{{Short description|Canadian artist (1918–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox artist | name = Joseph Plaskett | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Joseph Francis Plaskett | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|07|12}} | birth_place = New Westminster, B.C. | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|09|21|1918|07|12|mf=y}} | death_place = Suffolk, England | nationality = | partner = Mario Ducet | field = | training = Vancouver School of Art night school, San Francisco School of Art (1946); with Hans Hofmann (1946); with Fernand Léger and others, Paris (1949-1951); Slade School, London (1951-1952) | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = First Emily Carr Fellowship (1946) for study in the U.S.; Canadian Government overseas scholarship (1954-1955); Canada Council grant to Europe (1967); Officer of the Order of Canada (2000) | elected = R.C.A.; C.G.P.; B.C. Society of Artists | known_for = Painter
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'''Joseph Plaskett''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|RCA|size=100%}} (12 July 1918 – 21 September 2014) was a Canadian painter. His special gift was painting still life and flowers. He also worked in pastel.
== Biography == Plaskett was born in New Westminster, British Columbia in 1918.<ref name="CBC News">{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/at-90-joseph-plaskett-still-turns-to-fellow-artists-for-inspiration-1.741171 |title=At 90, Joseph Plaskett still turns to fellow artists for inspiration |publisher= CBC News |date= 10 September 2008 |access-date= 14 April 2010 }}</ref> He initially studied history, and taught school for six years but in 1944, became interested in art. He studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Banff School of Fine Arts, where his teacher was A.Y. Jackson.<ref name="brennan ">{{cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Brian |title=Joe Plaskett |url=https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/joe-plaskett/ |website=www.gallerieswest.ca |date=31 August 2006 |publisher=Galleries West Magazine |access-date=2021-04-07}}</ref><ref name="macdonald">{{cite book |last1=MacDonald |first1=Colin S. |title=A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, vol. 6 |date=1982 |publisher=Canadian Paperbacks Publishing |location=Ottawa |edition=Third |url=https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=colin%20macdonald%2C%20a%20dictionary%20of%20canadian%20artists&Ntk=Anywhere |accessdate=2021-04-07 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202153055/https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=colin%20macdonald%2C%20a%20dictionary%20of%20canadian%20artists&Ntk=Anywhere |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1945, he joined the B. C. Society of Artists.<ref name="macdonald" /> In 1946, having been awarded the first Emily Carr Scholarship for study in the U.S. by Lawren Harris,<ref name="The Coast">{{cite news |url= http://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2008/05/23/the-other-plaskett |title= The other Plaskett |newspaper= The Coast |date= 23 May 2008 |accessdate= 14 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121014230948/http://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2008/05/23/the-other-plaskett |archive-date= 14 October 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> he studied at the San Francisco School of Art.<ref name="CBC News"/> Afterwards, he taught at the Winnipeg School of Art where he was made director (1947-1949){{sfn|Bradfield|1970|p=n.p.}} In summers, he studied in New York and once, with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown in 1947.<ref name="macdonald" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Zemans |first1=Joyce |title="Abstract and Non-Objective Art in English Canada". The Visual Arts in Canada: the Twentieth Century|page=171|date=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Foss, Brian., Paikowsky, Sandra., Whitelaw, Anne (eds.)|isbn=978-0-19-542125-5|location=Don Mills, Ont.|oclc=432401392 }}</ref> From 1949 to 1951, in Paris, he studied with Fernand Léger.<ref name="macdonald" />{{sfn|Bradfield|1970|p=n.p.}} He then studied at the Slade School, London (1951-1952) with a bursary awarded by the British Arts Council. He took etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter in Paris in 1953 with the aid of a Canadian Government Overseas Scholarship, and opened a studio there in 1957.<ref name="macdonald" /><ref name="Award">{{cite web |title=Joseph Plaskett |url=https://www.joeplaskett.com/plaskett-award/about-joseph-plaskett/ |website=www.joeplaskett.com |publisher=Plaskett Award |access-date=2021-04-06}}</ref>
In Paris, Plaskett, having renounced abstraction, painted still lifes in oils and did pastels that ''Vancouver Sun'' art critic Michael Scott described as “romanticized impressionism”.<ref name="brennan " /> He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Plaskett |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-5859 |website=www.gg.ca |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.<ref name=RCA1880>{{cite web|title=Members since 1880 |url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |accessdate=11 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |archivedate=26 May 2011 }}</ref> He was also a member of the Canadian Group of Painters.{{sfn|Bradfield|1970|p=n.p.}}
In 2000, he moved to Suffolk, England.<ref name="CBC News"/><ref name="Award" /> In 2004, he founded the Joseph Plaskett Foundation which awards scholarships to Canadian artists.<ref name="CBC News"/> Plaskett said,
<blockquote>"In my long career I have been a recipient of many awards.... These revolutionized my development. These awards all came from my country. I am paying my dues."<ref name="Award" /></blockquote>
He died on 21 September 2014 at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian painter Joseph Plaskett dead at 96 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/joseph-plaskett-canadian-painter-dead-at-96-1.2774301 |website=CBC News |access-date=8 April 2021 |date=22 September 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
=== Further reading === * {{cite book |last1= Boulet|first1=Roger H.|title=Joseph Plaskett: Reflections and Shadows |date=1996 |publisher=Art Gallery of the South Okanagan |location=Penticton, B.C.|url=https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Boulet,%20Roger%20H.%20(1996).%20Joseph%20Plaskett:%20Reflections%20and%20Shadows.&tab=Everything&search_scope=UTL_AND_CI&vid=01UTORONTO_INST:UTORONTO&offset=0 |access-date=2021-04-06}} * {{cite book |last1=Bradfield |first1=Helen |title=Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection |date=1970 |publisher=McGraw Hill |location=Toronto |isbn=0070925046 |url=https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=Helen%20Bradfield%2C%20canadian%20collection%20%2C%20art%20gallery%20of%20ontario&Ntk=Anywhere |accessdate=2021-04-06 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002632/https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=Helen%20Bradfield,%20canadian%20collection%20,%20art%20gallery%20of%20ontario&Ntk=Anywhere |url-status=dead }} * {{cite book |last1=Plaskett|first1=Joseph |title=A Speaking Likeness |date=1999 |publisher=Ronsdale Press|location=Vancouver|isbn=0921870671|url=https://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/aplaskett%2C+joe/aplaskett+joe/1%2C1%2C23%2CB/frameset&FF=aplaskett+joe+++++1918+++++2014&23%2C%2C23}}
==External links== * [http://www.joeplaskett.com Joe Plaskett Foundation]
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