Author: Joyce Putnam. Pictures by Joyce Putnam. Published by Quarry Press, Kingston, ON., 1991, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada by Hignell Printing, Winnipeg, MN., Very Good Condition HARDCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Fair Condition Dust Jacket, with small tear, and paper crease, lower front cover, Size: 8.5 x 10 inch, 141 pages.
SEVEN YEARS WITH THE GROUP OF SEVEN, is about a chance meeting with A.Y. Jackson at a lecture in Ottawa that set the stage for an enduring love affair with the Group of Seven's style. The book chronicles Joyce Putnam's entire story...
Joyce Putnam remembered chasing after Jackson like a giddy school girl after a rock star. Following the lecture, she and her husband thought it would be a good idea to invite Jackson to their home in Grenville Quebec, show him some of the landscapes that surrounded their farm, and see if he might like to paint them. Months went by without hearing back from Jackson, and the Putnams had given up on him accepting their invitation - until he suddenly showed up at their door. One trip led to more as Jackson returned for a week or 10 days at a time. Soon the barn-turned-cottage saw the likes of Edwin Holgate and A.J. Casson moving in to put the Quebec landscapes onto paper. Jackson only stopped coming to Grenville after he suffered a stroke.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stella Joyce Musson Putnam, an author and art collector, was born in 1921 in Regina, Saskatchewan and raised near Melita, Manitoba. She attended the University of Manitoba, majoring in mathematics and French. In 1942, she married Munroe Putnam. Together, they moved to Grenville, Quebec in 1957, where they befriended A.Y. Jackson. He, along with other Group of Seven artists, would visit the Putnam cottage near the Rouge River to paint and sketch. Joyce Putnam passed away on April 24, 2023.
ISBN: 9781550820133
GC&C Stock #2887
