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Maxwell Bates

Biography of an Artist

by (author) Kathleen M. Snow

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Nov 1993
Category
Canadian
  • Unknown

    ISBN
    9781895176452
    Publish Date
    Nov 1993
    List Price
    $350.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781895176254
    Publish Date
    Nov 1993
    List Price
    $39.95

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Out of print

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Description

This is the first major study of Maxwell Bates, a western Canadian artist and architect who is now recognized as one of the major figurative artists in Canada. This book confirms the power and influence of his work. Kathleen Snow has used Bates's notes and journals as well as memories and observations of his colleagues and friends to record his career as an artist, architect, and poet. The author and her husband, artist John Snow, enjoyed a long friendship with Maxwell Bates. The biography will become the standard reference on this reticent, driven artist who is best known for his evocative, sometimes haunting, depictions of the human figure.

Seventy-eight reproductions, of which forty are colour plates, illustrate the range of Maxwell Bates's work. This book includes an extensive index and a chronology of Bates's life and a list of exhibitions.

About the author

The late Kathleen Snow was a librarian and later a professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary.

Kathleen M. Snow's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, BPAA Book Design Award
  • Commended, Alcuin Citation for 3rd Prose Excellence in Book Design in Canada

Editorial Reviews

"Snow has written the definitive text on one of Western Canada's best-loved artists (with a superb bibliography and index) and it is extensively illustrated. This is a very readable contribution to our art history and I recommend it." Robert Amos, Victoria Times-Colonist