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Robert Linsley (1952 – February 2, 2017) was a Canadian artist, writer and professor known for his abstract paintings.

Early life and education

Linsley was born in 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He received a BFA degree in 1982 and a MFA degree in 1988 from the University of British Columbia.

Career

His book Beyond Resemblance Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism was published in 2017 by Reaktion Books. Linsley's work is included in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Edmonton Art Gallery and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.

Linsley died in a bicycle accident in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario in 2017.

References

1. "Robert Linsley: 1952–2017".
2. Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage. "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
3. "Should the Arts stand on its own two feet?". alumni UBC.
4. "Remembering Robert Linsley". 2017-02-11.
5. ""A Self-Implicated Search": Reviewing Robert Linsley's Final Book". Momus. March 1, 2017.
6. "Thank you, Robert". 22 February 2017.
7. ^ "Kitchener artist Robert Linsley remembered after fatal bike crash | CBC News".
8. "11.0.0.47 - One Hundred Views of Mount Baker". belkin.pastperfectonline.com.
9. "Remembering Robert Linsley: Working in the abstract with many twists".

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