Canadian Artists Bundle: Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

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 captured the lushness of the west coast as well as the traditional culture of the indigenous peoples. Lesser known, James Wilson Morrice also contributed to Canada’s landscape painting legacy through paintings inspired by such artists as the Impressionists and Van Gogh. These artists’ lives are as fascinating as their work.

Includes
  • Emily Carr
  • Tom Thomson
  • James Wilson Morrice


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Canadian Artists Bundle: Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

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 captured the lushness of the west coast as well as the traditional culture of the indigenous peoples. Lesser known, James Wilson Morrice also contributed to Canada’s landscape painting legacy through paintings inspired by such artists as the Impressionists and Van Gogh. These artists’ lives are as fascinating as their work.

Includes
  • Emily Carr
  • Tom Thomson
  • James Wilson Morrice


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Canadian Artists Bundle: Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

Canadian Artists Bundle: Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

Canadian Artists Bundle: Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

Canadian Artists Bundle: Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice

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Overview

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 captured the lushness of the west coast as well as the traditional culture of the indigenous peoples. Lesser known, James Wilson Morrice also contributed to Canada’s landscape painting legacy through paintings inspired by such artists as the Impressionists and Van Gogh. These artists’ lives are as fascinating as their work.

Includes
  • Emily Carr
  • Tom Thomson
  • James Wilson Morrice



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781459727908
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 12/10/2013
Series: Quest Biography , #47
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 556
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Kate Braid has published 14 books of non-fiction and poetry including three books about Emily Carr. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.


Wayne Larsen is a Montreal artist, editor, and writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications. Currently, he teaches graduate-level journalism at Concordia University and is the author of A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter and James Wilson Morrice: Painter of Light and Shadow. He lives in Verdun, QC.

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