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- [HOME](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/):                                        Construction of new 3-storey wing from June 2019 to Feb 2022 CHARLES PACHTER MUSEUM & Gallery 22 Grange Ave, Toronto M5T1C7 pachterc@gmail.com  OPEN BY APPOINTMENT 647 239 1700  A leading contemporary Canadian artist, Charles Pachteris a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. Born in Toronto Dec 30 1942,  he studied art history at the University of Toronto, French literature at the Sorbonne, and painting and graphics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His work has been exhibited at the […]
- [UPCOMING](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/upcoming/): Designed by architect Lia Maston, a new 2.5 story addition replacing the existing one-story Moose Factory at the rear of 22 Grange Ave is currently under construction. Once a funeral home, then a Chinese food warehouse, it became  Charles’ Moose Factory studio and galleries in 1998 where he hosted exhibitions and events for twenty years. Construction of the new building began in Oct 2019. Completion is projected for February 2022. Demolition began June 25 2019   Construction in progress, new 2.5 storey wing, 22 Grange Ave, January 202
- [PRESS](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/press/): ” The power and paradox of Pachter’s art is the way you sense a national character simply by standing in front of his work. In his iconoclastic visual metaphors I find myself luxuriating in their beauty and sensuality. I find new connections in their strange, jarring juxtapositions. Pachter’s creative impulse extends from finding, in the cultural heritage of his country, evidence of the fundamental stories that make us human: myths. For Pachter, life has an operatic dimension. He has devoted his considerable skills to rocking his audiences with grand gesture, profound feeling, sensual overload, and glorious, splendid expressions of being […]
- [QUICK FACTS](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/quick-facts/): Painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, lecturerGraduate of University of Toronto, La Sorbonne-Paris,Cranbrook Academy of Art-Michigan Contemporary Canadian artist, born Toronto 1942, with Governor General David Johnston,at Order of Canada Ceremonies, Ottawa Sept 2012 At age 4 Charles pets a moose at theCanadian National Exhibition, Toronto 1947 Worked at Expo 67 in Montreal, assisted Alexander Calder taught at the University of Calgary 1969-70 restored 20 downtown Toronto properties in the 1970s and 1980s Pachter murals HOCKEY KNIGHTS IN CANADA –LES ROIS DE L’ARENEin Toronto’s College subway station. MOOSECONSTRUE & MOOSEDEMEANOURsculptures on University of Toronto campus host of TV series on history of […]
- [CONTACT](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/contact/): The Moose Factory is open by appointment. Call 647 239 1700 pachterc@gmail.com 22 Grange Avenue, 100 metres west of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
- [Newfoundland](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/newfoundland/): by admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized Visit to Newfoundland in August 98,  Globe & Mail, Oct 98 As part of my plan to Get To Know Canada Better, I have spent the last three summers travelling through PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. I loved them all, each province providing particular pleasures. This summer I chose Newfoundland. I used the Internet to find and book B&Bs, read the tourism websites, sought advice from friends who had been there and from transplanted Newfoundlanders living in Toronto. Nothing quite prepared me for the marvellous surprise that was ahead. In late August I flew with 5 […]
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- [MOOSE FACTORY](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/moose-factory/): In 1996 Charles purchased this abandoned industrial property at 22 Grange Avenue, just west of the Art Gallery of Ontario. At the rear of the lot was a funeral home built in 1914. It later became a Chinese food warehouse. The unused garage at the front was removed to access the rear building. The existing lot and rear warehouse in 1996 beforeCharles transformed it into the Moose Factory gallery and event centre. Rebuilt and opened up to Grange Ave in 1997-8, Moose Factory was described byarchitecture critic Garrison Taddle as “the most innovative private showspace to appearin Toronto in decades. Semiotically, it’s an […]
