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Exhibitions*
| 1931 |
Hauswand, Kunstakademie |
Dresden |
| 1934 |
Oscar
Cahén, Ole
Haslunds Hus |
Copenhagen |
| 1937 |
t.b.c. |
Prague |
| 1943, Nov 5 |
Exhibition of Sketches, Watercolours and Illustrations by Oscar Cahén, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
Montreal |
| 1947 March |
Annual Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1948 March |
Annual Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1948 October |
Eaton’s Fine Art Galleries, Eaton’s-College Street, Toronto – Mayfair Artists and several other exhibitions |
Toronto |
| 1949 March |
Annual Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontario |
Toronto |
| 1949 April |
Annual exhibition of the Art Director’s Club of Toronto, Eaton’s Fine Art Galleries, Toronto, Solo on the Coronet illustration for New Liberty Magazine, Reproduced in the First Annual, Art Director’s Club of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1949 |
Annual Exhibition, Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, Art Association of Montreal |
Montreal |
1950
March 3 – April 16 |
Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Arts, Joint exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Ontario Society of artists Canadian Group of Painters, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Sculptor’s Society of Canada, Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Royal Architectural Institute, The Canadian Handicrafts Guild, Canadian Guild of Potters, Spinners and Weavers of Ontario; Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1950 |
First Annual Exhibition of Unaffiliated Artists, Eaton’s Fine Art Gallery, Eaton’s-College Street |
Toronto |
| 1950 Dec 2- 31 |
3rd Annual Winter exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton |
Hamilton |
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1951 |
Oscar
Cahén, The
International Art-House Cinema |
Toronto |
| 1951 |
Second Annual Exhibition of Unaffiliated Artists, Eaton’s Fine Art Gallery, Eaton’s – College Street |
Toronto |
| 1951 March- April |
Annual Exhibition, Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1951, Mar-April |
79th annual spring exhibition of OSA, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1951 |
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Exhibition |
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1951
Nov – 1952 Jan. |
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
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| 1952 April – June |
Annual Exhibition, Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1952 March- April |
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Galley of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1952 October |
Canadian Abstract Exhibition / Oshawa YWCA, sponsored by the South Ontario Galleries, 2 pg. catalogue. Artists: Leo Bellefleur, W. Roloff Beny, Bertram Brooker, Jack Bush, Oscar Cahén, Rody Kernny Courtice, Hortense M. Gordon, Lawren Harris, Yvonne McKague Housser, Tom Hodgson, Ronald Lambert, Alexanda Luke, John Martin, John Ray Mead, J. W. G. MacDonald, Louis Muhlstock, Joseph Plaskett, William Ronald, Marian Scott, J. L. Shadbolt, Perce Tacon, Lionel Thomas, Harold Town, Sydney Watson, A. Weininger |
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| 1952 Oct. - 1953 Jan. |
Canadian Group of Painters |
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| 1952 Nov. |
Seventh Annual Sale of Paintings and Sculpture, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1952, December |
5th Annual Winter Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton |
Hamilton |
| 1953 Jan – Feb. |
Annual Exhibition, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour |
Toronto |
| 1953 Feb- Mar |
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1953 April |
Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1953 |
Canadian Group of Painters, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1953 |
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Exhibition |
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| 1953 October |
Abstracts at Home, The Robert Simpson Co. |
Toronto |
| 1953 Nov.6-15 |
Women’s Committee 7th Annual Sale of Paintings and Sculpture, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1953 |
Annual Exhibition of Canadian Painting, NGC |
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| 1953 Nov.– Jan.1954 |
Royal Canadian Academy of Art, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
1953, 8 Dec.
