Category: Art - Canadian

THE PAINTED VALLEY: ARTISTS ALONG ALBERTA'S BOW RIVER, 1845-2000.

By: Armstrong, Christopher and Nelles, H.V.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Calgary, University of Calgary Press : 2007

Seller ID: 24520

ISBN-13: 9781552382073

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

160 pp, 4to (11" H). B&w photographs, b&w and colour reproductions. "With its dramatic landscapes and rugged beauty, Alberta's Bow River valley has inspired generations of artists. (This book) brings together a collection of works by local and visiting artists from 1845 to 2000 that captures the many moods of the river from its source high in the Rocky Mountains down to the city of Calgary and eastward across the open prairie. (The authors) have selected (works) from a number of Alberta museums and national collections which depict the Bow River and its valley, representing a broad array of h...
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FROM THE HEART: FOLK ART IN CANADA.

By: Blanchette, Jean-Francois, et al.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart/National Museum of Man : 1983

Seller ID: 22853

ISBN-13: 9780771090226

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

256 pp, oblong 4to (9 3/4" H). "(M)akes available the full scope of folk art from across Canada and, for the first time, introduces some of the artists who create it. The panorama of cultures and regional traditions that gives meaning to this vast nation is represented in the diverse objects brought together by the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, a branch of the National Museum of Man." Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with everything from weathervanes and decoys to kitchenware, quilts and oil paintings. Very light edgewear, very light rubbing on covers.
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CLARENCE GAGNON.

By: Boissay, Rene. English version by Raymond Chamberlain.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Marcel Broquet : 1988

Seller ID: 30947

ISBN-13: 9782890002203

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

201 pp, 4to (12 1/2" H). B&w photographs, colour and b&w reproductions. "Already celebrated in Europe in 1906 as a great 'American' etcher, Clarence Gagnon then 25 years old, did not follow through his great success and wished thereafter to be recognized only as a painter. His work is represented in many different collections, public and private in Europe and Canada. The publication in France of 'Maria Chapdelaine' by Louis Hemon in 1933, wholly illustrated by Clarence Gagnon, is still talked about in many countries. The encounter of two geniuses as well as the perfect integration of the illu...
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THE CANADIAN EARTH: LANDSCAPE PAININGS BY THE GROUP OF SEVEN.

By: Boulet, Roger. Biographies by Paul Duval. Foreword by A.J. Casson.

Price: $90.00 USD

Publisher: Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, n.p., (1982).

Seller ID: 16368

227 pp, oblong 4to (10 3/4" H x 13 1/2" C x 1 1/4" W), hard cover in dust jacket. Beautifully and profusely illustrated in full colour with full page reproductions. "(A) story of the landscape paintings of Tom Thomson and those painters who banded together as the Group of Seven. In a succinct and readable essay, author Roger H. Boulet follows the trails these artists blazed on their sketching trips. Theirs was a quest for the rediscovery of their own country. Most of the paintings selected for this volume have been held in both private collections and major public galleries. The majority, ...
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THE TRANQUILITY AND THE TURBULENCE.

By: Boulet, Roger. Signed. Foreword by John P. Crabb.

Price: $160.00 USD

Publisher: Markham, Ontario, M.B. Loates : 1981

Seller ID: 24681

ISBN-13: 9780920892053

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

232 pp, oblong folio (13 1/2" H x 16" D) - silver boards with blind stamped title block on front cover. Signed on title page: "Roger Boulet". Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Walter J. Phillips' beautiful watercolor paintings. Contents: Foreword; 1884-1913: Early Years / The Delicate Art of Watercolor; 1914-1924: Winnipeg; 1924 & 1925: Lake Muskoka - A Summer Idyll / England; 1926 & 1927: Winnipeg & Lake O'Hara / First Trip to the West Coast; 1928-1940: Under Prairie Skies; 1940-1963: Middle Watercolors / A West Road / Later Watercolors / An Appreciation; Waterfalls; Complete Index...
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ART OF THE SPIRIT: CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN FABRIC ART.

