M. Bernard Loates
M. Bernard Loates is a Canadian artist, lithographer and publisher in the manner of the private press movement. The private press movement refers to a printing press or publishing method that is artistic based, with great attention to detail as opposed to commercially based. The proprieter controls all elements of the publication, from concept, to design, to the final execution. Loates is recognized as one of the finest printing artisans... Loates is best known in the United States for his M.Bernard Loates Edition of John James Audubon, Birds of America. In Canada, Loates is best known for his work with A.J. Casson, the last living member of the Group of Seven.
Loates was born in Toronto, a fraternal twin and the youngest of four boys. The family home was in Newtonbrook, a northern Toronto neighbourhood bordered by woods on the east side. Loates and his twin brother met Frederick Henry Brigden, founder of the Canadian Watercolourist Society, at his studio there. Brigden introduced Loates and his brother to the art of watercolours. At that young age they began painting as they explored the wooded area by Brigdens studio.
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