- [MOFO](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/mofo-2/): MOFO = Moose Factory of Orillia         BEFORE and AFTER Former car repair garage in downtown Orilliarepurposed as live/work studio in 2015 Connecting corridor to new residence built on adjacent lot new residence upper gallery summer event, auction fundraiser for OMAH,Orillia Museum of Art & History A Place to Hang MOOSEDEMEANOUR
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- [PACHTER HALL](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/pachter-hall/): Conceived by distinguished Canadian architect Stephen Teeple,Pachter Hall has received the Ontario Association of ArchitectsAward of Excellence, The Plachta Award,and the Design Exchange award Re-building of Moose Factory and Pachter Hall, 22 Grange Ave, Toronto Moose sculpture installed on new roof deck Skyline view from roof deck Atrium from Pachter Hall to Moose Factory Reveal & entrance to Grange Ave top floor residential loft stairs to roof deck Moose Factory linkway to Pachter Hall Pachter Hall Gallery One Pachter Hall Gallery Two
- [THE ICE HOUSE](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/the-ice-house/): Built in 1926 • Originally used for storing blocks of ice Gutted and rebuilt by Charles, Peter Mitchell and Nick DenBoer in 2004,THE ICE HOUSE on Lake Simcoe was an idyllic  summer studio & residence for eleven years.Then Charles ended another cycle, and in 2014  moved to a laneway in downtown Orillia – see MOFO. Video tour of studio SUMMER STORM at the Ice House, July 11 2010 Allan & Anne Fotheringham
- [DESIGN](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/design/): Charles Pachter has worked as an architectural designer, restoring more than 20 derelict buildings in downtown Toronto in the 1970s and 80s, and a studio in Miami Beach where he wintered from 1993-1999.In  2003 he converted a former ice storage warehouse on Lake Simcoe into a summer studio and residence where he painted for 12 years.  In 2013 he converted a former auto repair shop in downtown Orillia into a studio and showroom for his work.  A new residential addition was completed in March 2016. In 2017 2 more properties were restored, one brand new, the other a re-build of […]
- [CHRONOLOGY](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/chronology/): by admin | Mar 25, 2011 | Biography 1 9 4 2Dec 30, born in downtown Toronto at 499 Palmerston Boulevard, the second of four children. Father Harry born in Toronto 1914,d. 1998 and mother Sara (Sanders) born in Edmonton, 1915, d. 2007 1 9 4 6 – 5 0Family moves uptown to mostly Anglican neighbourhood of 84 Chudleigh Avenue. Attends John Ross Robertson public school Spends summers at various rented cottages around south Lake Simcoe. 1 9 4 7Stars in a National Film Board short documentary Johnny at the Fair about the Canadian National Exhibition. Meets prime minister Mackenzie King, gets kissed by skater […]
- [LONG BIO](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/long-bio/): Born Toronto 1942 EDUCATION AND HONOURS Diplômé de l’ESPPPFE, Sorbonne, Paris, 1963 Honours BA, Fine Art , University of Toronto, 1964 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, 1966 Honorary Doctorate, Brock University, St. Catharines, 1996 Member, Order of Canada 1999 Officer, Order of Canada, 2012 Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, France, 2001 Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal 2002 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012 Honorary Doctorate, Ontario College of Art & Design University, 2009 Honorary Doctorate, University of Toronto, 2010 Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto 2011 Recipient of the Order of Ontario, 2015 Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical […]
- [SHORT BIO](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/short-bio/): 150 word bio: One of Canada’s leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer.His iconic pop images of the queen, moose, and maple leaf flag celebrate Canada’s cultural heritage with wit and whimsy.Pachter’s contributions to Canadian culture have been recognized with honorary doctorates from Brock University, OCAD University, the University of Toronto, and Lakehead University.He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals.Pachter studied at the University […]
- [STUDIOS](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/studios/): SIX DECADES OF STUDIOS 1964-2021 Mirvish Village, Markham Street 1964 907 Shaw Street 1966 1232 Shaw Street 1968-1973 24 Ryerson Ave 1974-81 2 Grange Place 1978-2004, 1980 1981 1986 1987 1993 Miami Beach 1993-1999 2 Grange Place 2003 THE ICE HOUSELake Simcoe studio 2004-13 MOOSE FACTORY22 Grange Ave, Toronto M5T1C7 Moose Factory, 22 Grange Ave, Toronto   2005 – present MOFO STUDIO – Moose Factory of Orillia new addition added 2015
- [SHOWS](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/shows/): SOLO EXHIBITION commemorating the 1918 ARMISTICE of the First World War , Art Gallery of Northumberland, Victoria Hall,Cobourg ON Sep -Nov 2018       At the home of collector Durjoy Rahman in Dhaka, Feb 2018 RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, February 2018 http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/exhibition/fortifying-artistic-bonds-between-canada-and-bangladesh-1531318 –    Survey Exhibition at Art Gallery of Windsor May-June 2017 Retrospective Exhibition at Peel Art Museum & Archives, April 1 – June 11, 2017 Retrospective Exhibition at Art Gallery of Peterborough, July 1 – Sept 24,  2017 PAST SHOWS & EVENTS https://www.facebook.com/charles.pachter/media_set?set=a.43131517886.56912.506047886&type=3 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS LEST WE FORGETPaintings commemorating the 100th anniversary of the October 1918 World […]
- [BOOKS](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/books/): by admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized MARGARET ATWOOD/CHARLES PACHTERLIMITED EDITION HANDMADE BOOKSproduced at the Cranbrook Academy of ArtBloomfield Hills, Michigan 1964-66 1964THE CIRCLE GAMEEdition of 15 1965EXPEDITIONSEdition of 15 1965KALEIDOSCOPES: BAROQUEEdition of 20 1966SPEECHES FOR DOCTOR FRANKENSTEINEdition of 15 Further Arrivals 1980THE JOURNALS OF SUSANNA MOODIEMargaret Atwood and Charles PachterEdition of 120, Toronto
- [SCULPTURE](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/sculpture/): by admin | Mar 23, 2011 | The Art MOOSECONSTRUE,corten steel, Lake of Bays, Ont. MOOSEPLUNGE, 30 in. enamel on aluminum, marble base MOOSECONSTRUE powder coated baked enamel on aluminum,height with stand 12 in. MOOSECONSTRUE & MOOSEDEMEANOUR,corten steel, University of Toronto Inaugural Moose, City Hall Plaza, Toronto 2000 Moose on roof of Pachter Hall, base 4 feet, moose 5 ftpowder coated baked enamel on aluminum MOOSEPLUNGE base 5 feet, moose 10 ftpowder coated baked enamel on aluminum
- [GRAPHICS](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/graphics/): by admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized Lithographs 1960s & 70s Family 1964 Family 1970 Dibs in Transition 1966 The Winner 1966 Encounter 1967 Funny What Love Can Do 1966 Champêtre 1968 Decoy 1968 Eye and the Cat 1969 Invocation 1968 Gallery Pascal 1968 It Was Fascination I Know 1968 Two Plus One 1967 Who is Sylvia? 1965 Masque 1967 It’s Just a Flesh Wound 1968 It’s Only a Paper Mien 1969 Is the Pope Catholic? 1968 The Shadow Knows 1969 Replica 1967 The Myth 1966 The Observer 1967 SERIGRAPHS 1970s & 80s Quatrain 1970 Mountain Peaks 1969 Noblesse Oblige 1969 Model Modern Message […]
- [PAINTING](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/painting/): by admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized  QUEEN AND MOOSE CEREMONIAL 1973 NOBLESSE OBLIGE 1972 THE CURTSEY TRIPTYCH 1972   THE VISITATION 1972 PROCESSION THROUGH LANDSCAPE 1972 DOUBLE BUBBLE 1972 JOY RIDE DRESSAGE 1988 ROYALS ON THE ROCKS 1973 RITE DE PASSAGE 1972 LOVE PAT 1989 RAPPROCHEMENT 1986 LOVE PAT 2007 JUBILEE LOVE PAT VOICE OF CULTURE mural 1990 LUNAR MAJESTIC MOOSE MONARCH OF THE NORTH EMERGING FROMTHE LOINS OF THE SLEEPING GIANT, 1973 WHY DID THE MOOSE 1982  MOOSEPLUNGE 1984 SPOT ON MOOSE LAKE 1986 BRINK 2015 SPECTRE TOUR DE FORCE 1 MONARCHS OF THE NORTH TOUR DE FORCE 2 ON THE ROAD […]
- [THE ART](https://coral-ostrich-549793.hostingersite.com/the-art/): Art critic Don Rouge-Humber has called Pachter “the Cézanne of contemporary pop art in Canada”. From his expressionist works of the 1960s to the cool icons of recent years, Pachter’s art covers an enormous range of content and style. Click on headings to view works PAINTING GRAPHICS SCULPTURE BOOKS Charles’ drawing, age 12 , of his dog Leslie, oil crayon, 1954 Vers le Soleil, watercolour, Paris 1962 EYE & THE CAT, lithograph 1969 Grandmother’s House, oil on masonite, 1964 illustrating & printing folios of Margaret Atwood’s poetry, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1964-66 The Hiya Dolls, (his mother’s bridge club) acrylic on […]


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