1. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Artist Research
Francis Bacon
The English artist Francis Bacon was one of the most powerful and original figure
painters in the twentieth century. He was particularly noted for the obsessive
intensity of his work.
His subjects were artists, friends, lovers, and even himself. His painting technique
consisted of using rags, his hands, and dust along with paint and brush.
Gustar Klimt
Austriansymbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession
movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects. Klimt's primary
subject was the female body
Each of the fifty prints were categorized among five themes:
1. Allegorical (which included multicolored prints of The Golden Knight, 1903 and The
Virgin, c. 1912)
2. Mythical/Biblical (Pallas Athena, 1898; Judith and The Head of Holofernes, 1901; and
Danaë, c. 1908)
3. Portraits (Emilie Flöge, 1902)
4. Erotic-Symbolist (Water Serpents I and II, both c. 1907–08 and The Kiss, c. 1908)
5. Landscapes (The Sunflower, c. 1906)

2. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Picaso
Picasso demonstrated uncanny artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through
his childhood and adolescence; during the first decade of the twentieth century his style changed as
he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. Picasso creativity manifested itself
in numerous mediums, including oil paintings, sculpture, drawing, and architecture.

3. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Eric Zener
Zener is best known for his utilizing the subject of water in his paintings, and often feature his wife
Julie who was at one time a competitive swimmer.
Recently Zener embarked on a dramatic new direction with his work. Leaving the water, and
climbing upon dry land for his latest series entitled NATURE. Both symbolic and packed with
metaphor, these paintings are a new evolution for the artist, and mark a turning point in his career

4. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Jason DeCaires Taylor
With over 17 years diving experience under his belt, Taylor is also an award winning underwater
photographer, famous for his dramatic images, which capture the metamorphosing effects of the
ocean on his evolving sculptures.
In 2006, Taylor founded and created the world's first underwater sculpture park. Situated off the
coast of Grenada in the West Indies it is now listed as one of the Top 25 Wonders of the World by
National.
Taylor's art is like no other, a paradox of creation, constructed to be assimilated by the ocean and
transformed from inert objects into living breathing coral reefs, portraying human intervention as
both positive and life-encouraging.
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Blake William Ward
The artist Blake was born Blake William Ward in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories,
Canada on June 3, 1956 and raised in Edmonton. He received an Honours Degree in Fine
Art from the University of Alberta in 1979. In 1985, he moved to Paris to study
figurative sculpture. In 1991, Blake moved to Monaco where he currently has his studio.
Blake works in clay to produce bronze and marble sculpture that are cast or carved in
Italy.

5. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Betsy Youngquist
Betsy Youngquist’s mixed media beadwork reflects a fascination with the intersection of
humans, animals, and mythology. Stemming from a life-long love of all creatures great and
small, Betsy’s work weaves together the human and animal spirit through a surrealistic lens.
When creating her embellished objects, Betsy often collaborates with sculptor R. Scott Long
in designing and constructing the forms. Each piece starts as a unique carving. The surfaces
are encrusted with beads and found materials in a mosaic process, sometimes incorporating
fragments of old porcelain dolls.
Prina Granirer
Born in Romania, PninaGranirer later moved to Israel and studied at the Bezalel Academy of
Art in Jerusalem, Israel. After some time spent in the United States, she and her husband
came to Canada in 1965. Granirer has lived and worked in Vancouver since the 1960s.

6. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Her travels to France, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, and Mexico inspired several series of
works, including the Alhambra Series and the Kyoto Suite. Granirer has shown her work
locally, nationally and internationally and it may be found in numerous private, corporate
and public collections
Chris Roberts-Antieua
Her compositions have the delightfully off-kilter feeling of children’s drawings, and the subjects
sometimes seem to be a child’s choosing as well: “Playing With Dolls”, “Bad Dog”, or “Bug Jar”. But
like her better-known inspirations, Picasso, Miro, and Van Gogh, Chris takes the honesty, freedom,
and new perspective of children’s art to a new level. She doesn’t just mimic a child’s style—she
applies a child’s eye to adult realities, reminding viewers not to take themselves too seriously, and
giving them a chance to remember again the wonder and joy that children find in the everyday.

7. Chris Munro Figurative Artist Research
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, graduated from the Emily Carr School of Art and Design in
1983 with an honours degree in painting. Yuxweluptun's strategy is to document and
promote change in contemporary Indigenous history in large-scale paintings (from 54.2 x
34.7cm to 233.7 x 200.7cm), using Coast Salish cosmology, Northwest Coast formal design
elements, and the Western landscape tradition. His painted works explore political,
environmental, and cultural issues. His personal and socio-political experiences enhance
this practice of documentation. Yuxweluptun's work has been included in numerous
international group and solo exhibitions, such as INDIGENA: Contemporary Native
Perspectives in 1992. He was the recipient of the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts
(VIVA) award in 1998.