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Group of Seven (Group of artists) -- Exhibitions.
Landscape painting, Canadian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Canadian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) -- Canada -- Exhibitions.
Canada -- In art -- Exhibitions.
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Group of Seven (Group of artists) -- Exhibitions.
Landscape painting, Canadian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Canadian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) -- Canada -- Exhibitions.
Canada -- In art -- Exhibitions.
MARC Display
Magnetic
North
:
imagining
Canada
in
painting
1910-40
/ [edited by Martina Weinhart with Georgiana Uhlyarik]
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt ; Prestel Verlag, 2021.
Call #:
759.11 M196m
Subjects
Group of Seven (Group of artists) -- Exhibitions.
Landscape
painting
, Canadian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Painting
, Canadian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) --
Canada
-- Exhibitions.
Canada
-- In art -- Exhibitions.
ISBN:
9783791359946 (hc.)
Description:
235 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Title from cover.
Statement of responsibility from colophon.
Translated to English from German.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"The early decades of the 20th century were marked by artistic, economic, and social transformation in
Canada
and around the world. Starting in Toronto, a group of young modern artists, including Tom Thomson and Lawren S. Harris, and Emily Carr in British Columbia, desired to create a new
painting
vocabulary for the young nation coming into its own cultural identity. They turned away from city life and explored
Canada
's landscape,
painting
sublime vistas, monumental rivers, ancient forests around the great lakes, the mighty Rocky Mountains, and the arctic tundra, determined to break away from European stylistic traditions. Together, their paintings imagined a mythical
Canada
, expansive and rugged, that added to their country's growing sense of national pride. Featuring paintings, sketches, photographs, film stills, and documentary material, this catalog examines the language of Canadian modernism. It also includes essays and interviews that offer contemporary indigenous perspectives on the impact of industry on nature, issues surrounding national identity, and modern Canadian landscape
painting
. This generously illustrated book critically reviews
Canada
's modernism in art history"--Publisher's website.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Other authors:
Weinhart, Martina, editor, curator.
Uhlyarik, Georgiana.
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Art Gallery of Ontario, organizer.
National Gallery of
Canada
, organizer.
Kunsthal Rotterdam, host institution.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
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