Art - Canadian from Capricorn Books

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1954. 193 pp, 9 1/4" H, white card covers in dust jacket. Colour and b&w illustrations, including one of a young William Shatner as Lucentio in 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Contents: Rehearsal - A Study in Rhythm; The Taming of the Shrew; Measure for Measure; Oedipus Rex (essays by Roberston Davies); A Long View of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Dundurn, 2015. 388 pp, 9 1/4" H. Signed by author on title page: "James King". B&w photographs, colour reproductions. "David Milne (1881-1953) dedicated his life to exploring nature and casting it into art in a variety of modernist formats. He was born into poverty in rural Ontario and remained poor all his life because of his relentless dedication… Read more about this item

Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2009. 500 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. "(A) remarkable look at the development of Canadian art, from the first appearance of Native crafts through to Booker Prize winners such as Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel. In tracing the history of Canada's cultural roots, Jonathan Vance also tells the story of Canadian identity."… Read more about this item

Toronto: Little Brown, 1997. 135 pp, 9" H. Playfully inscribed (with the addition of several 'faces') - "To David / from / Hoggbound Barry". Colour illustrations. "Barry Callaghan originally created 'The Hogg Poems and Drawings' during the 1970s and published them in 1978. (I)n 1988, Callaghan published 'Stone Blind Love', which was soon recognized by him and others, as… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of History, 2012. 87 pp, 11" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, maps. The catalogue of the exhibition. "(F)eatures twenty-three pieces by this master sculptor, widely celebrated for his ability to tell us deep histories in new ways. His massive, intricately carved narratives speak not only of Inuit prehistory… Read more about this item

Canada: Massey-Harris Company, 1947. 60 pp, 9" H, stapled in wraps. Colour illustrations by A.J. Casson, b&w photographs, sepiatone drawings. "Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of Massey-Harris Company. An historical review of invention and achievement of progress and development and their contribution to agriculture from 1847 to the present day." Section headings: Foreword; The Formative Years; Mechanized… Read more about this item

Thunder Bay, ON: Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, 2011. 220 + XVII pp, 9 3/4" H. Colour and b&w reproductions, photographs. Signed on title page: "James R. Stevens". Chapter headings: Chief Antoine Morrisseau tells The Legend of Nani-Bou-Sha and The Flood. Norval's inherited surname; Sand Point, East Shore, Lake Nipigon. Theresa Grace Nonokongis, Lawrence Obrey and Abel Morrisseau; St. Joseph's… Read more about this item

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008. 185 pp, 8" H. One of the "Extraordinary Canadians" series. Signed on the title page: "Lewis DeSoto." **Please note: this book is not illustrated. However, a previous owner has 'grangerized' it by taping in seven coloured reproductions of Carr's works throughout the text.** "Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveller, adventurer - she… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991. 223 pp, oblong (9 7/8" H x 10 5/8" D). **French text.** Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w reproduction of David Milne's work. Contents: Preface, by Ian M. Thom; La chose qui fait l'image, by David Silcox; Milne et ses contemporains, by Christine Boyanoski; Le New York de David Milne, by Lora Senechal Carney;… Read more about this item

Toronto: Second Story Press, 2006. 256 pp (including unpaginated picture section at rear), 8 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "(A) wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret. McCarthy's sense of artistry, transmitted over a sixty-year painting career, celebrates multiple beauties - of nature, of relationships, and of everyday life. Still, she encountered difficulties along the… Read more about this item

Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly, 2005. 64 pp, square (9 1/8" H x 9 1/8" D). Colour reproductions, b&w photographs. "David Milne (1882-1953) was, according to America's foremost art critic, Clement Greenberg, among the three greatest artists of their generation in North America. Milne's highly original paintings from his early career in New York City earned him critical acclaim, acceptance in… Read more about this item

Kleinburg, Ontario: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2002. 239 pp, 11 1/2" H Signed by Doris McCarthy under colour frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions, colour and b&w photographs. "Already known and admired by all Canadians as one of this country's leading women artists, it is, perhaps, Doris McCarthy's personal characteristics that are most endearing to everyone whose lives she… Read more about this item

Oakville, Ontario: Oakville Galleries, 2002. 47 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 19" D). B&w and colour photographs. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition" at Oakville Galleries, 2002. "Roy Arden's art work, in its subject matter and 'mise en scene', make visible the 'conflictual aspects' of urban and suburban life. The many sites he has chosen to photograph… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Marcel Broquet, 1988. 201 pp, 4to (12 1/2" H). B&w photographs, colour and b&w reproductions. "Already celebrated in Europe in 1906 as a great 'American' etcher, Clarence Gagnon then 25 years old, did not follow through his great success and wished thereafter to be recognized only as a painter. His work is represented in many different collections, public… Read more about this item

Saint John, NB: New Brunswick Museum, 2014. 40 pp, 9" H, stapled in wraps. Colour and b&w photographs. Bilingual text (English/French). "Published in conjunction with the exhibition held 6 April to 31 August 2014 at the New Brunswick Museum." "(B)etween 1970 and 1986, John Corey organized and funded the production of a group of quilts that were instrumental in… Read more about this item

Toronto: ECW Press, 2021. 436 pp, 8 1/2" H. Pictorial endpapers, colour reproductions. "Born into a patrician American family in the middle of the nineteenth century, Mary Hiester Reid was determined to be a painter and left behind women's design schools to enter the art world of men. After she married fellow artist George Reid, she returned with him… Read more about this item

Toronto: Gage, 1978. 304 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions. The life and work of Quebec artist, Jean Paul Lemieux. A slight lean to the spine. Dust jacket has some light browning on the inside edges, a few irregar very faint/thin line indentations on the panels.. Not Signed. No. 1399 of… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Society for Art Publications, 1974. 106 pp, 11 1/2" H. B&w and colour illustrations. Articles: Discovering the Shape of Canada, by John Warkentin; Mapping Time: Three New Works by Vera Frenkel, by Peter Perrin; The Moving Eye: Nancy Graves Sculpture, Film, and Painting, by Robert Arn; Reflections on/of Michael Snow, by John Noel Chandler; Claude Breeze: Canadian Atlas… Read more about this item

Pender Island, British Coumbia: Remembrance Books, 1995. 197 pp + 4 pp of colour maps, 9" H. Colour plates, b&w portraits. "In 1943, Charles Comfort was sent into battle to make a painter's record of the Canadian army's fight against the Germans on the Italian peninsula. (This) is his account of that fight. Enduring the shellfire, the mud, and… Read more about this item

The Empire Club Foundation, 1984. 396 pp, 7 3/8" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine, gilt lettering/emblem on front board. B&w photographs. Contents include: New Directions for the Canadian Economy, by Peter Lougheed; Swiss Monetary Policies - The Case of a Smaller Country, by Dr. F. Leutwiler; The Canadian Economy, by Joe Clark; The Future of the… Read more about this item