1983 John Richard Fox Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Newly Framed

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1983 John Richard Fox Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Newly Frarmed


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Offered for sale is a 1983 John Richard Fox mixed media abstract painting on paper. The work is signed and dated, and it has been newly framed.
John Richard Fox (Canadian, 1927–2008) was born in Montreal. Fox was a highly influential Canadian modernist painter, printmaker, and educator associated with the post-war developments of abstract art in Canada. Fox studied under the legendary Canadian artist Goodridge Roberts at the Art Association of Montreal before moving to Europe in the early 1950s. He spent formative time in Paris, Florence, and the United Kingdom, where he was exposed to European modernism and Italian fresco paintings—influences that permanently shaped his unique approach to light and spatial structure. Stylistic Evolution: Fox's career is marked by fluid transitions between figuration and pure abstraction.

1983 was a pivotal transition year for the Canadian abstract colorist, during which he created highly sought-after mixed-media works on canvas and paper. These pieces are defined by the use of acrylic, charcoal, oil paint, and collage elements. The artistic significance of Fox’s 1983 works was that this was his transition period: His 1983 pieces began featuring undefined, spontaneous charcoal markings laid over or colliding with thick layers of paint.



Posthumous & Retrospective Exhibitions:

John Fox: A Painter in Venice" (2025): A major survey held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. This comprehensive exhibition documented a half-century of his oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings inspired by Venetian light and masters."

John Fox – A Modernist in Venice" (2018): Hosted by Oeno Gallery, alongside additional 2018 paper retrospectives at the Centre d'art E.K.Voland."

John Fox: Abstractions" (2015): A critically reviewed exhibition at Oeno Gallery highlighting his pivotal abstract canvas phase between 1976 and 1982."

John Fox: Abstract Work" (2012): A landmark non-figurative exhibition held at Battat Contemporary in Montreal, accompanied by an extensive scholarly catalogue."

John Fox: Opera su carta" (2011): An international exhibition showcasing his delicate works on paper at the Françoise Calcagno Art Studio in Venice, Italy."

John Fox: Retrospective Exhibition" (2010): A major career-spanning posthumous exhibition assembled by Galerie Walter Klinkhoff featuring rarely seen works from Fox’s private estate.

"Refiguration" (2010): Held at the McClure Gallery in Montreal, focusing strictly on his mid-1980s return to representation.

Prominent Historical Solo Gallery Exhibitions

1986: Mira Godard Gallery (Toronto)

1973: Galerie Marlborough-Godard (Montreal) — highlighting early 1970s large-scale color field shifts.

1965–1968: Roberts Gallery (Toronto).

1963: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) — his second significant solo institutional show.

Late 1950s: solo shows at the Continental Galleries,

Watson Galleries (1957)

Laing Galleries (1959).



Dimensions: Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)
Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm) See less