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"Danby's not only a part of Canadian art history, he helped mold it. His paintings are some of the clearest links to this country's tradition of landscape painting and the popularity of his work confirms that the love affair is still going strong." Flavio Belli, |
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"Danby's clientele know what they like and they are legion." Toronto Star |
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"I stand in amazement before Ken Danby's newest images. They are painted experiences of being." Sybille-Karin Moser, |
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"He is one of our nation's foremost realist painters. His images, which often depict familiar and cherished Canadian themes, have earned him an international following. His work is displayed in major public collections such as those of the National Gallery of Canada, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, as well as in numerous private and corporate collections. A strong advocate for the arts in education, he has championed this cause in many of his volunteer positions, including board member for national arts organizations and guest speaker." Her Excellency |
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"... the tremendous popularity of Danby's work almost guarantees steadily increasing prices" The Financial Post |
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Time Magazine cover portrait of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968. "...I consider it one of the very best cover portraits I've seen in nearly twenty-four years at Time Magazine." Editor, Time Magazine |
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"Ken Danby's art is more than technically precise. Without question, he is the most talented image-maker in Canada." Vancouver Province |
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"Ken Danby has changed the rules of watercolour painting, raising the medium and himself to heights that may remain forever beyond the reach of his numerous imitators" Globe and Mail |
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"We are the witnesses to the appearance of a stage of maturity that has given new voice, an impressive authority, to the art of Ken Danby." Dr. Theodore Heinrich, Professor of Art History at York University |
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"In Toronto, buyers wait in line for Danby's paintings" Toronto Star |
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"I think your painting, At the Crease, a terrifying and exciting picture. Keep up this high quality." Andrew Wyeth |
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"Danby's realism is a triumph of technical virtuosity and clearly reveals his primary interest in utilizing and synthesizing all the formal elements of art." U.S. magazine Arts |
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"Danby is probably the most saleable painter working in the country today. But no matter how well Danby's paintings sell, and no matter how much he is accepted by the 'establishment', the man himself is first and foremost an artist. Insistently so." Edmonton Sun |
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"...one of the country's finest pencil drawing and watercolour artists." Paul Duval, author, art critic |
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"Danby has created a tremendously popular following which transcends both art lovers and the general population." London Free Press |
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"Danby's art is an independent one, outside canons of fashion, and devoid of mannerisms or autograph gestures." Mario Amaya, Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario |
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"Ken Danby has emerged as a leading and influential figure among Canadian realist painters. The fact that his intuitive choice of images and unique perspective appeal to large numbers of people, both Canadian and beyond, is irrelevant to his personal artistic progress and integrity and merely suggest, incidentally, that his kind of art is one which the people want". Antiques &Art Magazine |
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"... Canadian artist, Ken Danby, has established himself as a master of realist painting, with an international stature that regularly brings his dealer requests from New York, London, and European Capitals." Maclean's Magazine |
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"Ken Danby has emerged as one of the world's foremost realists, both as a painter and a print maker". Paul Duval, author, art critic |