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Comment: Again (per previous reviews), does not appear (from citations provided) to have significant coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources with reputations for accuracy and fact-checking (much of the article content is sourced from the gallery that represented Ritchie). Were any of his exhibitions significant enough to get reviews in art journals or major newspapers? Paul W (talk) 11:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Not enough independent, significant coverage listed WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 02:14, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: There is an existing article with the same title as this draft, which is about a different person with the same name. If this draft is accepted, the existing primary page should be renamed with a disambiguator, and this draft should be made primary. The hatnote at the top of this draft indicates what the new title of the current primary should be.The current primary page is Jim Ritchie. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:04, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: I'm sorry, this person does not pass WP:NARTIST with the single, primary, source. Qcne (talk) 19:46, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
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James Edward Ritchie (1929–2017) was a Canadian artist creating pastel drawings and bronze sculptures.
Career edit
Ritchie was born in Montreal, Canada. In 1947, Ritchie attended L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal for a few months before realizing he preferred to work autonomously.[1] His first solo show took place at the Galerie Libre, Montreal in 1957.[2]
Ritchie had several exhibitions in Montreal before moving to the small French town of Vence in Provence, where he lived and worked for over 30 years. In this time he produced some of his most important pieces in terracotta, bronze and began to work with marble.[1]
Adelson Galleries[3] in New York began representing him in 1980, where he had two solo exhibitions. Over the next 30 years, Warren Adelson arranged exhibitions of his work in Boston, Los Angeles, and at art fairs across the country.[4] He had a 60-year career in sculpting. His son, Paul Leander-Engström, and Adelson Galleries now represent Ritchie's estate.
Style and technique edit
Ritchie took great care in each of his works. His meticulous processes and creative ingenuity frequently followed a precise path. Bronze sculptures were done in editions of eight, signed and numbered by the artist. Pieces were usually executed in two or three sizes: a maquette, a middle-sized model, and a life-sized work. Each bronze was cast under the artist's direct supervision at his foundry in Italy and was individually finished by Ritchie. The marble sculptures are unique carvings executed in Italy and finished by the artist.[5]
Selected solo exhibitions edit
Adelson Cavalier Galleries, Palm Beach, 2019[3]
Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York, 1996, 1992[3]
Pucker Gallery, Boston, 1992[3]
Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, 1989[3]
Coe-Kerr Gallery, New York, 1988[2]
Galerie Alphonse Chave, Vence, 1988, 1971[2]
Galerie l'Art Français, Montreal, 1987[2]
Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal, 1975[2]
Waddington Gallery, Montreal, 1972[2]
Moos Gallery, Montreal, 1970, 1968[2]
Pollock Gallery, Toronto, 1968[2]
Alwin Gallery, London, 1966[2]
Galerie Martal, Montreal, 1966[2]
Galerie Minotaure, Vence, 1965[2]
Madden Gallery, London, 1964[2]
Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, 1963,1960[2]
Broadway Gallery, Worcestershire, 1962[2]
Grafton Gallery, London, 1962[2]
Galerie Libre, Montreal, 1957[2]
Selected group exhibitions edit
Art Miami, 1966, 1995[6]
Adelson Galleries, 1990[6]
La Versailiana, Pietrasanta, 1988[6]
Galerie L'Orangerie, Geneva, 1987[6]
Fondation Emile Hughes, Vence, 1983[6]
Fifth Annual Festival of Plastic Arts, Antibes, 1967[6]
Galerie Municipale de Saint Paul de Vence, 1965[6]
Royal Academy, London, 1962[6]
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Spring Exhibition, 1956[6]
Public collections edit
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario[7]
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax[2]
Banca Commerciale Italiana, formerly The Henraux Collection[2]
Confederation Center, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island[7]
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario[2]
Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick[2]
McLaughlin Museum, Oshawa, Ontario[2]
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario[7]
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal[2]
Musée d'Art de St. Laurent, Québec[7]
Musée de la Ville de Lachine, Québec[7]
Musée de Charlevoix, Pointe-au-Pic, Québec
Musée de Joliette, Québec[2]
Musée de Québec[2]
Musée de Seminaire, Québec[7]
Museo di Bozzetti, Pietrasanta[2]
University College, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia[7]
University of King College Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Vence Town Square
References edit
- ^ a b Galerie Alphonse Chave (1988). 30 Ans a Vence.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Jim Ritchie. Coe Kerr Gallery. 1988.
- ^ a b c d e Adelson, Adam. "Jim Ritchie". Adelson Galleries.
- ^ "Galerie Cosner". Jim Ritchie Artworks. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Adelson, Warran (1992). Ritchie, 92. Thorner Press, Buffalo.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ritchie, Jim (2010). A Sculptural Life, The Life and Works of Jim Ritchie. Jim Ritchie. p. 243.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ritchie, 92. Thorner Press, Buffalo. 1992.