biography
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Corbet, Christian Cardell
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1966– )
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| biography:
| Painter and art historian, born in Ajax, Ontario, SE Canada. He studied at the University of Guelph, was appointed artist to Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1966, and received international recognition for ‘Elizabeth Holding her Ribbon’ (1995). An authority on Canadian women in the fine arts, he is the author of several works on Canadian women artists, and founder of the Corbet Collection of Canadian Women Artists (1993). The first president of the Canadian Portrait Society (1996), he is also noted for his abstract works representing botanical-fragmented studies. |
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