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River of Dreams
Impressionism on the St. Lawrence
- Publisher
- Goose Lane Editions
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2024
- Category
- Canadian, Group Shows, Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781773104287
- Publish Date
- Jul 2024
- List Price
- $55.00
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Description
River of Dreams celebrates the unique ways that Impressionism was practised by artists in Quebec, offering a close look at the work of such luminaries as Clarence Gagnon, Henrietta Mabel May, James Wilson Morrice, and Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté. These artists documented the shoreline of the St. Lawrence and its surrounding regions, from Montréal downriver to Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Arthabaska, Québec, Beaupré, and Charlevoix.
The Quebec Impressionists were painting at a time of considerable industrial and social change in Quebec, and their choices about what to paint proved pivotal in cementing an image of the province as a site of both industry and leisure — whether in scenes of the industrial port of Montréal, or others capturing the traditional rural way of life in small villages.
Featuring a lead essay by curator Anne-Marie Bouchard; reflections on individual painters by leading artists, curators, and scholars; and more than 175 full-colour images (including reproductions of more than 100 paintings; examples of textiles, pottery, and Indigenous trade goods of the period; and archival photographs), River of Dreams is a magnificent tribute to a movement that shaped Canadian art.
About the authors
Anne-Marie Bouchard is a curator based in Quebec City who specializes in Quebec art. At the usée national des beaux-arts du Québec she curated numerous exhibitions, among them A Private Passion: Modern Art in Québec from the Pierre Lassonde Collection, and 350 Years of Art Practice in Québec.
Anne-Marie Bouchard's profile page
Sarah Milroy is a Toronto writer and art critic. She served as editor and publisher of Canadian Art magazine (1991-96) and as art critic of the Globe and Mail (2001-10). Milroy has contributed to publications on the work of Gathie Falk, Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe and Fred Herzog, and is a regular contributor to Canadian Art, Border Crossings and The Walrus.