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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
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- 313rd
Annual Winter exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
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
1951Nov – 1952 Jan.
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1952 April – June
Annual Exhibition, Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto
1952 March- April
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery 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
1952 Oct. - 1953 Jan.
Canadian Group of Painters
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
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
1953 Nov.– Jan.1954
Royal Canadian Academy of Art, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto
1953, 8 Dec.- 15 Feb 1954
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
1954 Feb 13-27
Painters Eleven, Roberts Gallery, Toronto circulated to Robertson Gallery, Ottawa in late March to early April 1954
1954, October 18- Nov 1st
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
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
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
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.
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
1956 June
Canadian Abstract Paintings, The Smithsonian Institution, Circulating exhibition 1956-1957
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
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
1956
A joint Exhibition of Watercolours by Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and the California Water Color Society, National Gallery of Canada
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
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
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
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
1961
‘Here and Now’, Art Gallery Ltd., Toronto
1962
National Trust Building, Toronto
1962 June
Oscar Cahén, Dorothy Cameron Gallery
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
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
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
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 1980Sir 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
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
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
1993-94
The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada: the 1950s, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, touring exhibition circulated to Quebec City, Regina, Calgary, Hamilton
2003-4
1953, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, touring exhibition circulated to Art Gallery of Mississauga and Mendel Art Gallery and Conservatory, Saskatoon
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
2011 Oct 1-30
Oscar Cahén: Canada's Groundbreaking Illustrator, Exhibition at Illustration House, New York
2012 June 12- Oct 12 2013
"Enemy Aliens": The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-1943, Vancouver Holocause Education Centre, Vancouver
2012 July 24-25
Research Colloquium I, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
2012 Oct 4 - Dec 1
Oscar Cahén: Canada's Groundbreaking Illustrator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Calgary
2013 April 6 - June 2
Oscar Cahén: Canada's Groundbreaking Illustrator, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Main Gallery, Banff, Alberta
2013 October 25-28
Art Dealer's Association of Canada at Art Toronto, the 14th Toronto International Art Fair
2014 Feb 13
Canadian Abstraction, Sotheby's S|2, New York
2014 March
"Enemy Aliens": The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-1943, Sherbrooke Historical Society, Quebec
2014 April 16
The Life and Art of Oscar Cahén, Research Colloquium II, The Cahén Archives, Toronto
2014 June
Sketches 2014: Painters 11, June Roberts Gallery
2017 September 23 to Jan 2018
Oscar Cahén Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
2019 October 8 - November 16
Discovering Oscar Cahén, TrepanierBaer Gallery, Calgary
2021 November 13 - December 12
Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior (1916–1956) at Feheley Fine Arts/Centre Space, Toronto. In special collaboration with Feheley Fine Arts, TrépanierBaer is thrilled to present an exhibition of outstanding works by Canadian abstract painter and illustrator, Oscar Cahén. A major highlight includes Cahén’s monumental canvas Warrior, completed shortly before his sudden passing by automobile accident in 1956. Fittingly, Warrior’s legacy comes full circle in this exhibition at Feheley Fine Arts, as the piece was originally shown for the very first time at M.F. (Budd) Feheley’s Park Gallery in 1959.
2021 December 11 - October 9 2022
Complete Freedom, Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Small Structure exhibited as part of Painters Eleven show.