A Canadian by birth, James Morrice became a self-imposed exile to Paris, France where he pursued impressionism and post-impressionism and took a stand against the prevailing avant-garde movements of... Read full biography
A Canadian by birth, James Morrice became a self-imposed exile to Paris, France where he pursued impressionism and post-impressionism and took a stand against the prevailing avant-garde movements of Cubism and Fauvism. However, on frequent return trips to Canada, he tried to inject Canadian art... Read full biography
A Canadian by birth, James Morrice became a self-imposed exile to Paris, France where he pursued impressionism and post-impressionism and took a stand against the prevailing avant-garde movements of Cubism and Fauvism. However, on frequent return trips to Canada, he tried to inject Canadian art with elements of modernism but felt frustrated at these efforts. In retrospect, some art critics regard him as "the finest Canadian artist of his time" (p. 64). Morrice was born in Montreal as one of... Read full biography
A Canadian by birth, James Morrice became a self-imposed exile to Paris, France where he pursued impressionism and post-impressionism and took a stand against the prevailing avant-garde movements of Cubism and Fauvism. However, on frequent return trips to Canada, he tried to inject Canadian art with elements of modernism but felt frustrated at these efforts. In retrospect, some art critics regard him as "the finest Canadian artist of his time" (p. 64). Morrice was born in Montreal as one of eight children to a wealthy Scots Presbyterian family. Although he showed early art talent, he studied to become a lawyer and was admitted to the Ontario Bar, but never had to make a living because of family income. In 1890, he went to Paris where he... Read full biography
A Canadian by birth, James Morrice became a self-imposed exile to Paris, France where he pursued impressionism and post-impressionism and took a stand against the prevailing avant-garde movements of Cubism and Fauvism. However, on frequent return trips to Canada, he tried to inject Canadian art with elements of modernism but felt frustrated at these efforts. In retrospect, some art critics regard him as "the finest Canadian artist of his time" (p. 64). Morrice was born in Montreal as one of eight children to a wealthy Scots Presbyterian family. Although he showed early art talent, he studied to become a lawyer and was admitted to the Ontario Bar, but never had to make a living because of family income. In 1890, he went to Paris where he studied at the Academie Julian and with Henri Harpignies and quickly became a part of the artistic culture, forming a special friendship w... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (41)
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Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925-1955
2017
Carney, Lora Senechal
322 pages (color)
Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra Del Fuego to the Arctict
2015
Edited by Brownlee, Peter; Valeria Piccoll and Georjiana Uhlyark
320 pages (color)
Miriam and Hudson Sargeant: Art Collection (Ottawa Art Gallery)
2014
Sinclair, Catherine
35 pages (color)
AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario)
2005
Bruce, Tobi and Janice Anderson
319 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Birth of the Modern: Post Impressionism in Canada, c. 1900-1920 (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Murray, Joan
160 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
William Glackens (collection Museum of Art, Ft Laudedale)
1996
Gerdts, William H
279 pages (color)
Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Lowrey, Carol
152 pages (color)
Winter
1994
Berton, Pierre
239 pages (color)
Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism (4 Volumes)
1993
Greenberg, Clement; Dr. John O'Brian, Editor
622 pages
Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865-1915 (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Gerdts, William H (essay); Helene Ahrweiler, Roger Mandle
286 pages (color)
By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
1992
Tippett, Maria
226 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Canadian Impressionism
1990
Duval, Paul
166 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
The Advent of Modernism Post-Impressionism...1900-1918 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Morrin, Peter (others)
200 pages (color)
Morrice: A Great Canadian Artist Rediscovered
1984
Laing, G. Blair
224 pages (color)
O Kanada (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stacey, R.H., Barbara Volkmann, Rose-France Raddata
407 pages
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
Canadian Landscape Painting 1670-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Hubbard, R H
198 pages (color)
Painters of Quebec-National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Hubbard, R.H.
212 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes)
1971
Bell, David
2,139 pages (color)
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1967
National Gallery of Canada
32 pages (color)
Modern Painting in French Canada
1967
Viau, Guy
93 pages
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Art and Man---The Modern World (Book Three of 3 Volumes)
1964
Brieger, P.H.; George Vickers, F.E. Winter
234 pages (color)
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One