
The History of Painting in Canada Toward a People's Art
Lord, Barry Publisher: NC Press, Toronto, Canada Year Published: 1974 Pages: 253pp Resource Type: Book
A histor of Canadian painting from the art of the native peoples up to the 1970s. It explores how art in Canada was shaped by British and American imperialist influences, and how it has also been part of the fight against domination.
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Table of Contents
Three Hundred Years a Nation List of Colour Plates Introduction: Toward a People's Art
I Painting of the Native Peoples
II Painting in Quebec: French and British Regimes
The art of the church and the art of the people Social classes in Quebec: A portrait of Quebec society Interlude: An American paints the conquest of Quebec
III Canadian Painting: The British Regime
The struggle for the landscape A nation of Canadians Imperialism and the art of schools in Paris The Group of Seven: A national landscape art
IV Painting in the Age of U.S. Imperialism
Repression and revolt in Quebec Canadian painting: The struggle to paint our people
Conclusion: Toward a People's Art
Notes for further reading
Where to see the paintings
Index
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