Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Art Canadian

From Realism to Abstraction

The Art of J. B. Taylor

by (author) Adriana Davies

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2014
Category
Canadian, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Contemporary (1945-)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552387092
    Publish Date
    Feb 2014
    List Price
    $42.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552387481
    Publish Date
    Feb 2014
    List Price
    $42.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

 

J. B. (Jack) Taylor (1917–1970) was an important figure in the history of Banff and western Canada's artistic community. Inspired by the locale, Taylor spent his career striving to depict the idea of the mountain, moving over time from traditional representations of nature to an intuitive perception of the essential elements of landscape—rock, water, and sky. Always, he sought to capture his ideas through the development of a new visual language. He applied this new vernacular to a range of studies encompassing portraiture through to other landscapes.

Filled with images of his work and photographs of his life as an artist and teacher in western Canada, this book is the first to focus completely on J.B. Taylor, his importance to the western Canadian and Banff artistic communities, and his role in the transition from traditional, eastern, North American and European landscape ideals and technique to a more abstract representation and the formation of a new aesthetic of the wilderness based on the mountains of the West.

 

About the author

Adriana A. Davies is a well-known researcher, writer, editor, and poet. She was the Executive Director of the Alberta Museums Association for thirteen years and founding Executive Director of the Heritage Community Foundation. In 2010, she was invested in the Order of Canada for contributions to heritage.

Adriana Davies' profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, BPAA Alberta Book Publishing Award for Trade Non-fiction
  • Short-listed, ARLIS Melva J. Dwyer Award