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Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000
Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000

Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000

Date2/25/1991
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0065006F
    Wildlife artist: Retired Metro policeman Jim Majury, 56, of Scarborough, displays one of the paintings that has made him a renowned wildlife artist
    Wildlife artist: Retired Metro policeman Jim Majury, 56, of Scarborough, displays one of the paintings that has made him a renowned wildlife artist
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    Process of elimination: Police inspector Jim Majury, who has been making composite drawings of suspects for 23 years, starts by showing witnesses photographs illustrating different facial shapes
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    That's the guy! Jim Majury, 54, is retiring after 33 years with the Metro police force, where he gained fame by making sketches of suspects from descriptions given by witnesses
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    George Minarsky: Circle Gallery director says buyers of the gallery's art jewelry pieces may already posses paintings or sculptures by the artists that they buy
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    Spremo, Boris
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    A Newfoundland lobster fisherman at work is just one of the paintings of artist William Kurelek on display at the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St
    A Newfoundland lobster fisherman at work is just one of the paintings of artist William Kurelek on display at the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St
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    Colville brushes up. Artist Alex Colville is brushing up his paintings, preparing for the First Major Retrospective of his work, at The Art Gallery of(...)
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    In the lurch, Backers pulled out on 72-year-old producer-director, forcing him to sell two Matisse paintings and his house in the south of France
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