Painting in Canada: A History

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966. Cloth, viii, 443 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Top edge soiled. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear/light chipping, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated, with several colour plates. CONTENTS: PT. 1. THE FRENCH COLONY 1665-1759: CH. 1. The age of Laval; CH. 2. Votive painting in New France; CH. 3. Local painters in New France; CH. 4. Early painting in British North America. PT. 2. THE ENGLISH COLONIAL PERIOD 1759-1867: CH. 5. The aftermath of the Seven Years' War; CH. 6. British army topographers in eastern Canada; CH. 7. The golden age in Quebec: the beginning; CH. 8. The golden age in Quebec: maturity; CH. 9. Along the Atlantic seaboard; CH. 10. Portraits for the masses; CH. 11. Krieghoff and genre in Quebec; CH. 12. Pre-confederation years in Ontario; 13. The lure of the west; CH. 13. The lure of the west; CH. 14. The last frozen barrier. PT. 3. THE NEW DOMINION 1867-1910: CH. 15. Art in the new dominion; CH. 16. The British tradition at confederation; CH. 17. A new search for Canada; CH. 18. The dignity of labour; CH. 19. French academic influences; CH. 20. Contrasts in Quebec; CH. 21. Painting as an aesthetic experience. PT. 4. NATIONALISM AND INTERNATIONALISM AFTER 1910: CH. 22. Nationalism and the "group"; CH. 23. Contemporaries of the "group"; CH. 24. Regionalism in the thirties; 25. Transformation in the west; CH. 26. Towards non-objectivity; CH. 27. Reawakening in Montreal; CH. 28. Trends of the post-war period, 1945 to the present.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.