James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about 1830. His life and work are illustrated and discussed in numerous Canadian art history books, dozens of his paintings and prints are in Canadian museums, and his painting "Montreal from the Mountain" was... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about 1830. His life and work are illustrated and discussed in numerous Canadian art history books, dozens of his paintings and prints are in Canadian museums, and his painting "Montreal from the Mountain" was exhibited in the National Gallery of Canada's 1967 Canadian centennial exhibition "Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art". His most well-known subjects were scenes of Montreal; he also painted portraits, landscapes, maps, waterfalls, Indians,... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about 1830. His life and work are illustrated and discussed in numerous Canadian art history books, dozens of his paintings and prints are in Canadian museums, and his painting "Montreal from the Mountain" was exhibited in the National Gallery of Canada's 1967 Canadian centennial exhibition "Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art". His most well-known subjects were scenes of Montreal; he also painted portraits, landscapes, maps, waterfalls, Indians, interiors, historic events, current events and genre*. His mediums included watercolor, pastel, gouache*, oil, ink, pencil, miniature on ivory, lithograph... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (29)
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Picturing the Land: Narrating Territories in Canadian Landscape Art, 1500-1950
2011
McKay, Marylin
384 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture, Volume 1
2001
Belton, Robert James
398 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Krieghoff: Images of Canada (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Reid, Dennis
323 pages (color)
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: G-K: Canadian Art Volume Two (National Gallery of Canada)
1994
Lantry, Pierre B. Claire Champ et. al (General Editors)
401 pages
Painting in Quebec, 1820-1850, New Views, New Perspectives
1992
Beland, Mario
607 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Picturing America /1497-1899 2 vols /Prints, Maps and Drawings
1988
Deak, Gloria-Gilda
1,160 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
The Illustrated History of Canada
1987
Brown, Craig (Editor)
574 pages
Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Volume XI 1881 to 1890, 1982
1982
Halpenny, Francess G.
1,092 pages (color)
Canada Illustrated: The Art of Nineteenth-Century Engraving
1982
Moritz, Albert
100 pages
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Printmaking in Canada: The Earliest Views and Portraits
1980
Allodi, Mary
244 pages
Krieghoff
1979
Harper, J. Russell
204 pages (color)
Landscape Painting in Quebec 1800-1940
1978
Bouchard, Laurent; Claude Thibault
145 pages (color)
The Ontario Community Collects: A Survey of Canadian Painting from 1766 to the Present (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
1975
Forsey, William C
247 pages (color)
Canadian Watercolours & Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum (Two Volumes)
1974
Allodi, Mary
500 pages
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Early Painters and Engravers in Canada
1970
Harper, J. Russell
392 pages
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Everyman's Canada: Paintings and Drawings from the McCord Museum of McGill University (Exhibition catalog)
1962
Harper, J. Russell
80 pages
Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal