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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;urbanchemist, post: 754619, member: 13080&quot;]since i am from the US I thought it would be neat to talk about a great artist to the north in Canada. I chose <b>Yves Baril</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Yves Baril was born in Montreal on May 20 1932(one day after mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">From the ages of 10 to 13 he attended watercolor classes at the Montreal library. Mr. Baril spent 2 years in oil painting classes under Albert Delorimier at l&#039;Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal. Following his high school years Ecole Superieure Saint-Stanislas. Baril graduated from the School of graphic Art in Montreal where he studied under Albert Dumouchel and Arthur Gladu. He also devoted 2 years to figure drawing with Gerald Trottier. Baril began his apprenticeship under Silas R Allen at the Canadian Bank Note Company in January 1953. Although 8-10 years of apprenticeship is typical, Baril engraved his first stamp in 1955. The Canadian Postal Authority was not entirely satisfied with an engraving by Silas R. Allen, Baril&#039;s teacher. The young Baril challenged himself by attempting to engrave Lawrence Hyde&#039;s design that would commemorate the creation of the province of Alberta and Saskatchewan, the same one Mr Allen had done. The design by the 2 year apprentice was submitted and accepted. This created tension between master and student. In 1957 Silias R. Allen was involved in a tragic automobile accident, Baril was on his on with no guidance. He furthered his studies under William Ford, Warrell Hauck and Leo Kauffmann and ABNCo and Alan Dow and Ron Beckers at BW in London. In September 1963 Baril became the foreman of the Picture Engraving Department at CBNC. He has engraved bank notes, stock certificates, traveler&#039;s checks, passports and over 200 postage stamps. It was Baril who re engraved the hair of Queen Elizabeth II to delete the devil&#039;s hair on the 1954 currency for Canada. He also engraved bank notes for the Bahamas, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Ghana, Guatemala, Lesotho, Mexico, Nicaragua, Slovakia and the Ukraine</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Original 1954 design with devil hair</font></p><p><img src="http://www.planetperplex.com/img/canada_5_dollars_expl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">1954 Canadian bank note with no devil hair by Yves Baril</font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="http://www.pjsymes.com.au/qe2/pics/qe2-06b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">A few stamps engraved by Yves Baril</font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/urbanchemist/stampengravingyves.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/urbanchemist/stampengravingyves5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/urbanchemist/stampengravingyves3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bank notes engraved by Baril</p><p><img src="http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/bahamas/BahamasP50-1Dollar-(1992)-dml_f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/bahamas/BahamasP50-1Dollar-(1992)-dml_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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