C. E. Bonze

Born: Active late 19th century.

C. E. Bonze. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Hastings, Ontario. Active late 19th century.

The artist C. E. Bonze is cited by Price and McKendry as having made naive wood carvings of animals and birds in the late 19th century.

 

Ref: Ralph and Patricia Price. ‘Twas Ever Thus. Toronto. M.F. Feheley. 1979.

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Reg Bloom

Born: 1916

Reg Bloom. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Kingston, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.

Reg Bloom was a carver of decoys. He also made painted ornamental bird carvings.

 

Ref: Bernie Gates. Ontario Decoys. The UpperCanadian. 1982.

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999)

Alma Baldwin

Born: 1895  |  Died: 1977

Alma Baldwin. Sculptor. Big Bay Point, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.

Alma Baldwin made a long series of caricature sculptures of people. Her sculptures were of mixed media; she used wire frames that she shaped, padded and dressed as people, using fabric that she gathered as well as cosmetics and hair. The people sculptures were those around her that she observed in her daily life. She them her ‘people’ in every size; from miniature to life size.

 

 

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

S. C. Baker

 

S. C. Baker. Painter. Aylmer, Ontario. Active late 19th early 20th century.

S. C. Baker was a naive artist. He was known for his paintings of farm animals and farm scenes.

 

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Jesse Baker

Born: 1888  |  Died: 1961

Jesse Baker. Sculptor. Decoy carver. Trenton, Ontario. Active first half 20th century.

Jesse baker was a decoy carver.

 

Ref: Bernie Gates. Ontario Decoys ll . The UpperCanadian. 1986.

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).