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Philip Aziz
Country: Lebanon
Detailed information about Philip Aziz, an internationally acclaimed Lebanese Canadian master artist, painter, sculptor and designer of buildings, and jewelled metal works.
Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningPhilip AzizFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchPhilip J. Aziz (b. April 15, 1923) is an internationally acclaimed Canadian master artist (painter, sculptor, designer of buildings, jewelled metal works, chapels, altarpieces, chalices and crosses) who has been featured in the worlds and Canadas book of Whos Who. Aziz lives in London, Ontario, Canada and is of Lebanese, Greek Orthodox descent.Contents1 Egg tempera-en-gesso panel2 Early years3 Art instructor4 Honorary Admiral in Texas Navy5 Heritage preservationist6 Forks-of-the-Thames Project7 Philip Aziz Foundation of Art8 Latest masterpiece titled, Follow Me9 Big Sisters camp out at Azizs home10 Aziz presents Paul Haggis with Celestial City11 References12 External links[edit]Egg tempera-en-gesso panelHe first became internationally recognized for his work in the exacting, painstaking technique of egg tempera-en-gesso panel, a method used by the great masters of the Renaissance.Azizs selected works hang in institutions, public galleries, universities and churches such as the University of Toronto Art Gallery; the University of Western Ontarios McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario; the Vanier Institute, Ottawa; the National Gallery, Ottawa; the Vaticans Collection of Papacy and Art in Rome (for which Aziz received a gold medal); the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Lincoln Center, New York; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Ford Auditorium, Detroit; Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building, Detroit; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and galleries in Washington, Miami, Paris, and Sydney.Private collectors such as the Bronfmans, Duponts, Fords, Vanderbilts, Eaton, Thomsons, Iveys and Blackburns have also purchased his art. Aziz has painted commissioned portraits of Ontarios Progressive Conservative Premier, the Honourable John Robarts, Governor-General George and Madame Vanier, noted Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh and mezzo-soprano opera star Rise Stevens.In the late 1950s, Aziz was commissioned by John Christopher Cody, London, Ontarios seventh Catholic bishop, to transform the former Sacred Heart Chapel in Londons St. Peters Basilica into Christ the King Chapel and design the interior of the Lady Chapel.[edit]Early yearsAziz was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, before moving to London, Ontario, at an early age.He grew up in old South London at 239 Tecumseh Avenue and attended H.B. Beal Secondary School, enrolling in its fledgling arts program. Aziz graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts (1947 and 1949, respectively) after which he travelled the world, living alternately in New York City and London, Ontario, where he resides today in his designated heritage home, studio and art gallery at 150 Philip Aziz Avenue (the street was named in honour of Aziz during Londons 150th anniversary as an incorporated city in 2005).[edit]Art instructorFrom 1947 to 1949, Aziz was an art instructor at Yale University
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