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Canadian artist Tony Scherman (b. 1950) received an M.F.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, England, in 1974. Since then he has exhibited his works in solo and group exhibitions in North America and Europe. These include: Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris; Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin; Fondation d’Art Contemporain d’Ile-de-France & Fondation Guerlain, Paris; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Hunter Museum of Art, Tennessee. He has also been a visiting critic and lecturer at universities and art galleries in North America and Europe. His expressive work often depicts historical figures and is held in public collections worldwide. He is particularly known for a monumental cycle of Napoleon portraits and French Revolution paintings collected in the 2002 art book, Chasing Napoleon: Forensic Portraits. He is one of the most successful contemporary practitioners of encaustic painting.
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