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But is it art? Put me in front of canvas and I paint, says actor Tony Curtis, whose work will be sold at the planned World Gallery of the Stars in Yor(...)
But is it art? Put me in front of canvas and I paint, says actor Tony Curtis, whose work will be sold at the planned World Gallery of the Stars in Yor(...)

But is it art? Put me in front of canvas and I paint, says actor Tony Curtis, whose work will be sold at the planned World Gallery of the Stars in Yor(...)

Date3/5/1991
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  • But is it art? Put me in front of canvas and I paint, says actor Tony Curtis, whose work will be sold at the planned World Gallery of the Stars in Yor(...)
  • But is it art? Put me in front of canvas and I paint, says actor Tony Curtis, whose work will be sold at the planned World Gallery of the Stars in Yorkville. I paint 200 paintings a year. The paintings paint themselves.
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Original Toronto Star caption: But is it art? Put me in front of canvas and I paint, says actor Tony Curtis, whose work will be sold at the planned World Gallery of the Stars in Yorkville. I paint 200 paintings a year. The paintings paint themselves.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0041589F
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      Talking pictures: Actors Paul Michael Glazer and Tony Curtis discuss arts and crafts at party Saturday Curtis is selling paintings and Glazer's making a movie
      Talking pictures: Actors Paul Michael Glazer and Tony Curtis discuss arts and crafts at party Saturday Curtis is selling paintings and Glazer's making a movie
      Bock, Tony
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      Saving city hall on canvas, Lawyers leaving Osgoode Hall for lunch stop to study the work of artist Guttorn Otto as he puts the old city hall on canvas
      Saving city hall on canvas, Lawyers leaving Osgoode Hall for lunch stop to study the work of artist Guttorn Otto as he puts the old city hall on canvas
      Teskey, Frank
      12/29/1965
      'I Paint a steady four days a week,' says 66-year-old Jack Bush whose new work, at David Mirvish Gallery, 596 Markham St., mark another chapter in thi(...)
      'I Paint a steady four days a week,' says 66-year-old Jack Bush whose new work, at David Mirvish Gallery, 596 Markham St., mark another chapter in thi(...)
      Bush, John Hamilton "Jack", 1909-1977
      11/3/1975
      Miss G. I. Lailey of Napanee. Archibald Barnes, foremost Canadian portrait painter, whose splendid canvas of Aemilius Jarvis, Sr., is hung on the line(...)
      Miss G. I. Lailey of Napanee. Archibald Barnes, foremost Canadian portrait painter, whose splendid canvas of Aemilius Jarvis, Sr., is hung on the line(...)
      Barnes, Dale
      5/18/1934
      Guido Molinari: Respected artist poses in front of his 1966 canvas Rythmique, one of the paintings going on exhibit tomorrow at the Grunwald and Watterson Gallery
      Guido Molinari: Respected artist poses in front of his 1966 canvas Rythmique, one of the paintings going on exhibit tomorrow at the Grunwald and Watterson Gallery
      Bock, Tony
      5/12/1988
      Celebrity at city hall. Actor Tony Curtis, visiting Toronto City Hall yesterday, presents one of his paintings, Breakfast At Bel Air, to Metro Chairma(...)
      Celebrity at city hall. Actor Tony Curtis, visiting Toronto City Hall yesterday, presents one of his paintings, Breakfast At Bel Air, to Metro Chairma(...)
      Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010
      2/27/1991
      Art Work: John Doherty of Port Hope at the Sportsmen's Show displays handpainted work done in watercolor and Ink on bone, leather, wood and canvas.
      Art Work: John Doherty of Port Hope at the Sportsmen's Show displays handpainted work done in watercolor and Ink on bone, leather, wood and canvas.
      Spremo, Boris
      3/11/1993
      A reassuring calm is one of the tools of the trade for Ted Curtis, Ontario mortgage supervisor for IAC Ltd, Curtis is the new president of the Ontario Mortgage Brokers Association, which has proposed a mechanism wherby mortgages could be bought and sold as securities in a manner similar to stock and bond trading. Payment to investors would be guaranteed under scheme, similar to one in U.S.
      A reassuring calm is one of the tools of the trade for Ted Curtis, Ontario mortgage supervisor for IAC Ltd, Curtis is the new president of the Ontario Mortgage Brokers Association, which has proposed a mechanism wherby mortgages could be bought and sold as securities in a manner similar to stock and bond trading. Payment to investors would be guaranteed under scheme, similar to one in U.S.
      Bull, Ron
      6/23/1977
      William Ronald with one of his three-canvas paintings at dunkelman Gallery
      William Ronald with one of his three-canvas paintings at dunkelman Gallery
      Ronald, William, 1926-
      2/24/1970
      Silver Anniversary: Robert McMichael with one of Lawren Harris' classic canvas, Mount Robson, painted in 1929, at the gallery in Kleinburg which is celebrating its 25th anniversary
      Silver Anniversary: Robert McMichael with one of Lawren Harris' classic canvas, Mount Robson, painted in 1929, at the gallery in Kleinburg which is celebrating its 25th anniversary
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/24/1990
      He started it all: Robert McMichael poses with Lawren Harris' classic 1930 canvas, Mount Lefroy, at gallery in Kleinburg that's celebrating its 25th anniversary
      He started it all: Robert McMichael poses with Lawren Harris' classic 1930 canvas, Mount Lefroy, at gallery in Kleinburg that's celebrating its 25th anniversary
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/24/1990
      Salute to the Queen's Silver Jubilee is the title of Joe Mendelson's acrylic canvas which can be seen at Gallery One, 3557 Bathurst St., until Jan. 6.(...)
      Salute to the Queen's Silver Jubilee is the title of Joe Mendelson's acrylic canvas which can be seen at Gallery One, 3557 Bathurst St., until Jan. 6.(...)
      Mahler, John
      12/9/1977