By: Bradfield, Helen; Pringle, Joan; Ridout, Judy. Introduction by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 1992

Seller ID: 24521

ISBN-13: 9781550021523

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

128 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Colour and b&w photographs. "Rich colours and arresting designs capture the mood of celebration and joy that characterizes this photographic record of contemporary religious works of art. Chosen for their excellence in design and stitchery, these works represent the achievements of artists who have created art, in fabric, for places of worship. This book celebrates this important artistic expression, a significant part of our heritage. Pieces are selected from communities across Canada: from a small parish on a Micmac reserve in Nova Scotia to a large urban synagogue ...
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ON MAPS AND MAPPING. ARTSCANADA SPRING 1974, ISSUE NUMBER 188/189.

By: Brodzky, Anne Trueblood, Editor. (John Warkentin, Peter Perrin, Robert Arn, John Noel Chandler, Roald Nasgaard, Joe Bodolai, Dan Tooker.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, The Society for Art Publications : 1974

Seller ID: 26101

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

106 pp, 11 1/2" H. B&w and colour illustrations. Articles: Discovering the Shape of Canada, by John Warkentin; Mapping Time: Three New Works by Vera Frenkel, by Peter Perrin; The Moving Eye: Nancy Graves Sculpture, Film, and Painting, by Robert Arn; Reflections on/of Michael Snow, by John Noel Chandler; Claude Breeze: Canadian Atlas and the Expressionist Landscape Tradition, by Roald Nasgaard; Borderlines in Art and Experience, by Joe Bodolai; "How to Chart a Course": An Interview with William Wiley, by Dan Tooker. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very...
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52 COULEURS DU QUEBEC ... CINQUANTE-DEUX PEINTRES. THE COLOURS OF QUEBEC ... FIFTY-TWO PAINTERS.

By: Bruens, Louis.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Editions la Palette : 1987

Seller ID: 21875

ISBN-13: 9782980106002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

237 pp, 4to (12" H). B&w and colour illustrations. Bilingual text (French/English). Showcases the work of 52 Quebec artists, giving brief biographies. Francesco Alberti, Gilles Archambault, Leonard Basque, Andre Bertounesque, Normand Boisvert, Yvette Boulanger, J. Marcel Bourbonnais, Patricia Bourque, Serge Brunoni, Albert Buscio, Christian Deberdt, Littorio Del Signore, John Der, Maurice Domingue, Robert Dupont, Lucie Fournier, Helmut Gerth, Joseph Giunta, Francine Gravel, Monique Harvey, Richard Hetu, Vladimir Horik, Normand Hudon, Lise Jourdenais, Louise Kirouac, Pierre Labrecque, Claude L...
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JAMES WILSON MORRICE.

By: Buchanan, Donald W.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press : 1947

Seller ID: 30053

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

38 pp, 7 1/4" H. B&w and colour reproductions. Part of Ryerson's "Canadian Art Series". Buchanan provides a biographical sketch, followed by The Technique of His Oil Sketches on Wooden Panels; His Studio Canvases; His Drawings; Bibliography; Catalogues; Collections. Interior - one light separation between two page gatherings which are still firmly held in the binding. Exterior - minor edge wear wrinkling, light toning to edges of covers and on spine.
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HOFF: THE POEMS AND DRAWINGS.

By: Callaghan, Barry, inscribed. Introduction by Hayden Carruth.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Little Brown : 1997

Seller ID: 31057

ISBN-13: 9780316120708

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

135 pp, 9" H. Playfully inscribed (with the addition of several 'faces') - "To David / from / Hoggbound Barry". Colour illustrations. "Barry Callaghan originally created 'The Hogg Poems and Drawings' during the 1970s and published them in 1978. (I)n 1988, Callaghan published 'Stone Blind Love', which was soon recognized by him and others, as pure Hogg, in spite of its ostensible topic - a dying mother. Now Callaghan has combined the two, edited them, revised them. The result is the present volume, which gives us the entire text and a good section of the drawings; in other words, the entire vi...
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Image for LANDMARKS OF CANADA: A GUIDE TO THE J. ROSS ROBERTSON CANADIAN HISTORICAL COLLECTION IN THE TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. ILLUSTRATED REPRINT EDITION OF VOLUME I (1917) AND VOLUME II (1921) WITH A CONSOLIDATED INDEX.

