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Painting in Canada : a history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20037
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Harper, J. Russell
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 2d ed.
- Call Number
- 06.1 H11p
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- Author
- Harper, J. Russell
- Responsibility
- J. Russell Harper
- Edition
- 2d ed.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- vii, 463 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Art
- Canadian art
- Subjects
- Art History
- Painting
- Paintings, Canadian
- Abstract
- Through a lively combination of entertaining anecdotes, descriptions of the cultural background, biographical accounts, and critical judgement, the reader comes to know intimately the artists, their paintings, and their environments.
- Contents
- The age of Laval -- Votive painting in New France -- Local painters in New France -- Early painting in British North America -- The aftermath of the Seven Years' War -- British Army topographers in Eastern Canada -- The Golden Age in Quebec: the beginning -- The Golden Age in Quebec: maturity -- Along the Atlantic seaboard -- Portraits for the masses -- Kreighoff and genre in Quebec -- Pre-confederation years in Ontario -- The lure of the West -- The last frozen barrier -- Art in the New Dominion -- The British tradition at confederation -- A news search for Canada -- The dignity of labour -- French academic influences -- Contrasts in Quebec -- Painting as an aesthetic experience -- Nationalism and the 'Group' -- Contemporaries of the 'Group' -- Regionalism in the thirties -- Transformation in the West -- Towards non-objectivity: beginnings -- Reawakening in Montral -- Anglophone revolt in the fifties.
- Notes
- Abstract taken from Aurora, check link for more details
- ISBN
- 0802022715
- Accession Number
- 2019.61
- Call Number
- 06.1 H11p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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David Milne : painting place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20012
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Tovell, Rosemarie L.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, A National Museum of Canada
- Call Number
- 06.1 T55d
- Author
- Tovell, Rosemarie L.
- Responsibility
- Rosemarie L. Tovell
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, A National Museum of Canada
- Published Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 35 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Painting
- Watercolors
- Milne, David
- Abstract
- Pertains to the work of David Brown Milne, a modernist artists whose work reflected the intellectual and emotional mind. Milne was a highly respected and influential artist who portrayed astonishing technique in both oil and watercolour. Rather than follow the path various other artists had at the time of his career, Milne ascended his own path, and his work reflects such independence. Written by Rosemarie L. Tovell, the publication explores the artist’s successes, failures and major breakthroughs, artistically speaking. Readers can expect to learn more about David Brown Milne and his artistic endeavors.
- Notes
- Text is in both French and English
- ISBN
- 0888843135
- Accession Number
- 2019.61
- Call Number
- 06.1 T55d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Artist
- Kelly Manning
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- tempera on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MaK.14.01
- Description
- Overall blue colour, streaky background with hand prints dominating.
- Artist
- Kelly Manning
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- tempera on paper
- Description
- Overall blue colour, streaky background with hand prints dominating.
- Subject
- Abstract
- finger painting
- Credit
- Gift of Sylvia Manning, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- MaK.14.01
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H.G. Glyde in Canada : a retrospective exhibition organized by The Ed
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20122
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974?
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : The Edmonton Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 C69h Pam
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Responsibility
- Helen Collinson
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : The Edmonton Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 1974?
- Subjects
- Glyde, H.G
- Subjects
- Painting
- Painters, Canadian
- Abstract
- Pertains to a brief exhibition catalogue outlining the art and life of Canadian painter, Henry George Glyde. The publication provides images of Glyde’s work, outlines future exhibition dates and tracks the history of Henry Glyde’s work in Canada.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 06.1 C69h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- paint; canvas; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0094
- Description
- Still life on canvas stretched over wood frame. Bookshelf with small statue; animal skill; red glass ball in netting; moveable wooden figures and pointed object on too of shelf. Books and binders stacked inside shelf. “D.Klein ‘73” in bottom right corner.
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- paint; canvas; wood
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Still life on canvas stretched over wood frame. Bookshelf with small statue; animal skill; red glass ball in netting; moveable wooden figures and pointed object on too of shelf. Books and binders stacked inside shelf. “D.Klein ‘73” in bottom right corner.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- painting
- still life
- art
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0094
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The nude in Canadian painting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20440
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1972
- Author
- Morris, Jerrold
- Publisher
- Toronto : New Press
- Call Number
- N7572 M6
- Author
- Morris, Jerrold
- Publisher
- Toronto : New Press
- Published Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 89p. : illus.
- Subjects
- Nude in art
- Painting, Canadian
- Notes
- Bibliographical notes p.87
- Call Number
- N7572 M6
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Complete guide to acrylic painting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20875
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1971
- Author
- Blake, Wendon
- Publisher
- New York : Watson-Guptill Publications
- Call Number
- ND1535 B5
- Author
- Blake, Wendon
- Responsibility
- by Wendon Blake
- Publisher
- New York : Watson-Guptill Publications
- Published Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 207p. : ill. ports.
- Subjects
- Polymer painting
- Notes
- Bibliography p.203
- Includes index
- ISBN
- 0-8230-0790-1
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- ND1535 B5
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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- Date
- 1971
- Material
- oil paint; board
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0077 a-f
- Description
- 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in …
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1971
- Material
- oil paint; board
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in centre and background. c) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River with small waterfall winds through flat meadow with yellow and green grass. Scattered conifers in meadow. Mountains in distance. Signed Feb 15, 1971 on back. d) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River at left side and receding into distance with meadow at right side. Large grey blocky mountains in distance, e) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Large meadow with scattered conifers. Body of water at right side. Grey mountains surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 27, 1971 at back. f) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Wide blue river stretching from left side to right. 6 conifers lower left side in foreground. Large grey mountain surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 20, 1971.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art
- painting
- landscape
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0077 a-f
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- Date
- 1971
- Material
- paint; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0087
- Description
- Colourful abstract painting with bird-like shape in centre on peach coloured background. “HARVIE SCANIE 71” in lower right corner. Canvas stretched over wood frame. Piece of paper tucked into frame reads “C-9 SOLD to Mrs. CR White” [sic].
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1971
- Material
- paint; canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.5 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- Colourful abstract painting with bird-like shape in centre on peach coloured background. “HARVIE SCANIE 71” in lower right corner. Canvas stretched over wood frame. Piece of paper tucked into frame reads “C-9 SOLD to Mrs. CR White” [sic].
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0087
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The guild of Boston artists : founded 1914
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20127
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- The Guild of Boston Artists
- Publisher
- Boston : The Guild of Boston Artists
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Call Number
- 06.1 G94t
- Author
- The Guild of Boston Artists
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Publisher
- Boston : The Guild of Boston Artists
- Published Date
- 1970
- Subjects
- Boston, United States
- Abstract
- “The Guild of Boston Artists represents a kind of healthy extrovertism and a profound respect for the robust and optimistic aspects of American life. In a time of alarms, and concerns about environment, its members affirm a faith in the enduring beauty of nature – the inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration – and in the continuing existence of high standards and disciplines of professional craftsmanship.”
- Notes
- Abstract taken directly from publication
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 06.1 G94t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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