The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy (eBook)

Evelyn Walters (Autor)

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2017
184 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3778-5 (ISBN)

Infos

An exploration of the lives and works of the members of the Beaver Hall Group. Founded in 1920, the group was in the vanguard of bringing Modernism to Canada and is notable for its inclusion of women who now rank among the country’s most outstanding painters.

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An exploration into Montreal's Beaver Hall Group and its legacy of women painters who now rank among Canada's most outstanding artists.Today it is difficult to imagine that the art of Montreal's Beaver Hall Group was once shocking. As these Modernists struggled against academic art, critics such as Samuel Morgan-Powell ranted - "e;rough,"e; "e;meaningless"e; "e;blatant plastering and massing of unpleasant colours in weird landscapes"e; - and likened their paintings to the "e;cacophonous riot of metallic yowlings"e; of jazz that was invading the city.Moreover, unlike their contemporaries, the Group of Seven, the Beaver Hall Group dared to break with tradition and accept women members. The result was a legacy of some of the finest women painters Canada has so far produced. In 2005, Evelyn Walters gave them deserved attention in her acclaimed book, The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist Painters.Now, a follow-up, The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy delves into the engrossing life stories of the twenty-five artists who belonged to the Beaver Hall Group and the Women of Beaver Hall. Over seventy-five images gleaned from museums and private collections highlight the work of these pioneering artists who changed the course of Canadian art. Written for student and scholar alike, The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy is a must for every art lover's library.

Autor

Evelyn Walters’ expertise on the Beaver Hall Group is an outgrowth of her research for her doctoral thesis and for a personal art collection. She is the author of The Women of Beaver Hall, one of the first books to be written on the Beaver Hall Group. A former Montrealer, she now lives in Toronto.

Inhalt

INTRODUCTION
PART I: THE BEAVER HALL GROUP
1. JEANNE DE CREVECOEUR (1890–1970)
2. JAMES CROCKART (1885#8211;1974)
3. ADRIEN HÉBERT (1890#8211;1967)
4. HENRI HÉBERT (1884#8211;1950)
5. RANDOLPH HEWTON (1888#8211;1960)
6. EDWIN HOLGATE (1892#8211;1977)
7. ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON (1882#8211;1974)
8. JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTON (1887#8211;1930)
9. DARRELL MORRISEY (1897#8211;1930)
10. HAL ROSS PERRIGARD (1891#8211;1960)
11. ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT (1898#8211;1967)
12. SYBIL ROBERTSON (1896#8211;1978)
13. REGINA SEIDEN (1897#8211;1991)
14. ADAM SHERRIFF SCOTT (1887#8211;1980)
15. WILLIAM THURSTON TOPHAM (1888#8211;1966)
PART II: THE WOMEN OF BEAVER HALL
16. NORA COLLYER (1898#8211;1979)
17. EMILY COONAN (1885#8211;1971)
18. PRUDENCE HEWARD (1896#8211;1947)
19. MABEL LOCKERBY (1882#8211;1976)
20. HENRIETTA MABEL MAY (1877#8211;1971)
21. KATHLEEN MOIR MORRIS (1893#8211;1986)
22. LILIAS TORRANCE NEWTON (1896#8211;1980)
23. SARAH ROBERTSON (1891#8211;1948)
24. ANNE SAVAGE (1896#8211;1971)
25. ETHEL SEATH (1879#8211;1963)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF WORKS
INDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2017
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Adam Sherriff Scott • Adrian Hébert • Anne Savage • Art History • A Y Jackson • Canadian art • Edwin Holgate • Emily Coonan • Ethel Seath • Hal Ross Perrigard • Henrietta Mabel May • Henri Hébert • James Crockart • Jazz Age • J Y Johnstone • Kathleen Morris • Lillian Torrance Newton • Mabel Lockerby • modernism • modernist • Nora Collyer • Prudence Heward • Quebec artists • Randolph Hewton • Regina Seiden • Robert Wakeham Pilot • Sarah Robertson • William Thurston Topham
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-3778-4 / 1459737784
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-3778-5 / 9781459737785