LANDMARKS OF CANADA: A GUIDE TO THE J. ROSS ROBERTSON CANADIAN HISTORICAL COLLECTION IN THE TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. ILLUSTRATED REPRINT EDITION OF VOLUME I (1917) AND VOLUME II (1921) WITH A CONSOLIDATED INDEX.

By: Campbell, H.C., introduction.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Toronto Public Library : 1967

Seller ID: 28342

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

383 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 10 3/4" D). Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. B&w illustrations. Contents: Introduction; Landmarks of Canada, Volume I; Landmarks of Canada, Volume II; Supplementary List of Paintings; Portrait Index; General Index. Light wrinkling at bottom of spine, minor edge wear, very light rubbing, minor soiling on top of text block.
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ARTIST AT WAR.

By: Comfort, Charles Fraser. Introduction by Eric Harrison. Afterword by Charles Fraser C. Jackson.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Pender Island, British Coumbia, Remembrance Books : 1995

Seller ID: 27533

ISBN-13: 9780920270219

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

197 pp + 4 pp of colour maps, 9" H. Colour plates, b&w portraits. "In 1943, Charles Comfort was sent into battle to make a painter's record of the Canadian army's fight against the Germans on the Italian peninsula. (This) is his account of that fight. Enduring the shellfire, the mud, and the fatigue of battle, Comfort watches war being waged amidst the treasures of centuries of Italian art and culture. From the horrors of Ortona to the jubliant liberation of Rome, (this book) gives us a view of the war unlike any other - the vivid and penetrating view of a soldier armed not just with a rifle ...
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ARTIST AT WAR.

By: Comfort, Charles Fraser. Introduction by Eric Harrison. Afterword by Charles Fraser C. Jackson.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Pender Island, British Coumbia, Remembrance Books : 1995

Seller ID: 30526

ISBN-13: 9780920270219

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

197 pp + 4 pp of colour maps, 9" H. Colour plates, b&w portraits. "In 1943, Charles Comfort was sent into battle to make a painter's record of the Canadian army's fight against the Germans on the Italian peninsula. (This) is his account of that fight. Enduring the shellfire, the mud, and the fatigue of battle, Comfort watches war being waged amidst the treasures of centuries of Italian art and culture. From the horrors of Ortona to the jubliant liberation of Rome, (this book) gives us a view of the war unlike any other - the vivid and penetrating view of a soldier armed not just with a rifle ...
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CARNAVAL PERPETUEL: A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY HEATHER COOPER.

By: Cooper, Heather.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Le Carnaval Perpetuel : 1987

Seller ID: 22708

ISBN-13: 9780920668443

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

160 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in vivid colour and b&w. "To many, the name Heather Cooper conjures visions of finely detailed paintings in mythical and romantic themes. As posters and prints, her works have become a medium of their own in celebrating North America's performing arts. But as 'Carnaval Perpetuel' quickly comfirms, the work of Heather Cooper goes much further, with a range that takes in the design of packaging, postage stamps, corporate trade marks, greeting cards, annual reports, even retail displays. Her work has been featured internationally in Graphis, Idea Ma...
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KEN DANBY: THE GRAPHIC WORK. LITHOGRAPHS AND SERIGRAPHS.

