Box/File List

Olga Pugliese

BOX(s) FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2023.13
2023.13, Box 1
11Biographyca. 2009

File contains printouts of online articles with biographical information on Chiarandini. Research materials.

12Awardsca. 2009

File contains photocopies and reproductions of correspondence to Chiarandini from various arts institutions regarding his achievements and appointments. Correspondence is dated 1960, 1962 and 1968. Research materials.

13Personal and family documents2005, 2015

File contains photocopies of passport information, photocopies of biographical information on Chiarandini from the National Gallery of Canada, correspondence between Olga Pugliese and Chiarandini’s children, correspondence regarding Chiarandini's 90th birthday celebration, photocopies of Umberto Chiarandini’s personal records, images of Chiarandini’s mother and family home, and handwritten research notes. Research materials.

14Student records2009-2015

File contains correspondence, copies of Chiarandini’s grades and student records in Italy and at OCAD, research notes on Chiarandini’s student life and copies of newspaper articles. Includes one photograph.

(Photos P1)
15Teaching2016-2016

File contains photocopies of correspondence to and from Chiarandini relating to his teaching career throughout the 1960s and 1970s, copies of schedules and syllabi, and news clippings. Includes email correspondence between Olga Pugliese, Joan Tadier (Chiarandini’s daughter) and Joel Birnbaum, a son of Chiarandini’s student.

16Diaries and sketches[200?]

File contains photocopies of Chiarandini’s diary entries, copies of sketches, and Olga Pugliese’s handwritten research notes. The diaries were owned by Chiarandini’s daughter, Joan Tadier.

17Interviews1993, 2004-2007, 2015

File contains select translated quotes of interviews Chiarandini did with Incontri and Omni, a transcript of an interview, correspondence between Olga Pugliese and Joan Tadier, and Olga’s notes from interviews at Chiarandini’s home in Willowdale.

18Artist's correspondence2015

File contains copies of Chiarandini’s correspondence with family and colleagues (dated 1956, 1963-1972, 1979, 1988, 1993, 2005). Includes Olga Pugliese’s handwritten research notes.

19Galleries1974, 1991, 2007-2013

File contains records relating to Olga Pugliese’s work and correspondence with galleries. Includes correspondence, business cards and printed material.

110Exhibitions1958, 1962-1963, 1968, 1971, 1975, 2000, 2005-2011, 2015-2016, 2019

File contains material relating to exhibitions for or featuring Chiarandini’s paintings and includes letters to Chiarandini from arts institutions and societies, exhibition programs, lists of paintings, flyers and printed material, invitations, and newsletters. Also includes email correspondence between Olga Pugliese and Joan Tadier.

111Death and funeral2007

File contains copies of Chiarandini’s obituaries from the Globe and Mail and Corriere Canadese, a copy of a eulogy by Chiarandini’s grand-daughter, and correspondence between Olga Pugliese and Joan Tadier.

112Tributes1969, 1977, 1985, 1994, 2003-2008, 2010, 2015

File contains correspondence, articles and written works praising Chiarandini, primarily written by former students. Also includes Olga Pugliese’s research notes.

113Associates1984, 1986, 2005, 2010, 2015

File contains biographical information and correspondence about people Chiarandini knew or worked with over the course of his life and career. Used in Olga Pugliese’s research.

2023.13, Box 2
21Newspaper articles

File contains copies of newspaper articles with stories of Chiarandini. Publications include the Toronto Daily Star, Globe and Mail, The Telegram, The Liberal (Richmond Hill), Toronto Calendar Magazine, La Cisilute, The Vanguard, Modern Living, Georgina Advocate (Sutton, ON), Corriere Canadese and Il Gazzettino di Udine. The original newspaper dates range from 1956-2011.

22 RRAppraisals (of work)2003, 2020

File contains copies of the Canadian Art Sales Index, which include values for a Chiarandini painting. Also includes correspondence regarding art appraisal of one of Olga Pugliese’s Chiarandini paintings.

23Book project 2015 + Udine launch2011-2015

File contains material relating to the book Passion Meets Paintbrush: Albert Chiarandini (2015), edited by Olga Pugliese and Anna Pia De Luca. Includes a copy of the proposal for the book and correspondence regarding planning, research and the launch event in Udine.

24Pugliese lectures2008-2015

File contains correspondence and planning material relating to lectures and written articles by Olga Pugliese about Albert Chiarandini. Includes a catalogue for the Chiarandini exhibition in Udine (2015).

25Pugliese correspondence re: artist2004-2015

File contains letters, cards and email about Chiarandini and his paintings. Most of the correspondence is with Chiarandini’s daughter, Joan Tadier, and her husband, Pat Tadier.

26Notes for individual works2004-2011

File contains correspondence, handwritten notes and printouts relating to Chiarandini paintings.

27Hippie portraits2005-2019

File contains correspondence, handwritten notes, news articles and printed exhibition material relating to Chiarandini’s hippie portraits and subjects.

28Politics2005, 2010-2015

File contains correspondence, notes and copies of newspaper articles. Used as research material for Olga Pugliese’s chapter on the political dimension of Chiarandini and his paintings in Passion Meets Paintbrush. Includes a copy of a letter from Charles Caccia to Chiarandini (1968).

29Mirvish portrait2004-2007, 2013

File contains correspondence, notes and newspaper articles relating to Chiarandini’s portrait of Anne Mirvish, with additional biographical notes on Anne and Ed Mirvish.

2023.13, Box 3
31Cows2009

File contains handwritten notes, correspondence between Olga Pugliese and Chiarandini’s grandchildren, and three photographs of Chiarandini’s paintings of cows in a field.

