J.E.H. MacDonald, Designer
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1996
- Category
- Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773595910
- Publish Date
- Oct 1996
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Description
The design work of Group of Seven painter J.E.H. MacDonald was not only central to his personal artistic development, but inseparable from the graphic design industry in Toronto from the 1890s to the 1930s: the "golden age" of book and magazine illustration. This connection has been largely overshadowed by his painting. Now this splendid book, tracing MacDonald's involvement with fine printing, book design and commercial art, raises the profile of graphic design as a formative influence in Canadian visual culture.
About the authors
Robert Stacey, an independent curator, art historian, writer and editor, has published extensively on Canadian art historical subjects.