Artist

Thomas, Lionel

Material Type

Fine Art

Accession Number

2011.003.001

Date Range From

1976

Artifact Category

print

Description

ed. 3/88

Height

28 cm

Width

14 cm

Material

intaglio relief etching on paper

Credit / Acknowledgement

Gift of Dorothy Nairne

Artist Biography

Lionel Thomas, a pioneer of West Coast abstraction and proponent of the modern movement, helped transform the region through his art and practice. Thomas's extant public artworks include Symbols of the Cuneiforms (c. 1960), an illuminated sculpture on the façade of the former Vancouver Public Library. Thomas lived in West Vancouver and taught at the University of British Columbia from 1950 until 1981.

Repository

West Vancouver Art Museum

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