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Doug Morton was born in Winnipeg, on November 26th, 1926. He studied at the
Winnipeg School of Art (1946-47), the Academie Julian, l'Ecole des Beaux Arts and the
Studio l'Hote in Paris, France (1949), the Camberwell School of Art and Studio of
Martin Bloch in London, England (1950-1951).
Doug Morton has had an eclectic career as an academic art administrator,
businessman, curator, and artist. He worked as a commercial artist in 1946, was curator
of the Calgary Allied Arts Centre (1951-53), and was vice-president and manager of
MacKay-Morton Ltd in Regina (1954-67). During all this time, Morton remained an
active member of the arts community. In 1961, his work was included in a landmark
National Gallery of Canada exhibition entitled "Five Painters from Regina." As one of
the Regina Five, he was considered to be on the forefront of abstract art in Canada. In
1967 he joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus as Director of Visual
Arts and Associate Professor of Art. His paintings have since been shown in galleries
across Canada in one-man and group exhibitions, and can be found in various public
and corporate collections. He has also served on Canada council juries and
committees, and has taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts.
Morton developed a strong reputation for arts administration and left Regina for York University in Toronto where he
held a variety of positions: Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate M.F.A. Programme (1973-76), Acting Chairperson,
Department of Visual Arts (1978), and Vice-chairperson of Senate (1979). Morton then moved West again to the University of
Victoria where he became Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts until 1985, when he retired from administration but continued to
teach.
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