(Photos P1-3)
32Photographs of artist1968

Photographs of Albert Chiarandini.

(Photos P1-2)
33Photographs of Chiarandini interviews[200-]

Photographs taken during Olga Pugliese and Angelo Principe’s interview with Chiarandini in his home on Bowerbank Drive in North York. Includes photos of Chiarandini’s paintings.

(Photos P1-10)
34Chiarandini’s 90th birthdayAugust 14, 2005

Photographs of Chiarandini and various guests celebrating his 90th birthday at the Georgina Gallery.

(Photos P1-3)
35Georgina Gallery photographs2006, 2008

Photographs of Chiarandini exhibits at the Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery in 2006 and 2008. Includes film negatives.

(Photos P1-12)
36Kipling Exhibition2016

Photographs of Chiarandini’s exhibition at Columbus Centre in North York. Also includes a blank card from the Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery with an image of Chiarandini’s painting “Passage”.

(Photos P1-5)
37Famee Furlane Exhibition2007

Photographs of Chiarandini’s paintings in an exhibition at the Famee Furlane club. Includes a handwritten note by Olga Pugliese that a photo has been removed.

(Photos P1-4)
38Giuseppe Pivetta[200-?]

Photographs of Giuseppe Pivetta, an artist and friend of Chiarandini, in a gallery with his paintings. 

(Photos P1-3)
39Bortolotti / Savonarola / Pouliot[200-?]

Photographs of Chiarandini’s portraits of historical figures, including Attilio Bortolotti, Friar Girolamo Savonarola and Wilfred Pouliot.

(Photos P1-5)
310Rev. Prof. Alexander Dawson Matheson[200-?]

Photographs of Chiarandini’s portrait of Rev. Prof. Alexander Dawson Matheson, Emmanuel College Principal (1955-1957). Includes photo negatives of what appears to be a group of individuals in Emmanuel College, possibly during the portrait’s unveiling.

(Photos P1-2)
311Emmanuel College portraitsca. 2003

Photographs of the portraits of Emmanuel College Principals and other significant historic figures. Photos were taken by Cindy Mark, a former student and research assistant of Olga Pugliese. Includes photo negatives.

(Photos P1-14)
312[Rudy Chiarandini paintings][200-?]

Photographs of Albert Chiarandini’s portraits. These photographs were sent to Olga from Rudy Chiarandini, the artist’s son.

(Photos P1-5)
313“Portraits”[n.d.]

Photographs of Chiarandini’s portraits. Includes photo negatives.

(Photos P1-18)
314Soprapaludo landscape[200-?]

Photographs of Soprapaludo in the Province of Udine, Italy, which Chiarandini painted. The painting is part of the Victoria University Art Collection.

(Photos P1-2)
315“Still life”[200-?]

Photographs of Chiarandini’s still life paintings of flowers and fruit.

(Photos P1-3)
316“Compositions”[200-?]

Photographs of Chiarandini’s composition paintings. Some photographs have been cut to remove the paintings from surrounding images.

(Photos P1-5)
317“Chiarandini at G. Rossi’s home”[n.d.]

Photographs of Chiarandini’s paintings at G. Rossi’s home. G. Rossi was one of Chiarandini's students.

(Photos P1-4)
318“Chiarandini at Joan Tadier’s home”November 11, 2006

Photographs of Chiarandini’s paintings at his daughter Joan Tadier’s home.

Some photographs are duplicates of those in Box 3, File 19.

(Photos P1-14)
319[Photographs of paintings]2006

File also contains four pages of handwritten notes on the paintings, titled “Works seen at home”.

Some photographs are duplicates of those in Box 3, File 18.

(Photos P1-10)
320[Photographs of paintings]ca. 2005

Includes photographs of Chiarandini’s 90th birthday party at the Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery.

(Photos P1-13)
321[Photographs of paintings][200-?]

   

(Photos P1-7)
322[Books about Chiarandini]2010, 2015

Includes:

  • The Group of Seven Project, 1920 → 2005 (2010) – Contains corrections and notes by Olga Pugliese.
  • Passion Meets Paintbrush: Albert Chiarandini, Udine 1915 – Toronto 2007 (2015) – Olga Pugliese contributed two chapters and a bibliography.
323“Spazi Canadesi: Chiarandini’s Canada”2015

Booklet created to accompany the 100th anniversary retrospective exhibition celebrating Albert Chiarandini.

324[Chiarandini offprints]2010, 2012

Includes:

  • “Personalities, Landscapes, and Politics of Central Canada in the Paintings of Albert Chiarandini (Udine 1915 – Toronto 2007)” by Olga Pugliese. Collana di studi del Centro di Cultura Canadese, 3. Udine, Forum 2010, pg. 139-162.
  • “Uncompromising Gaze: The Art of Albert Chiarandini O.S.A., F.I.A.L.” by Olga Pugliese, Guido Pugliese and Angelo Principe, Quaderni d’Italianistica, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, 2012, pg. 9-35.
325[Chiarandini CDs]2004, 2006

File contains two compact discs of interviews with Albert Chiarandini and one compact disc of digital images of Chiarandini’s paintings. Includes:

  • “Chiarandini interview with Olga Pugliese and Angelo Principe”, February 5, 2004 – The interview was conducted in Chiarandini’s home.
  • NOI OGGI OMNI TV interview with Albert Chiarandini, 2006 – OMNI.1 profile of Chiarandini. Includes interviews with his daughter Joan Tadier.
  • Test disc for Villa Manin, [n.d.] – Contains digital images of Chiarandini’s paintings used in an exhibition at Villa Manin in Italy.