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Robert Linsley

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Robert Linsley (1952 – February 2, 2017) was a Canadian artist, writer and professor known for his abstract paintings.[1]

Early life and education

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Linsley was born in 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] He received a BFA degree in 1982 and a MFA degree in 1988 from the University of British Columbia.[3]

Career

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His book Beyond Resemblance Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism was published in 2017 by Reaktion Books.[4][5] Linsley's work is included in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery,[6] the Edmonton Art Gallery[7] and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.[8]

Linsley died in a bicycle accident in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario in 2017.[7][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Linsley: 1952–2017".
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage. "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
  3. ^ "Should the Arts stand on its own two feet?". alumni UBC.
  4. ^ "Remembering Robert Linsley". 2017-02-11.
  5. ^ ""A Self-Implicated Search": Reviewing Robert Linsley's Final Book". Momus. March 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "Thank you, Robert". 22 February 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Kitchener artist Robert Linsley remembered after fatal bike crash | CBC News".
  8. ^ "11.0.0.47 - One Hundred Views of Mount Baker". belkin.pastperfectonline.com.
  9. ^ "Remembering Robert Linsley: Working in the abstract with many twists".