Light for a cold land : Lawren Harris's work and life-- an interpretation /
Lawren Stewart Harris's artistic career began in the first decade of our century. Well known for the nationalist-inspired landscapes that he painted between 1908 and 1932, Harris turned resolutely in 1934 to the painting of abstractions. He continued to create works that reflected his own moder...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
Dundurn Press,
©1993.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Lawren Stewart Harris's artistic career began in the first decade of our century. Well known for the nationalist-inspired landscapes that he painted between 1908 and 1932, Harris turned resolutely in 1934 to the painting of abstractions. He continued to create works that reflected his own modernist and mystical developments until the end of his life. Canadians praise Harris's landscapes and admire him as a planner of innovative and heroic-sounding sketching trips into the North. He is also recognized as the chief organizer of the Group of Seven. A long list of younger artists he considered. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781554882144 1554882141 9781459720435 1459720431 1459722396 9781459722392 9786611962210 6611962212 |