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Painter and Sculptor

A pioneer in sculpture, Peter Magdenko was the first artist to use Siporex as a sculpting medium. He used it in the only existing bust of Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald. In 1969 Canadian 

Consulting Engineer wrote, “Magdenko’s sculpture was a forerunner in the material which is now being consumed ... by school, college and university art departments across Canada.” 

 

Fauves Postimpressionist

The Globe and Mail’s long-time art critic Pearl McCarthy described Magdenko’s work as post-impressionistic. McCarthy, now deceased, wrote in 1966 that she was struck by one painting in

particular, “... in which

the glow of the

summer in sun and

breeze is a

kind of Fauves period

rhapsody.”

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Updated July 2018

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