Brush with Life, A
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2005
- Category
- Canadian
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781553800323
- Publish Date
- Nov 2005
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
In his autobiography, John Koerner explores the underpinnings of his long life as a painter in a lavishly illustrated art book with full-page colour prints of his paintings and many black and white photos and drawings. Koerner describes his early life in Czechoslovakia, his art and philosophy studies at the Sorbonne, and his life as a student in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1930s.
About the author
John Koerners artwork has been shown in every National Gallery of Canada (NGC) Biennial as well as in the NGC travelling exhibitions to other countrieswith hundreds of solo exhibitions in Canada and abroad. He continues to produce canvases in his Lighthouse and Pacific Gateway series. Current and upcoming exhibitions include the Diane Farris Gallery (Vancouver), Winchester Galleries (Victoria) and the Works Gallery (Edmonton). He lives in Vancouver.