George Burton Wallace
Born: June 7, 1920, Sandycove, South County Dublin, Ireland
Died: July 17, 2009, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1943 M.A., Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin
1944 Higher Diploma in Education, Dublin University School of Education
1948 Diploma in Fine Art, West of England College of Art, Bristol
1975 Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA), Sculpture
Teaching Career
1945 St. Peters College, Radley, England
1949-1957 Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth, England
1957-1958 Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto, Ontario
1958-1960 Blakelock High School, Oakville, Ontario
1960-1985 Professor of Fine Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Solo Exhibitions
1957 Waddington Gallery, Montreal, QC
1958 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
1964 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1969 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
1974 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1980 Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
1983 Hamilton Artists’ Inc. Hamilton, Ontario
1992 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
1996 Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2000 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
2001 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
2005 Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
2007 Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC
2008 McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
2010 McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
2010 you me gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2011 Point Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC
2015 you me gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2015 Point Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC
2017 Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
2021 National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Group Exhibitions
1947 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
1949 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
1950 Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Painting, Providence, Boston and Ottawa
1950 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
1950 Annual Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland
1950 Royal West of England Academy Exhibition, Bristol, England
1951 Annual Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland
1951 Royal West of England Academy Exhibition, Bristol, England
1952 Annual Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland
1952 Royal West of England Academy Exhibition, Bristol, England
1952 Annual London Group Exhibition, London, England
1953 Annual London Group Exhibition, London, England
1953 Contemporary Irish Art, National Library of Wales
1955 Royal West of England Academy Exhibition, Bristol, England
1955 Irishe Kunst der Gegenwart, Iserlohn, Germany
1955 Annual Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland
1957 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
1961-1973 Hamilton Art Gallery Annual Exhibition, Hamilton, Ontario
1967 Sculpture Canada ’67, Toronto, Ontario
1968 McMaster University Faculty Show, Hamilton, Ontario
1977 McMaster University Faculty Show, Hamilton, Ontario
1979 McMaster University Faculty Show, Hamilton, Ontario
1991 Royal Canadian Academy Exhibition, University of Victoria, BC
2022 The Bigger Picture: Art in Hamilton 1950 -2000
Public Collections
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Central Public Library, City of Burlington, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
Government of Ontario, Milton, Ontario
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Museum of London, London, Ontario
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
University of Montana, Missoula, USA
Publications
The Artist’s Zoo – Themes in Art, Holt Reinhart & Winston, Toronto, 1970
The Artist’s Workshop – Themes in Art, Holt Reinhart & Winston, Toronto, 1971
Sailing Ships – Themes in Art, Holt Reinhart & Winston, Toronto, 1972
Drawings by Otto Dix, The National Gallery of Canada Journal No. 4, January 1975
Selected Bibliography
University of Guelph, German Expressionist Prints, introductory essay by George Wallace, May 1972
Art Gallery of Ontario, Exhibition Catalogue of Prints by Hogarth, Hogarth’s London, essay by George Wallace, 1979
Greg Peters, Images of Vulnerability, The Art of George Wallace, Mosaic Press, Oakville, 1983
Hamilton Artists’ Inc., George Wallace, essay by Robert Yates and biography by George Wallace, Hamilton, 1983
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, George Wallace, An old fart’s view of a floating world, essays by Judith Nasby and George Wallace, Guelph, 1992
Art Gallery of Hamilton, George Wallace, Sculpture and Graphics, interview by Bryce Kanbara, Hamilton, 2001
Hamilton Arts and Letters, An Introduction to the Sculpture of George Wallace, essay by Robert Clark Yates, samisdatpress.com, Hamilton, 2008
Hamilton Arts and Letters, Days and Vision, an appreciation of George Wallace, his art and his life, essay by Robert Clark Yates, samisdatpress.com, Hamilton, 2010
Maria Tippet, Sculpture in Canada, A History, Douglas & McIntyre, Madeira Park, BC, 2017