By: Cumming, Glen E., foreword. With excerpts from a conversation with Andrew J. Oko.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Hamilton, Art Gallery of Hamilton : 1980

Seller ID: 28769

ISBN-13: 9780919153004

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

32 pp, oblong (9" H x 11" D). Colour and b&w reproductions. Exhibition catalogue. Contents: Itinerary; Foreword; Ken Danby of Serigraphy (From "Ken Danby" by Paul Duval); A Conversation with Ken Danby; The Exhibition/Lithographs; The Exhibition/Serigraphs; Biography (Chronology); Selected Bibliography. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - some very minor soiling and wrinkling on covers, two tiny minor corner creases.
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TREASURES OF THE GLENBOW MUSEUM.

By: Dempsey, Hugh A.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Glenbow-Alberta Institute : 1991

Seller ID: 28575

ISBN-13: 9781895379006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

200 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. "(P)rovides a glimpse into the vast collections of the museum and tells the stories of their origin and acquisition. From 1954 to 1966, Glenbow was the pride of Eric L. Harvie, Calgary philanthropist. During those years, he brought priceless objects from all parts of the world, while his staff concentrated on collecting western Canadian artifacts. Since then, Glenbow has added significantly to its collections and has gained international acclaim for its exhibitions and museum programs." Very minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dus...
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EMILY CARR

By: DeSoto, Lewis. Signed. With Introduction by John Ralston Saul.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Penguin Canada : 2008

Seller ID: 31013

ISBN-13: 9780670066704

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

185 pp, 8" H. One of the "Extraordinary Canadians" series. Signed on the title page: "Lewis DeSoto." **Please note: this book is not illustrated. However, a previous owner has 'grangerized' it by taping in seven coloured reproductions of Carr's works throughout the text.** "Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveller, adventurer - she was also an original, a rebel, a free spirit, and a visionary mystic. She is one of those unique individuals, those few, who have created and articulated the symbols and images by which Canada knows itself. Lewis DeSoto, himself an award...
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CANADIAN IMPRESSIONISM.

By: Duval, Paul.

Price: $67.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart : 1990

Seller ID: 29904

ISBN: 0771029650

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

166 pp, square 4to (11 3/4" H). "This beautiful volume, full of the light and colour that characterize most Impressionist art, is a thoroughly enjoyable guide to Canadian Impressionist painting from roughly 1885 to 1920. It brings together, for the first time in book form, the Canadian representatives of the world's most popular and accessible school of painting, offering a totally fresh look at a now-vanished society, and presenting a strong contrast to the isolated, unpopulated vision of the country usually portrayed by the Group of Seven - although members of that group are represented in...
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TORONTO IN ART: 150 YEARS THROUGH ARTISTS' EYES.

By: Firth, Edith G.

Price: $42.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside / City of Toronto : 1983

Seller ID: 28392

ISBN-13: 9780889027121

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

199 pp, 11 1/4" H. (B)rings together reproductions of over 170 paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, in which 130 individual artists have interpreted aspects of the city of Toronto, from its incorporation in 1834 right up to the present day. Although organized in five chronological sections, it is not simply an illustrated history of the city. Rather it is a gallery of pictures accompanied by explanatory texts. Special emphasis has been given to new and unfamiliar material, and over 100 of the pictures in the book have never been reproduced before. Care has also been taken to refl...
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ROY ARDEN: SELECTED WORKS 1985-2000.

By: Fleming, Marnie and Steiner, Shep.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Oakville, Ontario, Oakville Galleries : 2002

Seller ID: 30946

ISBN-13: 9781894707077

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

47 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 19" D). B&w and colour photographs. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition" at Oakville Galleries, 2002. "Roy Arden's art work, in its subject matter and 'mise en scene', make visible the 'conflictual aspects' of urban and suburban life. The many sites he has chosen to photograph allude to the rapidity of economic change in British Columbia, as well as its human costs - a far cry from the glossy images of tourist brochures. The prosaic depictions of his environs are reminders of the precariousness of the social structure, with its sometimes brutal moments of ...
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Category: Art - Canadian