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Art Canadian

J.E.H. MacDonald, Designer

by (author) Robert Stacey & Hunter Bishop

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 1996
Category
Canadian
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773595910
    Publish Date
    Oct 1996
    List Price
    $100.00

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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.

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