Charles William Jefferys 心地よい空間へ
感性、 ではない
ギャラリーへ
ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
Charles William Jefferys
A Chronicler of Canada: The Life and Art of Charles William Jefferys Born in Rochester, England, in 1869, Charles William Jefferys became synonymous with the visual narrative of early Canadian history. His journey to becoming a celebrated painter, illustrator, author, and teacher was one shaped by relocation and a keen eye for detail. The Jefferys family’s move to Canada – initially to Philadelphia and Hamilton, Ontario, before settlin
g in Toronto around 1880 – proved pivotal. This immersion into the burgeoning Canadian landscape and its stories ignited a lifelong passion that would define his artistic career. Early formal training at the Ontario School of Art laid a foundation, but it was an apprenticeship with the York Lithography Company from 1885 to 1890 that truly honed his technical skills, providing him with a mastery of line and composition that would become…