Skip to main content

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Article(s) non disponible(s) à la vente
Veuillez vérifier votre panier. Vous pouvez supprimer le ou les articles qui ne sont pas disponibles maintenant ou nous les supprimerons automatiquement au moment du règlement de la commande.
articlesarticle
articlesarticle

Recommandé pour vous

Loading...
  • A.Y. Jackson

    The Life of a Landscape Painter

    par Wayne Larsen ...
    Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) is a name that instantly conjures up images of our rugged northern landscape and the controversial Group of Seven. This is the first-ever full-length biography of one of Canada’s most beloved characters, and the first to examine in one book the artist, outdoorsman, soldier, teacher, debater, writer, and outspoken defender of modern art.Jackson spent nearly ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Tom Thomson

    Artist of the North

    par Wayne Larsen ...
    Collections Livre 28 - Quest Biography
    Tom Thomson (1877-1917) occupies a prominent position in Canada's national culture and has become a celebrated icon for his magnificent landscapes as well as for his brief life and mysterious death. The shy, enigmatic artist and woodsman's innovative painting style produced such seminal Canadian images as The Jack Pine and The West Wind, while his untimely drowning nearly a century ago is still a ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • James Wilson Morrice

    Painter of Light and Shadow

    par Wayne Larsen ...
    Collections Livre 22 - Quest Biography
    James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) was a Canadian painter of extraordinary passion and simplicity whose canvases and oil sketches are valued throughout the world and cherished in Canada as our first real examples of modern art.Though cut short by chronic alcohol abuse, Morrice's restless bohemian life was spent in constant motion. From the colourful canals of Venice to the sun-drenched markets of ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Southern Illinois University at 150 Years

    Growth, Accomplishments, and Challenges

    Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges ... En savoir plus

    $28.59 CAD

  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25

    Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas

    Collections series Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25
    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: firebrand Metis leader Louis Riel; landscape painter James Wilson Morrice; Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson; revered novelist Robertson Davies; and the “Father of British Columbia,” James Douglas.IncludesLouis RielJames ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30

    Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas / William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford

    Collections series Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30
    Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30

    William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford

    Collections series Quest Biography
    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: nineteenth century railway builder William C. Van Horne; early nineteenth century governor and fur baron George Simpson; legendary Group of Seven-associated landscape painter Tom Thomson; intrepid early frontiersman Simon Girty; and Canada’s ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Canadian Artists Bundle

    Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

    Collections series Quest Biography
    Presenting three titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada’s vast wilderness presents many opportunities for artists to capture its beauty in their distinct styles, and the country has produced its share of talented landscape painters. Tom Thomson’s work is known the world over for its wild, vivid portrayals of Ontario’s wilderness. Emily Carr ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé

  • Tom Thomson

    Design for a Canadian Hero

    par Joan Murray ...
    This is an intimate biography of an artist who became a legend after his death, but who in his private life stands revealed as a troubled man who was, in many ways, his own victim.Joan Murray’s new biography is part detective work, too: she investigates his beliefs, and the origins of his great masterpieces, and provides a convincing description of the possible circumstances of his death.The art ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • Defiant Spirits

    The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven

    par Ross King ...
    Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Reluctant Pioneer

    How I Survived Five Years in the Canadian Bush

    par Thomas Osborne ...
    The view 16-year-old Thomas Osborne first had of Muskoka was at night, trudging alone with his even younger brother along unmarked primitive roads to find their luckless father who, in 1875, had decided to make a new start for his beleaguered family on some "free land" in the bush east of the pioneer village of Huntsville, Ontario. The miracle is that Thomas lived to tell the tale.For the next ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Harold Mortimer Lamb

    The Art Lover

    par Robert Amos ...
    Harold Mortimer-Lamb’s name is in the index of almost every book written on the history of Canadian art, yet his place in that world has never been clear. Photographer, writer, painter, promoter—he was a man of many parts and the ideal patron and friend to some of Canada's most famous artists, including A.Y. Jackson, Emily Carr, and Jack Shadbolt. At the centre of his story are his relationships ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD