Paraskeva ClarkLife & Work

“When Paraskeva Clark immigrated to Canada in 1931, she brought fresh eyes with which to observe the Canadian scene. Her political leanings equipped her to be a passionate spokesperson for socially engaged art.”

– Christine Boyanoski

Paraskeva Clark: Life & Work explores the career of one of Canada’s most original artists, whose work was highly structured and expressive of emotion and mood. It addresses her ability to transpose Soviet symbolism and European techniques into a North American context and presents an artist who stated that Canada made her a painter. Clark’s art is key to understanding the diversity of experience that contributed to the nation’s visual arts.

Copyright Information

Banner Image: Paraskeva Clark, Sketch for Tadoussac, Boats in Dry Dock, 1944. Collection of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, gift from the Douglas M. Duncan Collection, 1970 (13-049). Courtesy of Alicia Boutilier. © Estate of Paraskeva Clark. Photo credit: Bernard Clark.