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Idea Book.
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Anthony Morse ("Tony") Urquhart was a Canadian artist and a professor of fine arts at the University of Waterloo. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario on April 9, 1934, he studied art at the Albright Art School and University of Buffalo, and attended the Yale summer school for fine arts. Urquhart moved to London, Ontario in 1960 where he served as the school's first-artist-in-residence, staying on to run the McIntsh Art Gallery and later teach. While in London he was involved with the founding of Canadian Artists' Representation. a non-profit organization Urquhart joined the University of Waterloo in 1972, where he was a founding member of the Department of Fine Arts and taught until his retirement in 1999. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1995. Urquhart died January 26, 2022 at the age of 87.
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File consists of one hand made 17 x 11 cm 40 page accordion style idea book used by Tony Urquhart. This idea book was kept during a 2008 trip to France on the fiftieth anniversary of Urquhart's first visit to France. The book is bound in blue cloth and the front and back covers both have small circle paintings. The back painting reads "Part 2 Back."
The idea book includes approximately 29 pages of drawings, approximately 20 of which have annotations of notes. Also includes 8 pages of handwritten notes and 5 of glued in ephemera. Note that many pages have a combination of media.