Charles Pachter Landscape Paintings

Charles Pachter loves barns. The Toronto born pop artist has painted many versions of these giant post and beam structures that harken back to a more simple, rural life. Pachter’s barns have a Lego-like quality to them and the clean lines and scale of this blue barn...

The essence of the rural landscape is captured in this iconic, minimalist image of a barn reflected in water by Charles Pachter. Framed dimensions are 28 x 34 inches.  Graduate of U...

Charles Pachter has become famous for his paintings of the moose, a symbol of the Canadian wilderness. As a little boy, the Toronto born pop artist once appeared in a short film in w...

A Canadian flag flies high against a clear blue sky in this iconic image by Charles Pachter. Framed dimensions are 47 x 37 inches. Charles Pachter is a much admired Canadian artist...

This elegant depiction of a red barn in farmer's field hearkens to 1960s color-field painting and yet is camped in Canadiana. Sifted through the fertile imagination of a much admired...

This elegant, stylized depiction of a blue barn and sky speaks to the essence of the idea. Often referred to as Canada's Warhol, painter, print maker, sculptor, designer, historian, ...

The moose in silhouette is one of Charles Pachter's most loved and iconic images. Depicted against a cerulean sky, this moonlit moose stands proudly on a Canadian northern shoreline....

Graphic painting of a moose in silhouette, on the brink of a cliff. Often referred to as Canada's Warhol, painter, print maker, sculptor, designer, historian, and author Charles Pa...

Stylized, elegant, and stripped down depiction of a red barn in a farmer's field; the work speaks to the essence of the idea. Near the shore of a lake or pond, the barn's image is reflected in the water's surface. Framed size: 25 x 31 inches. Pachter has created a number of iconic images that he returns to over and over again. The moose, the Canadian flag...

This graphic painting, in shades of blue, grey, green and white, elevates the humble plastic chair to iconic status and speaks to the idealized experience of private lakeside contemplation. One of Canada’s leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. His work is pursued by significant private and public collections. Born in Toronto, he studied art history at the University of Toronto, French literature at the Sorbonne, and painting and graphics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the McMichael Gallery. He is represented in public and private collections throughout Canada, and internationally. He has held solo exhibitions in France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and India. Pachter worked at Expo 67 in Montreal supervising the installation of 60 contemporary sculptures from around the world. He taught printmaking at the University of Calgary in 1969-70. He spearheaded Toronto’s Queen Street West revival in the 1970s and 80s by restoring 20 old buildings into facilities for arts usage. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, a member of the Order of Ontario, and holds honorary doctorates from Brock University, OCAD University, and the University of Toronto where he is a Senior Fellow at Massey College. He is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals. His images of the queen, moose, and maple leaf flag are icons of Canadian contemporary art. McClelland & Stewart publications include an illustrated book on his life and work, and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, his celebrated collaboration with poet Margaret Atwood. His murals of Hockey Knights in Canada can be seen in Toronto’s College Subway Station. Mr. Pachter lives and works in downtown Toronto in an award-winning studio designed by Canadian architect Stephen Teeple. His work is on permanent display in his adjoining Moose Factory Gallery. From 2004-2014 in summer he painted in The ICE HOUSE...

This painting combines several elements of Pachter's iconic body of work - his interiors, his Canadian landscapes, and his extraordinary stylized red barn. Elegant, stripped down, th...

Pachter has often used the tent as a symbol of the country, of military history, and the journey implied by the use of the tent, and of course, the primary symbolism of the pyramid. In true Pachter form, he manages to challenge and evoke all these ideas with riveting simplicity. This particular painting is rendered skillfully, the brush strokes almost invisible. One of Canada’s leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. His work is pursued by significant private and public collections. Born in Toronto, he studied art history at the University of Toronto, French literature at the Sorbonne, and painting and graphics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the McMichael Gallery. He is represented in public and private collections throughout Canada, and internationally. He has held solo exhibitions in France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and India. Pachter worked at Expo 67 in Montreal supervising the installation of 60 contemporary sculptures from around the world. He taught printmaking at the University of Calgary in 1969-70. He spearheaded Toronto’s Queen Street West revival in the 1970s and 80s by restoring 20 old buildings into facilities for arts usage. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, a member of the Order of Ontario, and holds honorary doctorates from Brock University, OCAD University, and the University of Toronto where he is a Senior Fellow at Massey College. He is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals. His images of the queen, moose, and maple leaf flag are icons of Canadian contemporary art. McClelland & Stewart publications include an illustrated book on his life and work, and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, his celebrated collaboration with poet Margaret Atwood. His murals of Hockey Knights in Canada can be seen in Toronto’s College Subway Station. Mr. Pachter lives and works in downtown Toronto in an award-winning studio designed by Canadian architect Stephen Teeple. His work is on permanent display in his adjoining Moose Factory Gallery. From 2004-2014 in summer he painted in The ICE HOUSE...