- 15 Feb 1954
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Second Bienal do Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil, [Canadian section also at the Tenth Inter-American Conference, Caracas, Venezuela, Mar. 1954 / section canadienne aussi présentée à la dixième réunion Inter-American, Caracas, Venezuela, mars 1954] |
Sao
Paulo |
| 1954 Jan- Feb |
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954 Feb- Mar |
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954 May |
Canadian Society of Graphic Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954, May 8 |
An exhibition of Drawings and Graphics 1947-1954: Kasuo (sic)Nakamura, Harold Town, Oscar Cahén, Eglinton Gallery |
Toronto |
| 1954 |
Annual Exhibition, Canadian Group of Painters, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954 |
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954 |
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Exhibition |
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| 1954 Feb 13-27 |
Painters Eleven, Roberts Gallery, Toronto circulated to Robertson Gallery, Ottawa in late March to early April 1954 |
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1954, October 18
- Nov 1st
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Oscar Cahén, Art Gallery of Hart House, University of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954, May 21-June 20 |
Richard Bowman, Oscar Cahén, William McCloy, Cecil Richards, Special Exhibition Room, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954, November |
Women’s Committee Sale, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1954 |
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, On. |
Windsor |
1954 Nov 19-
1955 Jan 1st |
Canadian Group of Painters exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1955 Feb 11-26 |
Painters Eleven, Roberts Gallery, Toronto. Circulated to Y.W.C.A. (Adelaide House), Oshawa in March |
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| 1955 October 21-31 |
Women’s Committee 9th sale, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
1955 November – 1956 January |
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1955 |
Canadian Society of Graphic Art |
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| 1955 Dec – Jan.1956 |
Painters Eleven organized by St. Catherines Public Library, Circulated to London Public Library and Art Museum, January; Hart House Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, February; 27-March 4; McLaughlin Public Library, Oshawa March 22-April 5;
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, April 6 – May 2; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, On., May 1956. |
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| 1955-56 |
Canadian Group of Painters exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1955 November |
The Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery |
Winnipeg |
| 1956 Feb- Mar |
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1956 Mar-April |
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour at Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1956 June 8 – July 3 |
Canadian Abstract Painting, National Gallery of Canada |
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| 1956 June |
Canadian Abstract Paintings, The Smithsonian Institution, Circulating exhibition 1956-1957 |
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| 1956 Summer, [Aug 3] |
Canadian Water Colors, DeCordova Museum Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA |
Lincoln |
| 1956 Feb. 28-March 7 |
Small Pictures by Painters Eleven, Roberts Gallery |
Toronto |
| 1956 |
Painters Eleven, Arts and Letters Club |
Toronto |
| 1956, April 8- May 20 |
American Abstract Artists 20th Annual exhibition with ‘Painters Eleven’ of Canada, Riverside Museum |
New York |
| 1956 |
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Exhibition |
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| 1956 |
Exhibition of paintings, watercolours, graphic arts and works of sculpture, Globe and Mail exhibition-Grand and Toy Ltd. |
Toronto |
| 1956 November 4-25 |
The 2nd Winnipeg Show”, Winnipeg Art Gallery |
Winnipeg |
| 1956 Nov.- Dec. |
Canadian Group of Painters, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1957 Vancouver Art Gallery |
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| 1956 |
A joint Exhibition of Watercolours by Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and the California Water Color Society, National Gallery of Canada |
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| 1957 Feb – Mar |
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1957 Feb – Mar |
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1957 May |
Canadian Art Exhibition, Imperial Oil |
Toronto |
| 1957 May 30-June 19 |
Painters Eleven, Allan Gallery |
Hamilton |
| 1957 Oct. 31-Nov.15 |
Painters Eleven and the Work of Ten Distinguished Artists from Quebec, Park Gallery |
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| 1958 |
Painters Eleven, Ecole des Beaux Arts |
Montreal |
| 1958 |
Painters Eleven, Park Gallery, Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1958-59 |
Points of View, Public Library and Art Museum, London, On., Oct 17-Nov 26, 1958
Circulated to Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, On., December 1958
Hart House Art Gallery, University of Toronto, On., Jan 5-25, 1959
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, On., March 1959 |
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| 1958-59 |
