.42 |
Object Type |
Exploration Lithograph Print Portfolio |
Date |
1989 |
Medium |
lithograph |
Support |
paper |
Description |
Fred Hagan was a Canadian artist whose life's work consists of over sixty years of figurative drawings, prints, paintings and diaries. A seminal artist in Canada's history, Hagan's extensive practice has allowed for decades of writers and artists to be influenced by his work . The AGM's Permanent Art Collection currently has fifty-seven lithographs by the artist. Biographical Information: Early in his life, Hagan attended Central Technical School and worked in wood fabrication while attending night courses at the Ontario College of Art under John Alfsen, Frank Carmichael and Fred Haines, among others. From 1941 to 1946, Hagan was employed as Resident Artist and Master at Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario. In the spring of 1946, Hagan journeyed to New York where he participated in the Art Students' League under Martin Lewis and worked in George Miller's Lithography Shop . In the same year, Hagan taught drawing, painting, composition, and printmaking at the Ontario College of Art. In 1955 he became Head of Printmaking, a position which he held until his retirement in 1983. Between 1986 and 1989, Hagan released "Exploration of Canada", a series of 16 stamps for Canada Post. Frederick Hagan held memberships in the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (of which he was made an Honorary Member in 1965), the Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, the Ontario Society of Artists, and the Print and Drawing Council of Canada. His work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Glenbow Museum, and numerous other Canadian galleries. Frederick Hagan passed away on September 6, 2003 at the age of 85. |