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Gerald Gladstone was born in Toronto in 1929. He died of leukemia in March of 2005 at the age of 76. A predominantly self-taught artist, Gladstone received a Canada Council grant in 1961 for study in London, England and another in 1962 for study in New York. |
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He has exhibited in a number of places in Canada, England and the U.S.A. His works have been shown in:
He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. |
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Gladstone’s characteristic media are steel, concrete and acrylic. He was commissioned to produce three works for Expo ’67 in Montreal and fountains for both the Winnipeg International Airport and the Toronto Telegram Building. In 1964, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation featured Gladstone as “The Creative Welder,” on their program series “Telescope”. |
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 Click to see a larger image (104K) Gerald Gladstone installing his sculpture, Galaxy Series #2 '67, in the Lobby of the Macdonald Block, 1968 Government of Ontario Art Collection, Archives of Ontario |
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His style is lyrical and light. The acrylic and steel sculpture displayed here may be imaginatively construed as primeval and fossilized forms, trapped in ice. |
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 Click to see a larger image (233K) Galaxy Series #2 '67, (detail),1966-68 Gerald Gladstone steel and illuminated acrylic blocks Government of Ontario Art Collection, 619769 |
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Gladstone is the only artist represented by two pieces in Macdonald Block. His other piece is The Three Graces. |
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