David P. Silcox:Die Gruppe der Sieben und Tom Thomson von David P. Silcox (englisch) Hardcover-Buch
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He has publege, is an art historian and arts administrator. He is aun art as well as a number of exhibition catalogues. He is author of Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne thor of Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne. The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson by David P. Silcox "A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller — more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical."At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when first exhibited.The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson includes many never — before reproduced paintings and presents the most complete and extensive collection of these artists' works ever published. The 400 paintings and drawings reveal the remarkable genius of all 10 painters who at some point were part of the movement. Tom Thomson, who died before the Group was established, was always present in the public mind. Included are works by: Frank Carmichael Frank Johnston A.J. Casson Arthur Lismer Le Moine FitzGerald I.E.H. MacDonald Lawren Harris Tom Thomson Edwin Holgate F.H. Varley A.Y. JacksonThe artwork is organized by the various regions of Canada, with additional sections on the war years and still-life paintings. Introductory essays provide a context for a greater understanding and appreciation of Canada's most celebrated artists. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description "A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller — more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical."At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when first exhibited.The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson includes many never — before reproduced paintings and presents the most complete and extensive collection of these artists' works ever published. The 400 paintings and drawings reveal the remarkable genius of all 10 painters who at some point were part of the movement. Tom Thomson, who died before the Group was established, was always present in the public mind. Included are works by: Frank Carmichael Frank Johnston A.J. Casson Arthur Lismer Le Moine FitzGerald J.E.H. MacDonald Lawren Harris Tom Thomson Edwin Holgate F.H. Varley A.Y. JacksonThe artwork is organized by the various regions of Canada, with additional sections on the war years and still-life paintings. Introductory essays provide a context for a greater understanding and appreciation of Canada's most celebrated artists. Author Biography David P. Silcox, Visiting and Associate Fellow at Massey ColDavid P. Silcox, Visiting and Associate Fellow at Massey College, is an art historian and arts administrator. He has publege, is an art historian and arts administrator. He has published numerous reviews and articles on contemporary Canadialished numerous reviews and articles on contemporary Canadian art as well as a number of exhibition catalogues. He is aun art as well as a number of exhibition catalogues. He is author of Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne thor of Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Icons: Images of Canada Gardens, Still Lifes, and Portraits The First World War Cities, Towns, and Villages The East Coast The St Lawrence River and Quebec Algonquin Park and Georgian Bay Algoma and Lake Superior The Prairies, Rockies, and West Coast The Canadian Arctic Chronology Selected Bibliography List of Works Reproduced Gallery Index General Index Long Description "A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller -- more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical." At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when first exhibited. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson includes many never -- before reproduced paintings and presents the most complete and extensive collection of these artists' works ever published. The 400 paintings and drawings reveal the remarkable genius of all 10 painters who at some point were part of the movement. Tom Thomson, who died before the Group was established, was always present in the public mind. Included are works by: Frank Carmichael Frank Johnston A.J. Casson Arthur Lismer Le Moine FitzGerald I.E.H. MacDonald Lawren Harris Tom Thomson Edwin Holgate F.H. Varley A.Y. Jackson The artwork is organized by the various regions of Canada, with additional sections on the war years and still-life paintings. Introductory essays provide a context for a greater understanding and appreciation of Canada's most celebrated artists. Review Quote Timely and beautiful... a thorough retrospective and comprehensive bibliography... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Author Comments In Canada, everyone grew up with and loved reproductions of paintings by the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. These painters (all eleven of them!) defined the way Canadians saw their country. The Group was formed in 1920 and exhibited together only eight times from 1920 to 1931 before they disbanded in 1933. One member dropped out right after the first exhibition; another was added in 1926, another in 1929, and yet another in 1932, but the name, with delightful illogic, remained unchanged. 'The Group had no formal organization,' A.Y. Jackson wrote later, 'and since we had no money we had no need of a treasurer.' They never painted together as a group, and indeed on only two occasions did even four of them paint together. Their main focal points in Toronto were their studios and the Arts and Letters Club, where they regularly had lunch together. You would think that such an important art movement, which determined the course of Canadian painting for decades, would have many publications to honour and display their work. But, until now, there has not been a single volume in which a generous selection of work by each member could be seen. Out of 369 colour plates, nearly a third are reproduced here for the first time. They show the wide range of subjects that attracted the Group: landscapes from the Atlantic to the Pacific and Arctic oceans, cities, towns, villages, and farms, people, flowers, and the turmoil of the First World War. This is as large a compendium of these magnificent works as is likely to be published in our time. Introduction or Preface Excerpted from the Introduction The Group of Seven was formed one evening in March 1920, at Lawren Harris''s elegant mansion, 63 Queen''s Park (now Queen''s Park Crescent), Toronto, where St Michael''s College, University of Toronto, stands today, and next door, but one, to his friend (and co-heir to the Massey-Harris Company) Vincent Massey, then Dean of Residence at Victoria College and already a significant arts patron. The artists present were Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, Arthur Lismer, F.H. Varley, Frank Carmichael, and Frank Johnston. A.Y. Jackson was away painting in Georgian Bay, but was considered to be present by proxy. The Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Thomson at the Art Gallery of Toronto had just closed. No one knows why these seven men were chosen (originally it was going to be nine) from among artists who shared their ambitions and beliefs. Someone decided whom to invite to that historic meeting, and probably Harris, or Harris after conferring with MacDonald, was responsible. Three of the seven were English (if one includes MacDonald, who spent his boyhood there), three were from Ontario, and one was from Montreal. Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970) was an heir to his family''s farm implement-manufacturing company, Massey-Harris. He was born in Brantford, Ontario, and moved to Toronto at the age of nine, when his father died. After attending the University of Toronto briefly, he went to study art in Berlin. He had already painted extensively around Toronto, in the Laurentians, Muskoka, Haliburton, Algonquin Park, and Algoma, and elsewhere. The Studio Building, built for himself and his artist friends in 1913-14, was but one of his practical contributions to their serious purpose. Harris served in the army during the First World War. Unlike the others, he had only a brief experience as a commercial artist, having neither the interest nor the need to become one. Harris was certainly a key instigator of the Group, although it did not have a leader, per se . "The Group had no formal organization," Jackson wrote later. "We had no officers, and as we had no money we did not need a treasurer." But it was Harris who always had the energy and means to take initiatives. When Harris moved to the United States in 1934 (to side-step the stigma of a divorce), Jackson wrote that "we were bereft ... he provided the stimulus; it was he who encouraged us always to take the bolder course, to find new trails." James Edward Hervey MacDonald (1873-1932), usually called ''Jim'' by his colleagues, was born in Durham, England. His Canadian father brought his family back to Canada when MacDonald was fourteen. After his commercial art training and apprenticeship in Canada, he returned to England from 1901 to 1903. By the time he met Harris in 1911, MacDonald was a leading commercial a, Firefly Books LTD<
