Books

Hardcover, 320 pagesMcMichael Canadian Art Collection & Figure 1 Publishing, 2021Author: Sarah Milroy A monument to the talent of Canadian women artists in the interwar period, Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment provides a full and diverse cross-country survey of the art made by women during this pivotal time, incorporating the work of both settler and Indigenous visual...

Author - Ian A.C. Dejardin320 pages Gooselane Editions, 2020Hardcover (only)Winner, Canadian Museums Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Research AwardA Like Vision is a lavish celebration of the legacy of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Canada's canonical landscape painters. The Group's depiction of the rugged beauty of the Canadian landscape - from the coastal mountains of British Columbia to the...

Essays by curator Nadia Kurd and guest writers Sherry Farrell Racette and Dylan MinerBilingual: Anishinaabemowin and EnglishSoft Cover, 136 pagesThunder Bay Art Gallery2nd EditionThe 136-page softcover book features an artist's statement and essays by curator Nadia Kurd and guest writers Sherry Farrell Racette and Dylan Miner, in Anishinaabemowin and English. The beautiful, richly-illustrated book traces the artist's work over three...

Essay by Ian ThomHardcover, 120 pagesMcMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2020 Generations of Canadian readers have cherished Maria Chapdelaine, a coming-of-age story set in the Quebec countryside. Vivid illustrations by Clarence Gagnon helped make this book a classic. Gagnon created fifty-four small paintings for the novel, which French author Louis Hermon wrote after a trip to Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean in 1912-13. To create...

Author: Sarah Milroyhard cover, 180 pagesMcMichael Canadian Art Collection & Goose Lane Publications. 2019From black cats to iconic snowscapes, Maud Lewis paints our waking dreams.One of Canada's most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured and endearing paintings of rural Nova Scotia. Working from her tiny, road-side house in Marshalltown, she produced hundreds...

Softcover, 96 pages19 x 17 cmScala Arts Publishers Inc. & McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2018Author - Ian A.C. DejardinThe McMichael Canadian art Collection has a unique mandate to celebrate the art of Canada, which it does within a great building in beautiful grounds overlooking the Humber River Valley. Originally a home completed in 1954 for entrepreneur Robert McMichael and his...

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Catalogue: One Hundred MasterworksAuthor - Joan MurraySoftcover - 205 pagesMcMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2006ISBN:9781424902866A treasury of two centuries of Canadian art relating the history of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and its founders, Robert and Signe McMichael.Illustrated are one hundred masterworks from the gallery's permanent collection of close to 6,000 artworks created by some of Canada's...

In the Footsteps of the Group of SevenAuthors: Jim & Sue Waddingtonsoftcover, 256 pagesGoose Lane Editions & the Art Gallery of Sudbury, 2013In July 1977, Jim and Sue Waddington set off on their own expedition to discover the places that inspired these artists. Determined to locate, document, and photograph the actual landscapes that inspired A.Y. Jackson, Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer,...

hardcover, 160 pagescolour images, beautiful mylar overlaysMcMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2017Author - Sarah Stanners, with essays by Anna Hudson and Daisy Charles Passion Over Reason: Tom Thomson & Joyce Wieland sits at the intersection of exhibition catalogue and bookwork, serving as a site for documentation and intervention. Independently published by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, with the assistance of Ontario150...

Authors Sarah Milroy and Ian DejardinSoftcover, 204 pagesDulwich Picture Gallery, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Vancouver Art GalleryThis beautifully illustrated book documents the life and work of David Milne (1882-1953), one of Canada’s greatest modern painters whose vast body of work shows him to be an artist of true originality and vision.With more than 100 works in oil and watercolour, never...

Lawren Harris: An Introduction to his Life and ArtAuthor - Joan MurraySoftcover - 64 pages, 9 x 9 inchesFirefly Books, 2003ISBN:1-55297-764-1An introduction to one of Canada's favourite painters, Lawren Harris. Includes 54 full colour plates, and a detailed chronology. As one of the original members of the Group of Seven, Lawren Harris has made tracks in the art world painting...

Hardcover, 224 pagesMcMichael Canadian Art Collection & Gooselane Editions, 2022Author: Sarah Milroy Over three generations, the Sobey family of Nova Scotia has demonstrated their discerning and enthusiastic commitment to Canadian art. Accompanying a major exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the prestigious Sobey Art Award, Generations tells the story of...

Clarence Gagnon: An Introduction to His Life and ArtAuthor - Anne NewlandsSoftcover - 64 pagesFirefly Books Ltd, 2005ISBN:1554070821Clarence Gagnon is best known for his illustrations for Louis Hémon's novel, Maria Chadelaine. His quaint Quebec landscapes and simple town life snap-shots were a signature of his passion for the outdoors.

The Group of Seven and Tom ThomsonAuthor - David P. Silcoxsoftcover, 8.5 x 10 inches, 441 pagesFirefly Books, 2003ISBN: 978-1-55407-885-1David Silcox has done it again! What a beautiful book, with an extensive history of the Group of Seven. Hundreds of crisp colour plates, from Galleries, Corporate Collections, Museums, and private collections, from across Canada. Immerse yourself in Canadian landscape, handsomely...