Painters Eleven, National Gallery of Canada circulating exhibition. Winnipeg Art Gallery Sept 5-21, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Sept 26-Oct 12, Allied Arts Council, Calgary, Nov 7-23, Norman Mackenzie art Gallery, Regina, Nov 28- Dec 28, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Jan. 2-18, 1959, Agnes Etherington art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, On., Feb 13-Mar.1, 1959, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison School of Fine and Applied Art, Sackville, NB, Mar 6-22 |
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| 1959 Mar 21-April 19 |
Memorial Exhibition, 87th annual exhibition; the Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto |
Toronto |
| 1959 Oct. 1-14 |
Oscar Cahén, Roberts Gallery |
Toronto |
| 1959 |
Park Gallery |
Toronto |
| 1960 |
Painters Eleven, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery |
Kitchener-Waterloo |
| 1960 March 11- 27 |
Paintings by Oscar Cahén, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery XII, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Montreal |
| 1959 |
6th Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Touring show, Brandon, Calgary, New Westminster and Kelowna |
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| 1961 |
‘Here and Now’, Art Gallery Ltd. |
Toronto |
| 1962 |
National Trust Building |
Toronto |
| 1962 June |
Oscar Cahén, Dorothy Cameron Gallery |
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| 1962 Sept – Oct |
15 Years in Retrospect, Art Gallery of Ontario |
Toronto |
| 1962, October |
'Exhibition of Canadian Art', J.B. Speed Museum, Kentucky |
Louisville |
| 1963 May 18 – June 5 |
Oscar Cahén 1916-1956, Jerrold Morris International Gallery |
Toronto |
| 1963 Nov.30-Dec.18 |
Oscar Cahén Drawings and Sarah Jackson, New Sculptures, Jerrold Morris International Gallery |
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| 1964 |
Oscar Cahén, Jerrold Morris International Gallery |
Toronto |
| 1968 |
Alexandra Luke Collection, Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery |
Oshawa |
| 1968 Sep. 30-Nov 10 |
Oscar Cahén: First American Retrospective, Ringling Museum |
Sarasota |
| 1971 |
Painters Eleven 1953- 1960, Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery |
Oshawa |
| 1972 |
Toronto Painting 1953-1965, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, On. Sept 15-Oct. 15, 1972; and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, On., Nov. 10-Dec. 10, 1972 |
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| 1973 |
Painters Eleven, Robert McLaughlin Gallery |
Oshawa |
| 1975 |
Painters Eleven, Robert McLaughlin Gallery |
Oshawa |
| 1975 |
Painters Eleven: Spectrum 1975, Sudbury Arts Festival, Sudbury, On., organized by Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery |
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| 1975 |
50 Years of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour 1953-1965, Art Gallery of Ontario |
Toronto |
| 1975 Dec. – 1976 Jan. |
50 Years The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour 1953- 1965, Art Gallery of Ontario |
Toronto |
| 1979-81 |
Painters Eleven in Retrospect, Art Gallery of Ontario, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Oct. 30-Dec. 2 1979. Circulated to: The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, On., Jan. 1- Feb. 3, 1980, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, On., Mar. 8-April 12, 1980, London Regional art Gallery, London, On., July 1 – Aug 24, 1980, Agnes Etherington art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, On. Sept. 7-Oct.13, Hart House art Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, On., Nov 4.-Dec. 12 1980
Sir George Williams Art Galleries, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Jan. 14-Feb 12 1981, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, March 1-31, 1981; Art Gallery of Nova scotia, Halifax, NS, May 1-31, 1981, The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory, Saskatoon, SK, July 28-Aug 29, 1981, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, On. Sept 10-Oct. 4, 1981, MacDonald stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, On. Oct 15-Nov 30, 1981 |
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| 1983-84 |
Oscar Cahén Retrospective, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, On., Dec 16, 1983-Feb. 12, 1984. Circulated to St. John's, Windsor, Edmonton, Winnipeg |
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| 1992 |
Origins of Abstraction in Ontario : the Abstracts at home show, 1953, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Civic Centre, Oshawa, 3 September-14 October 1992 / Joan Murray |
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| 1993-94 |
The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada: the 1950s, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, touring exhibition circulated to Quebec City, Regina, Calgary, Hamilton |
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| 2003-4 |
1953, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, touring exhibition circulated to Art Gallery of Mississauga and Mendel Art Gallery and Conservatory, Saskatoon |
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| 2006/7 |
Oscar Cahén, Gallery Moos |
Toronto |
| 2006/7 |
Oscar Cahén, Galerie Samuel Lallouz |
Montreal |
| 2006 |
Oscar Cahén, Toronto International Art Fair |
Toronto |
| 2009 |
Heartland exhibition curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Toronto Art Fair |
Toronto |
| 2010 July 8 – Sept 10 |
Oscar Cahén and Gershon Iskowitz: Artists Caught in Hitler’s Web, Exhibition curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Horton Gallery (Sunday L.E.S.) |
New York |
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