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ROGER SAVAGE (1941 - ), R.C.A.RHODODENDRON & LILY OF THE VALLEYWATERCOLOUR; SIGNED AND DATED 87 LOWER LEFT; TITLED VERSO15" x 22.75" - 38.1 x 57.8 cm.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artistNote:ROGER SAVAGE (1941 - ), R.C.A.Roger Savage was born in 1941, in Windsor, Ontario. He attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from 1946 to 1959 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Alison University in 1963. Upon graduating, Savage spent one year in Malaga, Spain, painting and drawing. In 1966, he returned to Canada and worked as an art specialist in the Montréal school system for two years before moving to Liverpool, Nova Scotia in 1969. Savage has focused on painting full time and running the Savage Gallery ever since.Savage has exhibited his works nationally and internationally in both group and solo exhibitions. In addition, he has received a number of commissions such as the Canadian Unity Coin (1978), and the O Canada Commemorative Coin (1981). Savage's works are included in corporate, public, and private collections across Canada. Savage lives in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.Selected Corporate, Private and Public CollectionsAcadia University, Wolfville, NSAlberta Gas Trunk Line, CalgaryAlcan, TorontoArt Centre, University of New Brunswick, FrederictonArt Gallery of Nova Scotia, HalifaxArthur Anderson and Co., TorontoAthabasca University, EdmontonBank of Montreal, HalifaxBanque Paribas de Canada, MontrealBlake Cassels and Graydon, TorontoBlois & Nickerson, HalifaxBolands Ltd., HalifaxBowater Mersey Paper Company, LiverpoolCanada Council Art Bank, OttawaCanada News-Wire, HalifaxCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TorontoCanadian Pacific, MontrealCanadian Utilities, CalgaryCanadian Western Natural Gas, CalgaryCentral Trust, HalifaxChateau Halifax HotelChateau Paints, MontrealCitibank Canada, TorontoCity of Berlin, GermanyCity of Dartmouth, NSCity of Wolfsburg, GermanyClaridge Collection, MontrealClarkson Gordon Company, CalgaryCN Explorations, CalgaryConfederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, P.E.I.Control Data Incorporated, MississaugaCoopers and Lybrand Ltd., CalgaryCorona Resources, TorontoCrosbie Offshore, St. John´s, NfId.CS Management, TorontoCyanamid, TorontoDalhousie University, HalifaxDavison Seamone Rickard Adams Architects, HfxDover Park Development, TorontoESSO Resources, CalgaryEzra and Wolverton, TorontoFederal Deposit Insurance Corp., ChicagoFoothills Collection, CalgaryG-V. Martin and Associates, TorontoGeneral Motors Corp, DetroitGietty Mines, TorontoGlenbow Museum, CalgaryGMC Investors Corp., TorontoGoodman and Goodman, TorontoGotlands Kommun, Visby, SwedenGulf Canada, CalgaryHarries, Houser, TorontoHealth and Welfare Canada, HalifaxHercules Canada, TorontoHimont, TorontoHusky Oil, Halifax, TorontoIBM Canada, TorontoImperial Tobacco Ltd., MontrealInnocan Inc., MontrealJohnson & Higgins, HalifaxJones Consultants, MontrealJones, D.R., HalifaxKnobl, W.& L., Nornberg, GermanyLandmark Minerals, CalgaryLantic Sugar, MontrealLeaman, N., LiverpoolLodge That Gives, Cdn. Cancer Soc., HalifaxMaclaren, Morris and Todd, TorontoMagna Corporation, TorontoManufacturer´s Life Insurance Co., TorontoMaritime Graphic Arts, HalifaxMathers Travel, HalifaxMcInnes, Cooper, Robertson, HalifaxMenard and Dube, MontrealMirabaud Canada, MontrealMolson Breweries TorontoMount Saint Vincent University, HalifaxMunicipality of Metropolitan TorontoNabisco Brands, East Hanover, New JerseyNational Capital Commission (Stornaway), Ottawa, ONNational Sea Products, HalifaxNelligan Power, OttawaNew Brunswick Museum, Saint JohnNichols, R. & N., DartmouthNova Scotia Art Bank, HalifaxNova Scotia Tractors, HalifaxOffice Elan, TorontoOwens Art Gallery, Sackville, N.B.Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd., CalgaryPeat, Marwick and Mitchell, CalgaryPrice/Wilson, MontrealRegional Trust Co. TorontoReichold, TorontoRevenue Canada Customs, HalifaxRilke, B., Nürnberg, GermanyRingwest, TorontoRoyal Bank of Canada, Calgary, Liverpool, MontrealSelkirk Communications, TorontoSeneca College, Willowdale, OntarioSheraton Hotel, HalifaxSt. Mary´s University, HalifaxStadtgemeinde Liestal, SwitzerlandSumitomo Bank, TorontoSwiss Bank Corporation, TorontoTatamagouche Centre, NSTeleglobe Canada, Mill Village, NS, MontrealTelesat Canada, OttawaToronto Bayview Clinic, TorontoToronto Dominion Bank, TorontoTouche Ross, TorontoTransco Energy, HoustonUniversity of Alberta, Health Science Centre, CalgaryUniversity of Waterloo, OntarioWalwyn Stodgell Cochran Murray, HalifaxWard Mallette, TorontoWestern Canadian Software, CalgaryWestinghouse Canada, HamiltonWhite Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot lake, ONXerox of Canada, TorontoSelected Solo Exhibitions2000Watercolours- Nova Scotia, Bavaria, Thuringia, Savage Gallery 1999Aquarell- Impressionen von Weimar, Weimarer Malschule, Weimar, Germany 1999Roger Savage: Thirty Years of Print Making, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS1998Watercolours & Drawings, Savage Gallery, Liverpool 1997Landscape Watercolours, Savage Gallery 1996Watercolours, Serigraphs & Lithos, Savage Gallery 1995Bermuda Watercolours, Savage Gallery The Berkshires, Savage Gallery 1994Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Savage Gallery 1993Arctic and Other Watercolours, Savage Gallery, Liverpool Madeira Watercolours, Savage Gallery, Liverpool Bermuda Revisited, Savage Gallery, Liverpool Watercolours, Drawings and Prints, Savage Gallery, Liverpool 1992Arctic Watercolours, Savage Gallery, Liverpool Bermuda Watercolours, Savage Gallery, Liverpool Watercolours, Drawings and Prints, Savage Gallery, Liverpool1991Blumen, Pflanzen, Landschaften, Palmengarten, Frankfurt1991Serigraphs, Lithographs, Galerie in der Berliner Volksbank, Berlin1990Aquarelles, Lithographs, Centre de Congres, Montreux, Switzerland1989Watercolours from Crete, Soho Gallery, Halifax1986Colores de Colombia, Gallery Studio 21, Halifax Instituto de Cultura y Bellas Arles, Tunja, Colombia1981Jesuitenkirche Galerie, Aschaffenburg, W. GermanyFGK Gallei, Visby, SwedenRoger Savage - Prints:, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax1979Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (national tour 1979 -81)1976Eye Level Gallery, Halifax 1974Third International Graphic Biennial, Frechen, W. Germany Peggy´s Cove Syndrome, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax Nine Out of Ten, Art Gallery of Hamilton1973Graphic 8 Galleries, Calgary Tenth Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia1972New Talent in Printmaking, Marlborough-Godard Galleries, Toronto, MontrealThird British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK1971Society of Canadian Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London , ON1970Neate Gallery, Halifax 1969Magic Realism in Canada, University of Waterloo, University of GuelphNeate Gallery, Halifax New Images from Canada, Banfer Gallery, New York CityGROUP EXHIBITIONS 1999Century of Canadian Drawings, Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NSLast Picture Show, Art Collectors Club, Winnipeg, MB1998World Print Survey Truman State University, Kirksville, MI, USAPrint Types Indiana Hills Community College, Ottumwa, 10, USA1997Repetitious Images, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Antigonish, NS Art Collectors´ Club, Winnipeg, MBPrint Types, Abeline Texas University, Abeline, TX, USA1996Consortium Prints Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO, USA Types, Art Institute, Odessa, TX, USA1995North of the Border´, Wiregrass Mus. of Art, Dothan, AL, USA1994Third Edition, Mt. St. Vincent Univ. Art Gallery, Halifax, NSPrint Types, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE, USAPrint Types, Central College, Pella, IA1993NS Printmakers Assoc. Juried Print Show, Acadia Univ. Art Gallery, WolfvilfeWolfville Collects, Acadia Univ. Art Gallery, Wolfville1992Canadian Printmakers, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO Kanadensiskt, Gotlands Konst Museum, Visby, SwedenKonstmuseum, Visby, SwedenPrint Types, Owatoma Art Center, Minn., USAGallery 454, Winnipeg1990Living Proof, NS Printmakers Association, St.Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS Affinity with Nature, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, USA1989Kontsmuseum, Visby, SwedenAtque Ars, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, N131988Gallery 454, WinnipegLiving Nature Vivant´88, National Museum of Natural Sciences, OttawaLyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NSQueens County Museum, Liverpool, NSWoodlands and Wildlife, Bowater Mersey Exh., Windsor, NS1987RCA Printmakers, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto1986Visual Facts ´86, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax1985Willows Gallery, Canning, NS1984Advisor´s Choice I, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, USAHenry Chauncey Center, Princeton, New Jersey, USA1983Atlantic Print Exhibition, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, touring1982Art for All, Art Gallery of Windsor, ONPrintmaker´s ´82, Art Rental Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, TorontoPrints ´82, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catherine´s, ON1980Arts East´80, Maritime Art Association, touringGallery One, Moncton, NBLandmark Galleries, Fredericton, NB1979Fourth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax1978International of Drawings, Christchurch, New Zealand197750 Canadian Drawings, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, FrederictonPrint Nova Scotia, Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, HalifaxAtlantic Coast: An Illustrated Journal, National Gallery of Canada, OttawaMosaicart: XXI Olympiad Montreal1975Eighth Burnaby Biennial of Edition Art, Burnaby Art Gallery1974Second Norsk International Graphic Bienial, Fredrikstad, NorwayThird International Graphic Biennial, Frechen, W. GermanyPeggy´s Cove Syndrome, Eye Level Gallery, HalifaxNine Out of Ten, Art Gallery of Hamilton1973Tenth Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia1972New Talent in Printmaking, Marlborough-Godard Galleries, Toronto, MontrealThird British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK1971Society of Canadian Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London , ON1969Magic Realism in Canada, University of Waterloo, University of GuelphNew Images from Canada, Banfer Gallery, New York CitySelected Commissions1997Queens General Hospital Foundation, Liverpool, NSRoyal Canadian Mint, Ottawa1996Liverpool International Theatre Festival, Liverpool, NSLiverpool International Theatre Festival, Liverpool, NS1994Liverpool International Theatre Festival, Liverpool, NS1992Liverpool International Theatre Festival, Liverpool, NS1989Royal Bank of Canada, Liverpool, NS1985Halifax Sheraton HotelArt Gallery of Nova Scotia Capital Campaign1981Royal Canadian Mint, Canada $100 gold "0 Canada" commemorative coinBowater Mersey Paper Company, Liverpool1979Nova Scotia Logo, Canada Winter Games1978Royal Canadian Mint, Canada $100 gold "Unity" commemorative coinSelected Awards and Grants1999International Cultural Relations, Can Dept. Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Ottawa (Weimar, Germany, Cultural Capital of Europe 1999)1993International Relations Program, Canadian Embassy, Bonn1992Skills Development for Professional Artists, Nova Scotia Government1991"Arctic Awareness Program", Energy, Mines, Resources, Canada1989Skills Development for Professional Artists, Nova Scotia Government1980Canada Council Project Costs Grant, Sweden and GermanyBrucebo Scholarship, Gotland, SwedenNova Scotia Environment Award, Province of Nova Scotia1970Canada Council Travel Grant, GermanySelected Linksrogersavage.caCanadian Art Database