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Art Modern (late 19th Century To 1945)

David Milne

Modern Painting

edited by Sarah Milroy & Ian A.C. Dejardin

Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Initial publish date
Apr 2018
Category
Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781781300725
    Publish Date
    Apr 2018
    List Price
    $84
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781781300619
    Publish Date
    Apr 2018
    List Price
    $53

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Description

This beautifully illustrated book documents the life and work of David Milne (1882-1953), one of Canada's greatest modern painters whose vast body of work shows him to be an artist of true originality and vision. Like the members of the Group of Seven, Milne primarily chose landscape as his subject matter. However, his true subject was the process of perception and representation, reducing his painting to its essentials and infusing it with his own distinctive modern sensibility. The book presents an account of one man's spiritual and emotional voyage into modernity - from the bustling sidewalks of New York to the war-torn landscapes of northern France and back to rural Canada. With more than one hundred works in oil and watercolour, this publication provides an appreciation of one of Canada's most sophisticated modern painters.

About the authors

Sarah Milroy is a Toronto writer and art critic. She served as editor and publisher of Canadian Art magazine (1991-96) and as art critic of the Globe and Mail (2001-10). Milroy has contributed to publications on the work of Gathie Falk, Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe and Fred Herzog, and is a regular contributor to Canadian Art, Border Crossings and The Walrus.

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Ian A.C. Dejardin is an art historian and executive director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

Ian A.C. Dejardin's profile page