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
Lester Pearson proposes to use United Nations forces to halt the war and enforce peace. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize. 1957 Grierson visits the new Film Board in Montreal and submits a report to the NFB critical of its ...
Itisaslightly fictionalizedstory of the Austrian von Trapp family —the widower Baron, hisseven children, and the governessteacher, Maria, who ultimately marries the Baron. Ittells how they escaped from their beloved Austria after the ...
434 Bornin Cobourg, Ontario, Alice Evelyn Wilson grew upina closefamily that thrived on learningand the outdoors. Her mother taughther Greek and Latin before she started gradeone, but science became her passion. Alice entered Victoria ...
and the operations in Korea the regiment forged a noble tradition of honour, courage and sacrifice. I have been able to see today that ... E.C. Russell, Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Armed Forces. This is a solemn moment in the ...
David Milne was an admirer of the American Maurice Prendergast. Yet Prendergast is filled with that frozen quality of Puvis de Chavannes or even the romanticism of Eugène Boudin, while Milne's deceptive simplicity and minimalism is ...
Visions and Victories: 10 Canadian Women Artists 1914–1945. Catalogue. London: London Regional Art Gallery, 1983. MacDonald, Colin S, ed. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. 5th ed. Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks Publishing, 1967.
Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.
TheWestern world'sobsession with theNorth alsochanged its focusonanimal life,andon theimageof “Manthe Hunter.” The wolfand the bearhave always been mythically resonant, but after Darwin, these favourite animals of the North madea ...
He experienced the painful loneliness of an outsider, aloneliness that was interrupted byrare sparks ofglory.On March 7th and8th, he played exceptional games against the Canadiens – two vintage Jacques Plante performances.
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