Edna Taçon: Verve and Decorum

A prominent figure in the Toronto and New York City art worlds throughout the 1940s, Edna Taçon had a crucial impact on the development of abstract painting in Canada. Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s theories on abstraction and colour, her paintings and works on paper are characterized by floating compositions, flowing lines, and luminous forms rendered through a loose blending of colours. Featuring more than 25 oil paintings, watercolours, and paper collages from the 1940s, this exhibition highlights Taçon’s intuitive approach and invention. Canada’s leading proponent of non-objective art, her rarely seen works and archival materials come to the AGO courtesy the artist's family, the AGO and from lenders across Canada. Curated by Renée van der Avoird, AGO Associate Curator of Canadian Art, the exhibition will be accompanied by a hardcover catalogue, co-published by Goose Lane Editions.