Eyes on QuebecTreasures from the Andrée Rhéume Fitzhenry & Robert Fitzhenry CollectionAuthors: Katerina Atanassova, Sharona Adamowicz-Clements, Chris FinnMcMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2014softcover, 75 pagesThis commemorative catalogue features masterpieces by renowned Quebec artists from a private collection, a promised gift to the McMichael that will augment the Collection's permanent holdings on Quebec art. The book includes an introductory essay about the...

Emily Carr in British ColumbiaHardcover, 304 pagesGooseland Editions, 2015Authors: Sarah Milroy & Ian DejardinWinner, Canadian Museum Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research -- ArtEmily Carr captures the natural and cultural landscapes of British Columbia like no other artist before or after her.Emily Carr captures the natural and cultural landscapes of British Columbia like no other artist before or after...

hardcover, 272 pages9x10 finished, three booklets adhered to a single case, essays, artwork plates and two flipbooks, printed in CanadaPublication to accompany Stephen Andrews:Aftermath, a major exhibition organized by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, November 10th 2018 to February 18th 2019.This unique publication accompanying the exhibition Stephen Andrews: Frames of War, sits at the intersection of exhibition catalogue and artist...

Tom ThomsonAuthors - David Silcox & Harold TownhardcoverRevised edition

Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson and the Woman Who Loved Him.Author - Roy MacGregorsoftcover - 356 pagesRandom House Canada, 2011ISBN: 978-0-307-35740-3Roy MacGregor's lifelong fascination with Tom Thomson first led him to write Canoe Lake, a novel inspired by a distant relative's affair with one of Canada's greatest painters. Now, MacGregor breaks new ground, re-examining the mysteries of...

David Milne: An Introduction to His Life and ArtAuthor - David P. Silcoxsoftcover | 64 pagesFirefly Books Ltd, 2005ISBN - 978-1552-977552David 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...

Northern Pine: Watercolours and Drawings by the Group of Seven from the McMichael Canadian Art CollectionAuthor - Ian ThomKelowna Art Gallery, 2020Softcover, 116 pagesCelebrating the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven, this exhibition offers audiences a seldom seen side of Canadian art history. It presents 66 of the Group’s largely unknown works, such as a portfolio of lithographs that...

By Michelle GewurtzHardcover, 144 pagesArt Canada Institute, 2019The daughter of celebrated photographer Harold Mortimer-Lamb, Vancouver-born artist Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-2014) joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps in 1942 and was sent overseas to London, becoming the first Canadian woman war artist. She brashly captured women's military life and roles during the Second World War in her paintings, illustrated diaries, and...

Tim Pitsiulak: Drawings and Prints from Cape Dorsethardcover - 84 pages with more than 70 reproductions and photographs. Includes Index of ArtworksSize: 9 x 8 inchesOnly a handful of years into his career, Timmuuti “Tim” Pitsiulak spearheaded a new direction in Inuit art. The nephew of renowned artist Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitsiulak (1967–2016) reveled in the challenges of art and life...

Author - David P. SilcoxSoftcover, 64 pages 9 x 9"Firefly Books, 2002ISBN: 1-55297-682-3An illustrated introduction to Thomson's work and life. Tom Thomson stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of the Group of Seven, Thomson's compelling works ignited a powerful national art movement that shaped the way Canadians view their land. This illustrated introduction to his...

Author - Ann NewlandsSoft cover, 64 pages 9 x9 inchesFirefly Books, 2001A great introduction book to the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Condensed but chocked full of information, photographs, sketches and paintings.This little book has all the information to introduce yourself to the Group of Seven. Written by author Anne Newlands. She has written many important books on Canadian...

By Samantha BurtonHardcover, 128 pages, Art Canada Institute, 2020ISBN - 13:9781487102111One of Canada’s most important Impressionist artists, Helen McNicoll achieved remarkable international success during a tragically short career. Remembered for her bright and sunny rural landscapes, charming child subjects, and modern female figures, McNicoll’s art helped introduce Canadians to the Impressionist movement at a time when it was still relatively...

By Michael Parke-TaylorHardcover,128 pagesArt Canada Institute, 2019Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890-1956) imbued his art with the beauty and essence of his surroundings. Although he became the Group of Seven's tenth member in 1932, his style was vastly different from his counterparts in Ontario. His realist images of domesticity revealed his focus on the extraordinary aspects...

Author - Ihor HolubizkyArt Gallery of Ontario, 2013hardcover, 128 pagesSorel Etrog: Five Decades is an overview of the career of Canadian artist Sorel Etrog. Like the exhibition it accompanies at the Art Gallery of Ontario, it casts the artists in a new light in his adopted hometown of fifty-four years. The book showcases his archetypal sculptures as well as drawings,...

Arctic Voices in a Land of Vast Horizons7 x 10.5 inches, 328 pagesGreystone Books, 2016An unforgettable and beautifully illustrated memoir of one man’s journeys in the eastern Arctic over 50 years, and a revealing look into the world of the Inuit.Arctic researcher, author, and photographer Norman Hallendy’s journey to the far north began in 1958, when many Inuit, who traditionally...

By Judith RodgerHardcover, 144 pagesArt Canada Institute, 2019Passionately and unapologetically Canadian, artist and activist Greg Curnoe (1936-1992) transformed his hometown of London, Ontario, into an important city for artistic production. Born in 1936, he strongly rejected the idea of moving to "the centre" (Toronto or New York) and spearheaded London Regionalism, a movement that focused on everyday life and turned...