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Donald Lewis was born in Toronto
in 1935. He attended Danforth Technical School,
Toronto and graduated from the Ontario College of Art
in 1957.
After working for three years in the props department at the
Stratford Festival Theatre, Lewis became involved in acting
(under the stage name Lewis Gordon) and won the Tyrone
Guthrie Award in 1961.
During his career on the stage, Lewis continued his interest
in set, costume, poster design and mural work. He designed the
“Art in Theatre” Exhibition at
Stratford in 1968.
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Donald Lewis installing his mural, Stratford, on the first floor
of the Macdonald Block, 1968 (detail)
Black and white photograph
Government of Ontario Art Collection
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The two-dimensional effect of this acrylic on canvas mural,
with its superimposed figurative motifs, compliments the A.
J. Casson mural, adjacent.
Stratford adapts a power-like style in a fine-art medium to
convey, as Lewis stated, “…the close
harmony between the theatre and the city of Stratford, which
is apparent to visitors.”
The quotation in the lower right corner is from Act II, Scene
vii of Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
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Donald Lewis', Stratford, on the first floor of the Macdonald
Block
Government of Ontario Art Collection
Archives of Ontario
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