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In the works of his maturity, McEwen employed an allover field composition bisected by a central vertical but varied colour and ways of handling pigment, either brushed on or applied with a palette knife for a rich impasto surface effect. He used many layers of pigment to give an effect of luminosity
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McEwen took part in many exhibitions, both in Canada and abroad, among them the
Biennial Exhibitions of Canadian Art and the Province of Quebec Exhibition. In 1963, he showed his work in New York at the
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Montreal (the dimensions of the three panels are 366 x 457 cm each). In 1967, he completed a mural for Place des Arts in Montreal. His estate is represented by Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto.
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McEwen was born in 1923 Montreal to a
Scottish father and French-Canadian mother. He began his working life as a pharmacist, having received a degree in pharmacy from the
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and after that, in many places abroad, notably Brazil and
England.
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