Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
multiple media
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Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1950s-1987 (Creation)
- Creator
- Tascona, Tony
Physical description area
Physical description
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Antonio (Tony) Tascona was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba in 1926. He studied at the Winnipeg School of Art (1948-50) and the School of Fine Art at the University of Manitoba (1950-53).
Tascona struggled to establish himself financially and to support his family by working as an electroplating technician. He managed to develop his artistic abilities and use work-day experiences to launch a unique series of artwork in aluminum and, after 1971 he was successful enough to devote himself to art full time.
His first one man show was in 1958 at the University of Winnipeg. Since then his work has been exhibited at art galleries all across Canada. Tascona was honored many times for his contributions to the visual arts. In 1970, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada awarded him an Arts Medal. There were numerous monetary grants from the Canada Council and the Manitoba Arts Council, a Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal was granted in 1977, and the Academia Italia Del Arti e Del Lavoro awarded him a Gold Medal in 1980. The University of Winnipeg gave him an LLD. (Honorary) in 1994 and in 1996 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Tascona was not dependant on commercial art galleries to promote his work. Rather, Tascona was at once both an artist and a businessman and his archival collections comprehensively document this aspect of his career.
Tascona won many commissions for his work. They include: murals, stabiles, sculptures, prints and paintings for buildings across Canada. Some of his major works can be seen at the Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, Saint Boniface Hospital (painting and stabiles), the Winnipeg Centennial Library, the Manitoba Law Courts Building, and the Windsor Public Library.
In 2000 and 2001, he sponsored the Tony Tascona Bursary at the University of Winnipeg to a student studying Canadian Art History.
Tascona died in Winnipeg in May 2006. His work is collected throughout Canada, the United States and Japan by private collectors, corporations and private and public galleries
Custodial history
Scope and content
This collection consists of 2.53 meters of textual records, photographs, slides, videos, compact disks. There are 12 oversize items and 6 artifacts. The date ranges from the 1950’s to 2006, predominantly throughout the 1990’s and 2000’s. The collection also includes three-dimensional art works – one by Tony, and two by other artists. There are multiple works on paper represented in various fundraising folios and sketchbooks, as well as the collection of hand-printed art cards. Many of the awards Tascona received throughout his career are contained within this collection. The A/V materials total 271 photographs, 681 slides, 14 VHS tapes, 8 cassette tapes, and 19 CD’s containing digital images.
Notes area
Physical condition
This accession was transferred to the archives by the Tony Tascona estate.
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
The majority of the materials arrived in titled folders, organized by the donor previous to shipping. These original file titles and papers have been unchanged for the most part, though the files have been re-grouped under various series. They include: Art Card Collection, Awards, Correspondence, Drawings, Finances, Other Artist’s Work, Personal, Professional Activities, Publications, Sketchbooks, A/V materials and Oversize materials.
There were some instances where materials representing significant events in Tascona’s career were
removed from their original files and re-grouped to be more easily located by future researchers.
Wherever possible, the filing system, as developed by Doreen Millin (Tony Tascona’s wife), has been
maintained.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There is one Restricted file in this collection - Box 12, File 130.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Future accruals are not expected.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Tascona, Tony (Subject)
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RAD
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
31 January 1989 (Creation), March 2014 (Revision)