Philip Dombowsky

Author

Philip Dombowsky is an art historian and archivist, formerly with the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), where he specialized in private collections and visual resources. He holds an MA in art history from Concordia University and a Master of Library and Information Studies from McGill University, Montreal. He is a regular contributor to the NGC’s online magazine and the author of Walter S. Allward: Life & Work (Art Canada Institute, 2021) and Index to the National Gallery of Canada’s Exhibition Catalogues and Checklists 1880–1930 (National Gallery of Canada, 2007), which won the Melva J. Dwyer Award of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) in 2008.

Online Art Books

Left side is a painting of town buildings in white and bright orange, on the yellow floor. Right side is a symmetrical painting of cubism patterns in purple, green and blue.
Regina Art & Artists: An Illustrated History
Statue of woman in front of the Vimy Memorial
Walter S. Allward: Life & Work

Print Books

Regina Art & Artists Print Edition Book by Philip Dombowsky
AvailableRegina Art & Artists: An Illustrated History
Book Mockup of Walter S. Allward: Life & Work
AvailableWalter S. Allward: Life & Work

Spotlights

SpotlightHonour and Sacrifice

Walter S. Allward’s Vimy Memorial, 1921–36, commemorates fallen Canadian soldiers of the First World War

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