Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925-1955
2017Carney, Lora Senechal
322 pages (color)
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1897 Thurso, Scotland - 1960. Known for: Automatic painting, abstraction, surreal.
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his first abstract or automatic work, Formative Color Activity (NG of Canada, Ottawa). In the late 1930s he became a friend of Emily Carr, and in 1940 of Lawren Harris, who encouraged him in his abstract... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his first abstract or automatic work, Formative Color Activity (NG of Canada, Ottawa). In the late 1930s he became a friend of Emily Carr, and in 1940 of Lawren Harris, who encouraged him in his abstract experiments. These included automatic paintings in a Surrealist vein, and in the 1950s he was connected with the abstract group Painters Eleven. During the last five years of his life Macdonald's output was extraordinary, as he threw himself into... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his first abstract or automatic work, Formative Color Activity (NG of Canada, Ottawa). In the late 1930s he became a friend of Emily Carr, and in 1940 of Lawren Harris, who encouraged him in his abstract experiments. These included automatic paintings in a Surrealist vein, and in the 1950s he was connected with the abstract group Painters Eleven. During the last five years of his life Macdonald's output was extraordinary, as he threw himself into experimenting with various techniques and media. He taught at various art colleges in the course of his career and is considere... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (36)
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AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario357 pages (color)A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012Reid, Dennis506 pages (color)Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2012Thom, Ian M.160 pages (color)Color Creates Light: Studies With Hans Hoffman
2011Dickey, Tina424 pages (color)Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art
2010Nowell, Iris384 pages (color)Visions into Reality: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Early Years, 1951-1973 (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria)
2009Hughes, Mary Jo; Michael Morris and Barry Till128 pages (color)B.C. Binning
2007
(Exhibition catalog)Rogatnick, Abraham J.; Ian M. Thom, Adele Weder180 pages (color)From Drawing to Visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada
2006Pearse, Harold (Editor)318 pagesThe Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesA Modern Life - Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960 (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2004
(Exhibition catalog)Thom, Ian and Alan Elder, editors176 pages (color)Artists of the Rockies: Inspiration of Lake O'Hara, Illustration 100 years of landscape painting by the Lake O'Hara area in the Canadian Rockies
2003Gooch, Jane Lytton152 pages (color)1953
2003Holubizky, Ihor and Robert McKaskell94 pages (color)Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia
2000Thom, Ian232 pages (color)By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
1992Tippett, Maria226 pages (color)Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)230 pages (color)Jack Shadbolt
1990Watson, Scott243 pages (color)Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing417 pagesA Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988Reid, Dennis418 pages (color)Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Rombout, Luke440 pages (color)The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981Osborne, Harold656 pages (color)Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken119 pages (color)A Canadian Survey: Selected Works from the Collection of Imperial Oil Limited (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1978Moses, Gerry52 pages (color)From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape
1977Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole159 pages (color)The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pagesHigh Realism in Canada
1974Duval, Paul175 pages (color)Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972Withrow, William224 pages (color)Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes)
1971Bell, David2,139 pages (color)Canadian Art Today
1970Townsend, William114 pages (color)Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy254 pages (color)Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld128 pages (color)Fifteen Canadian Artists (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
1963Turner, Evan H.; William J. Withrow48 pages (color)Ten West Coast Painters/The Art of Emily Carr
1960McNaim, Ian16 pagesCatalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada
1948
(Exhibition catalog)National Gallery Of Canada271 pagesCatalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the 'Canadian Group of Painters'
1936Lismer, Arthur12 pages