Canadian - Artist - Ontario
D. MACKAY HOUSTOUN
ARCA   RCA  PCSPWC   POSA  CGP


BORN
Stevensville, Ontario, November, 1916
Currently lives in Brampton, Ontario

STUDIED
Western Technical School, Toronto              under L.A.C. Panton

CAREER

President - 1950 - 1955  Art & Design Studio Ltd., Toronto                                                     Vice - President of Art & Design Studio Ltd.
Director of Merton Gallery, Freelance staff for Ontario College of Art, Fine Art represented by Roberts Gallery

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

The Arts and Letters Club, Toronto (Retrospective 1996 )
Roberts Gallery, Toronto - 1968,73,75,78,80,82,84,86,88,90,92
Park Gallery, Toronto - 1958

EXHIBITIONS

Group - numerous exhibitions including:
Fourth Biennial of Canadian Art - National Gallery of Canada - 1966
Four man show - Art Gallery of Ontario -1960
Six man show - "Six Ways with Water Colour" - London Library & Art Museum - 1961
Four man show - "Recreating the Landscape" - Sarnia Art Gallery
Academy in Retrospect - Confederation Art Gallery & Museum Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Group shows at - C.N.E., Hamilton Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Represented in most major exhibitions and travelling shows of major art societies since 1950

SOCIETIES - MEMBER

Royal Canadian Academy - A.R.C.A. - 1954    
( R.C.A. Academician 1967 )
Ontario Society of Artists - Annual A.G.O. shows - 1944 - 1972, President 1961 - 1964
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour - 1955 - 1972, President 1960 - 1962
Canadian Group of Painters - 1965 -1967
Over forty juried shows with the above four artists' groups
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto - 1953 >

AWARDS

Ralph - Clark - Stone Award  O.S.A  Annual Exhibition  - 1948
Honour Award of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour - 1966


COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Canada - Art Gallery of Ontario - London Regional Art Gallery - Tom Thomson Gallery - Mississauga Public Library - Sarnia Art Gallery - Robert McLaughlin Gallery - Glaxo Inc. - Arts and Letters Club - C.I.B.C - Toronto Dominion Bank - Bank of Montreal -  Royal Trust Corporation - Royal Bank of Canada - Guarantee Trust Company - Crown Trust Company - Imperial Oil Limited - Gulf Canada Limited - TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. - DuPont Canada Inc. - Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. - The Granite Club - General Publishing Co. Ltd. - The National Club - Hiram Walker Resources Ltd. - The Ontario Club - Metro Toronto Board of Trade - G.B.B. Associates Ltd. - University of Western Ontario - Princess Margaret Lodge
                                                                       
COMMISSIONS
Murals:

Women's College Hospital, Toronto

Queen's Park Complex - MacDonald Block, Toronto



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Painted and lived in Toronto, Elora, Georgetown, Markham, Stouffville and currently in Brampton Ontario
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Ontario Society of Artists
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