The Best of the Group of Seven
By Unknown Author.
Description
A stunning, full-colour collection of the brilliant paintings that revolutionized Canadian art.In the early twentieth century a group of young artists strived to create, in Lawren Harris’s words, paintings that would “embody the moods and character and spirit of the country.” The fifty-four breathtaking colour plates in this book confirm their success. Well-loved landscapes, like Tom Thomson’s Jack Pine, appear beside some unexpected treasures like Edwin Holgate’s Nude in a Landscape. The essays by Joan Murray and Harris give historical context to the Group of ...
ISBN(s)
0771066740, 9780771066740
