Born in Guelph, Ontario in 1916, Herbert Ariss became a painter in both
abstract and realist styles and was also a sculptor, graphic artist,
and educator.
One of his mixed-media abstract works is a white relief that gives the
effect of textured snow, and is made of styrofoam and plaster coated
in white gesso.
He was the youngest of six children, and the family was supported by
his father, who was a millwright. When he was age four, the family
moved to Toronto, where (showing 500 of 3645 characters). |
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