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Art Canadian

Kurelek's Vision of Canada

with Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada

foreword by National Museums of Canada

Publisher
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Initial publish date
Jan 1982
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926589558
    Publish Date
    Jan 1982
    List Price
    $0

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"In the midst of Canada's love affair with abstract art, Kurelek remained sturdily representational, alternating anecdotal scenes from his prairie boyhood with savagely realistic depictions of the sin and corruption he saw everywhere around him. ... during his lifetime he painted the length and breadth of Canada. The descriptive power and precision of Kurelek's landscape element, its authenticity, its use as both compositional armature and conveyor of emotional content, unifies his work."Exerpts from Kurelek's autobiography are included in Appendix I: Reminiscences.

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