Author: Joan Murray. Published by McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1984, 1st Edition. (This is the 1st PB Printing 1993) Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 8.5 inch, 95 pages with index.
THE BEST OF THE GROUP OF SEVEN, by Joan Murray, With an Essay by Lawren Harris, give historical context to the Group of Seven, and fascinating captions provide biographical notes and insightful critiques of each member’s style. No Canadian library is complete without this beautiful volume.
In the early twentieth century a group of young artists strived to create, in Lawren Harris’s words, paintings that would “embody the moods and character and spirit of the country.” The fifty-four breathtaking colour plates in this book confirm their success. Well-loved landscapes, like Tom Thomson’s Jack Pine, appear beside some unexpected treasures like Edwin Holgate’s Nude in a Landscape.
DID YOU KNOW? The original members, who painted together from 1920 to 1933, were Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley.
For more info on The Group of Seven, please see: The Group of Seven – Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933
ISBN: 9780771066740
GC&C Stock #4827
