The Pocket Guide to the Unheralded Artists of BC Series: The Life and Art of-Jack Akroyd, George Fertig, Mary Filer, Jack Hardman, Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, LeRoy Jenson, David Marshall, Frank Molnar, Arthur Pitts, Mildred Valley Thornton, Ina D.D. Uhth

by Mona Fertig (Editor), Marsha Lederman (Introduction)

Overview

This small attractive full-colour book, will gather thirteen forgotten and accomplished artists from the acclaimed Unheralded Artists of BC series (ten books), in one place, for the first time. A summary of each artist’s life and art from the early 1900’s to the 1980s, will encourage art history lovers to investigate the in-depth series more fully. In British Columbia between 1900 and the 1960s over 16,000 artists worked and lived. It was the height of an immense creative surge in the province. Beyond the handful of names of successful artists there is little documented evidence of the other artists of those times. Art was made invisible by socioeconomic or political forces and also by a lack of public/private galleries. “Those artists that worked the system got recognition and those that didn’t, disappeared from view.”– former curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781896949833
Publisher:	Mother Tongue Publishing
Publication date:	10/31/2020
Series:	The Unheralded Artists of BC
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	33 MB
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About the Author

Mona Fertig’s father, George Fertig (1915-1983), was one of the unheralded artists of BC and she grew up acutely aware of the politics of art. The Life and Art of George Fertig took her 14 years to research and write. Fertig was made a Vancouver Literary Landmark in 2017. A retrospective of George Fertig’s work was held at the Burnaby Art Gallery in 2010. Fertig is a poet, and publisher at Mother Tongue Publishing.
Marsha Lederman is the Western Arts Correspondent for The Globe and Mail. Before joining The Globe in 2007, Marsha worked for CBC Radio, mostly in Toronto, where she held a variety of positions, including National Arts Reporter. Prior to that, Marsha worked for many years in private radio as a reporter, news anchor and talk show host. Marsha was born and raised in Toronto and has lived in Vancouver since 2007.