Painters Eleven.
Canadian group of painters. It was formed in November 1953 by 11 artists working in and around Toronto: Jack Bush, Oscar Cahén (1916-56), Hortense Gordon (1887-1961), Tom Hodgson (b 1924), Alexandra Luke (1901-67), Jock Macdonald, ...
After Painters Eleven disbanded in 1959, Jack Bush went on to enjoy a successful career as a respected artist in Toronto. He represented Canada at the 1967 São Paulo Art Biennial, after which his art found great commercial success in New York City.
He was a member of Painters Eleven, the group founded by William Ronald in 1954 to promote abstract painting in Canada, and was soon encouraged in his art by the American art critic Clement Greenberg.
(1926-1998) (variant name William Smith Ronald; born Willam Ronald Smith) was an important Canadian painter, best known as the founder the influential Canadian abstract art group Painters Eleven in 1954. ...
 See also: Abstraction, Fine art, School, Painting, Composition
  
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