CAROLINE DUKES (1929 - 2003), R.C.A.LANDSCAPE #27ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND TITLED VERSO72" x 57" - 182.9 x 144.8 cm.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artistNote:CAROLINE DUKES (1929 - 2003), R.C.A."My work has undergone several transformations through the years. What might seem to be abrupt changes in retrospect was actually a slow evolution constituted by the successive works. Every beginning, a new project is marked with great anticipation, excitement and fear. I always have to overcome the last before I can give vent to the rest. Conviction is of utmost importance in whatever subject my work is about, be it a tree, a colour, a thought, or an idea. I am searching for its truth, its essence. . ."- Caroline Dukes - Caroline Dukes was born in 1929 in Ujpest, Hungary and lived there during the German occupation band under the Stalin Era. She began her training in Budapest, studying sculpture with Sigiesmund de Strobl at the Academy of Fine Arts. Dukes immigrated to Canada in 1958 with her husband and children, first to Toronto and then nine years later to Winnipeg. In 1968 Dukes entered the School of Art at the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1972. Within two years she had established her own studio, taught classes, and had her first solo exhibition at the Fleet Gallery in Winnipeg. She also received the "Highest Quality and Most Original Painting" Award at the Manitoba Society of Artists exhibition that same year. By the early 1980s she was quite active in the regional art world, during which time her painting hand changed dramatically from stylized abstract-like interiors to highly expressive and monumental gestural reflections of the innate energy of the natural world. In 1991 The Winnipeg Art Gallery mounted a solo exhibition of her work titled At the Focus of Forces and in 1996 her installation Remember...Relate...Retell was hosted by Plug In ICA.Dukes exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions across Canada and abroad, including shows in Jerusalem, Munich and Barcelona. Her work is represented in major collections world-wide, including the Budapest Museum of Fine Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada Council Art Bank, Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank, and the Princess Anne Collection. In 1994, she was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Dukes passed away in 2003, leaving a remarkable body of work that dealt with memory, loss, tragedy, and the human spirit's amazing capacity to overcome. She was honoured posthumously with a 2008 solo retrospective, Concealed Memories, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.Selected Corporate, Private and Public CollectionsAsper Jewish Community Centre, Winnipeg, ManitobaBudapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, HungaryCanada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ONCARA Operations Ltd, Mississauga, ONCKY-TV, Moffat Communications Ltd, Winnipeg, MBClaridge Collection, Montréal, QCComcheq Corporation, Winnipeg, MBEsso Resources CanadaGreat West Life Insurance Company, Winnipeg, MBGulf Canada Resources, Calgary, ABHewlett-PackardInter-City GasInvestors Group, Toronto, ONLoring Ward Investment Counsel Ltd.Manitoba Arts Council Visual Art Bank, Winnipeg, MBMusée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, QCNorman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SKNorth Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North DakotaPrincess Anne Collection, EnglandRobert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ONShell Canada, Calgary, ABSt John's College, Winnipeg, MBTaylor McCaffrey Chapman, Winnipeg, MBToronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto, ONUniversity of Winnipeg Art CollectionWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBYad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelSelected Solo Exhibitions2008Concealed Memories, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB1998Cities, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, MB1996-92 Remember . . . Relate . . . Retell, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON; Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK; Plug In Inc. Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1991Building Series, Brian Melnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MBAt the Focus of Forces, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba1987Apple Pickers or Apple of Sodom Series,Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1985 Recent Work, Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1983Ten Year Survey, Gallery 1.1.1., School of Art, University of Manitoba, MB1981Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg, MB1980Pollock Gallery, Toronto, ON1978Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg, MB1976Gilman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois1974Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg, MB Selected Group Exhibitions1998RCA Prairie Region Exhibition, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SKBreaking the Line: When is a Drawing not a Drawing, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1997A Generous View, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MBThe Light Within: Manitoba Women in Art, Legislative Building, Manitoba Royal College of Art Prairie Region Exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBGrand Jury IV, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1996Stored Secrets: The Vault on View, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1995Gallery 454, Winnipeg, MBArt from Desire, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBGrand Jury III, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBMelnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MBAutobiography: Words and Images from Life, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota1994Kunst und Literature der Gegenwart, Autoren Galerie 1, Munich, GermanyContemporary Manitoba Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MBThrough the Eyes of a Child, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MBMelnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1993Grand Jury II, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBFirst Night, Melnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MBBuilding Series, Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary1992North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North DakotaMelnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 1991Wild Things: Animals in Contemporary Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBIntroductions: The Artists Who Live among Us, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North DakotaMelnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MBAll Over the Map: Women and Places, Plains Museum, Morehead, MinnesotaEarth Watch II, Oakham House, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON1990 Access Show, Main/Access Gallery, Winnipeg, MBMelnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MBThird Open Print Exhibition, Manitoba Printmaking Association, ManitobaFeminist Art Practice in Manitoba, Evelyn Aimis Gallery, Toronto, ON (toured to Definitely Superior Art, Thunderbay, ON; AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; Visual Arts Manitoba, Dauphin, Manitoba; RCA Gallery, St. John's, NFLD)1989Images of Women: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBMelnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, MBMini Print International-Cadaque,Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, SpainContemporary Art in Manitoba, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ONMoose-by-Mail, Prairie Gallery, Grand Prairie, ABJuried Member's Show, ACE Art, Winnipeg, MBX-RAYS,Transparent Surfaces in Contemporary Art, Main/Access Gallery, Winnipeg, MBThomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1988Contemporary Art in Manitoba, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, ABThomas Gallery, Winnipeg, ManitobaPrint Commission,Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBFrom Here: Ten Years of Contemporary Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBContemporary Art in Manitoba, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS1987Contemporary Art in Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBYad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelThomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1986Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MBMadison Gallery, Toronto, ON1985Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MBLiving Nature '85, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, ONYad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelGathering, Congress Centre, Ottawa, ONArtistes manitobaines, Alliance française du ManitobaRecent Acquisitions,Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1984Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MBWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1983Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MBThe Colour Connection: Caroline Dukes, Alex Cameron, David Barnett, Gordon Rayner, Howard Simkins,Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBCollectors Cabinet: Celebration of a Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1982Perspectives on Women in the '80s, Janet Ian Cameron Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1981Occurrences: Four Manitoba Painters, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBWallack Gallery, Ottawa, ONGallery 1667, Halifax, NS1980Waterworks, Art Gallery of Ontario, OntarioContemporary Graphics, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1979Aspects of Realism, Pollock Gallery, Toronto, ONFestival - Print Edition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1978Graphex VI, Art Gallery of Brant, Branford, ON1977Aspects of Manitoba Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBContemporary Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1976Spectrum Canada, Montréal, QC1975Changes, 11 Artists Working on the Prairies, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (toured to Saskatoon Art Gallery, SK; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta; Alberta College of Art, AB)Manitoba Olympic Exhibition,Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBImages of Women, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBGraphex III, Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ONWinnipeg Artists II, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1975-70 Manisphere, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1975-68 Manitoba Society of Artists Exhibitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB1974Gallery Moos, Montréal, QuébecSCAN, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BCWomen Artists, Winnipeg Art Gallery Rental Exhibition, Winnipeg, MBSociety of Canadian Artists Exhibition, Shaw-Rimmington Gallery, Toronto, ONBau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BCPatronat Premi International Dibuix Jean Miro, Barcelona, Spain1973Man the Center, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg, MB1972Sun-Centre Exhibition, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MBGallery 1.1.1., School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Selected LinksArtSask: Caroline DukesThe Canadian Art Database
