“THE ARTIST WHO CREATED CANADA’S MODERN MYTHOLOGY: Renowned for his iconic renderings of the Canadian flag, the Queen astride a moose and cultural icons from Margaret Atwood to Pierre Trudeau, painter and printmaker Charles Pachter has himself become an icon of this country’s art scene. Over his 50-year career, his boldly graphic works and uncloying patriotism have presented a cheeky yet defining vision of Canada and its culture unlike any other.”
Betty Ann Jordan
“With continuing grand gestures Pachter has staked out cultural territory of his own and celebrated it unabashedly… He is a serious minded humorist who possesses the gift to be roguish and poignant at once.”
Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov
“Pachter’s works address larger concerns that speak to a wider audience than perhaps any other artist in Canada.”
Christopher Hume, Toronto Star
“Ironical work that is both serious and self-parodying. Pachter works hard, even at the trivial. The paintings are beautiful in one way or another, like joke panels that take your breath away. These witty, occasionally dry images are more than urban jokes; they have emotional staying power. Pachter invades Pop culture with surreal wit. He sometimes paints as an insider to culture and at others like a true outcast. His work escapes a tendency towards intellectualism through the sheer power of talent and love of image.
David MacLean, Vancouver Sun
“on se sent en présence d’un homme intelligent, cultivé et sensible qui nous fait découvrir des mondes insoupçonnés à portée de la main.
Pierre Karch, L’Express de Toronto
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FASCINATOR RHYTHM 2011
 STREETCARS ON PARADE 1972 |
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CANADIAN TIRE 2012
DRESSED TO KILL 2012, from THE NEW SERIES "1812 : THE ART OF WAR"
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Some suggestions for Diamond Jubilee stamps featuring
Charles’ paintings of the Queen over the last 40 years
The Visitation, 1972
Laughing Monarchs, 2008
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Camilla & Charles rehearse for their Diamond Jubilee tour of Canada
Prince Edward, father of Queen Victoria, visits John Graves Simcoe in Niagara, 1792
PICASSO’S KATE?
“Une Demoiselle du Canada”, 2011
PACHTER HALL & MOOSE FACTORY
22 Grange Ave, Toronto M5T1C7
Open by appointment
416 260 1600 mobile 647 239 1700 pachterc@gmail.com
Roof deck and Moose Sculpture overlooking city skyline from Pachter Hall
Virtual Tour of Pachter Hall
In the studio, May 1981
Five paintings from the inaugural exhibition
THE PAINTED FLAG, Nov 1981
now hang in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa
Installation of Inaugural Exhibition, 567 Queen St W, Toronto 1981
Original Exhibition poster
SPOT ON
“ARISE”, poster for WORD ON THE STREET,
national book & magazine fair, 2009
PACHTER HALL, acrylic on canvas panels for College subway mural
HOCKEY KNIGHTS IN CANADA, Les Rois de l’Arène, 1984
IN STORES ACROSS CANADA
MOOSEPLUNGE 2000, PAINTED FIBERGLASS,
CITY HALL PLAZA, TORONTO
A royal visitor admires “Mooseconstrue”, Pachter’s 10ft corten steel
sculpture on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto
QUEEN OF CANADA, acrylic & pencil on canvas, 1972
HIGHNESSES-IN-TRAINING GREET MONARCH OF THE NORTH, inkjet and acrylic on canvas, 2011
HAT CHECK, inkjet and acrylic on canvas, 2011
Charles installs his painting BLINDVIEW, acrylic on canvas (1984)
in a residence on Eight Mile Point, Lake Simcoe, Ontario in 2010
SIDE BY SIDE, acrylic on canvas, 2001
WHOSE SARI NOW, acrylic on canvas 2005
CONCLUSION, acrylic & pastel on canvas, 2007
MOOSE LAKE PAS DE DEUX, acrylic & inkjet on canvas 2009
BALACLAVA-BURQA, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 2007
ARE WE NOT AMUSED, 2010