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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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Canadian Perspectives ; a National Conference on Canadian Photography, Toronto, March 1-4, 1979
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21059
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Conference
- Edition
- Transcript
- Call Number
- TR5 C3
- Edition
- Transcript
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Conference
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 446p.
- Notes
- Conference hosted by Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Photographic Department
- Accession Number
- 3182
- Call Number
- TR5 C3
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Canadian photography : 1839-1920
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21076
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1979
- Author
- Greenhill, Ralph
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Coach House Press
- Call Number
- TR26 G7
- Author
- Greenhill, Ralph
- Responsibility
- Ralph Greenhill and Andrew Birrell
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Coach House Press
- Published Date
- c1979
- Physical Description
- 171p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Photography - History - Canada
- Baltzly, Benjamin F.
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Hime, Humphrey Lloyd
- Hind, Henry Youle
- Horetsky, Charles
- Notman, William
- Notes
- Includes bibliography
- *includes index
- ISBN
- 0-88910-134-5
- Accession Number
- 13,500
- Call Number
- TR26 G7
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11900
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888-1891
- Publisher
- Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
- Call Number
- P Newspaper oversize
- Publisher
- Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
- Published Date
- 1888-1891
- Physical Description
- 7 v. : ill., ports
- Notes
- v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891
- Call Number
- P Newspaper oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Notman : a visionary photographer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25241
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Samson, Helene
- Sauvage, Suzanne
- Publisher
- Paris : Hazan ; Montreal : McCord Museum
- Call Number
- 06.4 Sa4n OS
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- Author
- Samson, Helene
- Sauvage, Suzanne
- Responsibility
- Helen Samson
- Suzanne Sauvage
- Nathalie Houle
- Sarah Parsons
- Joan M. Schwartz
- Christian Vachon
- Nora Hague
- Heather McNabb
- Publisher
- Paris : Hazan ; Montreal : McCord Museum
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 239 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits
- Abstract
- This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the career of photographer William Notman (1826-1891). Born in Scotland, Notman emigrated to Canada in 1856; he settled in Montreal and opened a photography studio that later had branches throughout Canada and the United States. Notman documented the development of a continent, photographing street scenes in burgeoning cities and modern transportation by steam and rail, and creating portraits of such notable figures as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill. By fully exploiting the commercial and aesthetic potential of the rapidly advancing photographic technology, Notman contributed to the establishment of the socio-economic prominence of Montreal and played a key role in the formation of a Canadian national identity. Published and unpublished photographs are paired with texts that explore the photographer's numerous achievements. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreward - Suzanne Sauvage
- Chronology - Nathalie Houle
- Notman : a visionary photographer - Helene Samson
- Notman's Montreal - photographs
- The art of photography according to Notman - Helene Samson
- Notman's studio as a space of performance - Sarah Parsons
- The creative portrait - photographs
- With word and image : Notman and the photographcially illustrated book - Joan M. Schwartz
- Notman, creator of the first halftone - Christian Vachon
- An imaginative geography - photographs
- Notman's numbers - Nora Hague
- The arrival of the Notman archives at the McCord Museum - Heather McNabb
- Bibliography
- About the authors
- ISBN
- 9780300223675
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 06.4 Sa4n OS
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Exhibition information via McCord Museum
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"Our own country, Canada" : being an account of the national aspirations of the principal landscape artists in Montreal and Toronto, 1860-1890
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4586
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Reid, Dennis
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada
- Call Number
- 06.1 R27
- Author
- Reid, Dennis
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- xvi, 454p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Fraser, John Arthur
- Horetsky, Charles
- Notman, William & Son
- O'Brien, Lucius Richard
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-88884-360-7
- Accession Number
- 12500
- Call Number
- 06.1 R27
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24928
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1894
- Author
- Muir, John (editor)
- Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- John Muir (editor)
- Ernest Ingersoll (author)
- Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Published Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 16 pages
- Series
- California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Rocky Mountains
- Art
- Fraser, John Arthur
- Notman, William & Son
- Banff
- Canmore
- Kamloops
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Bow River
- Hot springs
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Emerald Lake
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Asulkan Glacier
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
- Notes
- Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
- Accession Number
- 7901
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
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- Archives Library
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