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|  Antoine Bittar (1957)
Antoine Bittar is a well known Canadian painter.
Cairo, Egypt is his birthplace; since 1962, Montreal, Quebec has been his home.
His mediums are oil, watercolor and gouache*. His subjects are genre*, landscape, marine scenes, beaches, figures, cityscapes and street scenes. His style is Impressionism*. AskART have some good illustrations of his work.
Bittar is a self-taught artist. He has travelled extensively; his painting locations, in addition to Canada and the USA , include Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Malta, Tunisia, Morocco, Thailand and Nepal.
He has been painting fulltime since 1981; and has had numerous group and solo exhibitions. The venues include many prominent Canadian commercial galleries such as Kastel Gallery, Montreal; Galerie D'art Vincent, Ottawa; Kaspar Gallery, Toronto and Winchester Galleries, Victoria, B.C.
His works are frequently traded on the Canadian auction market; and they’re in many private and corporate collections.
Sources:
– The Canadian Heritage Information Network*.
– A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (1974), by Colin S. MacDonald (see AskART book references).
– The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction (2001), by Anthony R. Westbridge and Diana L. Bodnar (see AskART book references).
– Antoine Bittar website – http://www.wix.com/antoineart/bittar-home#!__page-0/biography.
* For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx.
Prepared and contributed by M.D. Silverbrooke. |
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