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Arthur Fortescue McKay, painter (b at Nipawin, Sask 11 Sept 1926). He studied at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, 1946-48; Académie de la grande chaumière, Paris, 1949-50; Columbia U, and Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pa, 1956-57. He first began to teach at U Sask, Regina, in 1950. Appointed associate professor in art 1956-74, he served as director of its School of Art 1964-67. From 1978 to 1987 McKay was an associate professor at U of Regina.
One of the REGINA FIVE, he was influenced in the 1960s by Barnett Newman at the EMMA LAKE ARTISTS' WORKSHOPS and was included in Clement GREENBERG'S 1964 "Post-Painterly Abstraction" exhibition. McKay is most noted for his scraped enamel "mandalas" which utilize circular and rectangular formats to create highly contemplative images reflecting his interest in Zen Buddhism. In the 1970s, he continued to paint abstractions but also reintroduced the landscape in his work.
 FluxArt McKay, 1964, enamel on masonite (courtesy Edmonton Art Gallery).
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