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"Thomas Mower Martin, circa 1913 Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) was an English-born Canadian landscape painter dubbed "the father of Canadian art""Dean of Canadian artists is dead" (Obituary from the Montreal Gazette, 17 Mar 1934). He painted in both oils and watercolour. Life and work A settlers farm Yard, 1907 The Rocky mountains, 1907 MartinSee Biography at "Meobohm fine arts"Biography (Glenbow Museum)Biography ("The Collectors Gallery")Biography (Gallery Walter Klinkhoff) was born in London, England, the son of Edward H. Martin, sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple, and Susan Abernethy. He was educated at various schools and lastly, the Military school in Enfield his father wanted him to become a soldier with the East India Company. But he was orphaned at 15 years of age, lived with an aunt (Kezia, sister of his mother Susannah Abernethy, and widow of Thomas Mower) who supported his desire to not proceed with military life and leave school to become a carpenter and draughtsman. He had had a hobby of sketching and painting, for several years and now, took part-time instruction at the South Kensington Schools in London but was mostly self-taught in art. He found life in London unpleasant, was restless for a healthier life style and took advantage of the Canadian Government's offer of of land to enable him to immigrate and be a pioneer settler. He married Emma Nichols (1842–1911)—they went on to have nine children. In 1862 they emigrated to Canada and built a small house in Muskoka, Ontario. Farming proved impossible because of the poor quality of the land and so the family moved and settled in Toronto, where Mower Martin soon became an established professional painter. Martin produced landscapes, animals, still lifes and portraits in oils, watercolours and etchings. He was one of a group of artists given passes by the Canadian Pacific Railway to paint landscapes in western Canada—they became known as the "Railway Painters". Earlier he had travelled and painted landscapes through eastern Canada and the United States, and also provided illustrations for two books by A & C Black, Canada and Kew Gardens. He was a founding member of the Ontario Society of Artists in 1872, and charter member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880, and was also a member of the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists (1909). Mower Martin exhibited widely as an artist during his lifetime and his works can be found in many public and private collections, including Windsor Castle in England. Martin was a member of the Swedenborgian church and wrote philosophical leaflets for the organisation. He died at the age of 96 in 1934. Illustrated books *Campbell, Wilfred. Canada (A & C Black, 1907). *Moncrieff, A. R. Hope. Kew gardens (A & C Black, 1908). *Bealby, J. T. Peeps at many lands: Canada. (A & C Black, 1909). *Graeme, Toni Father of Canadian Art(TGraeme Enterprises,2009). References Further reading *Macdonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 4 (Canadian Paperbacks Pub., 1989) *Lerner, Loren Ruth & Williamson, Mary F. Art and architecture in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 1991) p664. External links * *Thomas Mower Martin (Biog at "Meibohm Fine Arts"). *Mower Martin archive (Glenbow Museum) *Website Category:19th-century Canadian painters Category:Canadian male painters Category:20th-century Canadian painters Category:English emigrants to Canada Category:Canadian illustrators Category:Canadian landscape painters Category:English watercolourists Category:English Swedenborgians Category:1934 deaths Category:1838 births Category:Canadian watercolourists Category:English illustrators Category:19th-century English painters Category:English male painters Category:20th-century English painters Category:Painters from London "
"This is a list of the English-language television channels in Pakistan. This list contains the channels that are stationed in Pakistan by PEMRA and broadcast by almost all the cable operators. List by category=Educational * Animal Planet * Discovery Channel Music * 8XM (airs some international music videos) Movies * WB Channel News * BBC World News * CNN * DW-TV * NHK World * PTV World * Indus News * Tribune 24/7 Sports * PTV Sports - Most of the content is in English language but some events/programmes are in Urdu language * Geo Super - A few programmes are in English language Kids * Cartoon Network * Nickelodeon Defunct * Fashion TV See also * List of television stations in Pakistan * Television in Pakistan * List of Pakistani radio channels References * English "
"Tonight with Craig Doyle is a talk show hosted by Craig Doyle that was broadcast on RTÉ One for one series in 2010. The show featured guest interviews, audience participation and live music. Tonight with Craig Doyle was broadcast every Saturday night during the spring season directly after the main evening news. History=Replacing Tubridy Tonight Following Pat Kenny's stepping down as host of The Late Late Show in 2009, RTÉ announced that Ryan Tubridy, host of his own Saturday night chat show, would be Kenny's replacement. Tubridy Tonight had aired since 2004 and had regularly drawn an audience of up to half a million since the first series. The departure of Tubridy to the Friday night slot left a gap in the schedule. In late 2009 RTÉ announced that it was to commission a new Saturday night entertainment show that would be fronted by "an established name or a combination of established names". Miriam O'Callaghan and Gerry Ryan, two broadcasters who lost out in the battle to succeed Kenny as host of The Late Late Show, were two names that were mentioned as possible hosts. It was hoped that the show would be "high energy", would "provide a distinctively Irish take on contemporary entertainment" and proposals for the show's format could include "chat, music, comedy, satire or some other element, such as audience participation, games, etc". It was reported by the Evening Herald that the programme would have a budget of 90,000 per programme while the set for the show cost 100,000, despite being only for an eight-week show and tough company budget cuts. In a new departure RTÉ decided to pit two new chat shows against each other. Brendan O'Connor, who moved to RTÉ from The Apprentice: You're Fired! on TV3, would present The Saturday Night Show for an initial run of eight weeks before handing over to Doyle who would present Tonight with Craig Doyle for a further eight weeks. Whichever chat show proved successful would be recommissioned for a further series. Doyle was known to have secured the role even before The Saturday Night Show had aired and wanted the Saturday programme to "complement" the more serious Friday night chat show by being entertaining. Debut Tonight with Craig Doyle made its debut on 10 April 2010 for an initial run of eight programmes. The guests for the first programme were La Toya Jackson, Louis Walsh and actress Victoria Smurfit. Kate Nash was the musical guest and Jarlath Regan provided stand-up comedy. Ending Following the completion of both The Saturday Night Show and Tonight with Craig Doyle it was decided to recommission the former for a second series. It proved more popular with the audience than Doyle's show which was panned by the critics and regarded as a flop. Sinead Ryan of the Evening Herald said that Doyle "is the latest contestant in RTÉ's version of The Apprentice", referring to the different presenters changing around in that slot. Doyle went on to present The Social, a midweek nighttime show on RTÉ Two. Production Tonight with Craig Doyle was broadcast from Studio 4 in the RTÉ Television Centre at Donnybrook, Dublin 4. That studio is also home to the shows Friday night rival The Late Late Show. As RTÉ's biggest the studio holds 200 audience members. The programme was pre-recorded on the Wednesday before broadcast. This was primarily because Doyle had other presenting work to do on ITV Sport. References Category:2010 Irish television series debuts Category:2010 Irish television series endings Category:Irish talk shows Category:RTÉ original programming Category:2010s Irish television series "