The life and times biography of one of Canada’s best-known living artists, the irascible, witty, and larger-than-life Charles Pachter.
Charles Pachter, the grandchild of poor Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, grew up to become Canada’s most knowledgeable and authentic Canadian artists. His iconic paintings and graphics — the most well-known being of the Queen on a Moose, as well as Toronto’s streetcars, Canada’s flag, and his “Hockey Knights in Canada” series — have been represented both at home and abroad.
In this groundbreaking look at his life and times, we learn of his beginnings, his upbringing, his successes, and his failures. His struggles with his sexuality. His obsessions, his work habits, and his endless parties. His encounters with royalty, his fights with art critics and the art establishment. His relationships with friends, family, and especially Margaret Atwood. And, at the age of seventy-three, of how he has embarked on perhaps his most challenging task yet: creating a cultural centre in his beloved town of Orillia.
