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- Book Title
- N/A
- Brand
- Three Hills Books
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781927018705
- Subject Area
- Art
- Publication Name
- Art for War and Peace : How a Great Public Art Project Helped Canada Define Itself
- Publisher
- Simply Read Books
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Subject
- History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Canadian, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History / General
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Item Weight
- 62.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Number of Pages
- 234 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simply Read Books
ISBN-10
1927018706
ISBN-13
9781927018705
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210371650
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
234 Pages
Publication Name
Art for War and Peace : How a Great Public Art Project Helped Canada Define Itself
Language
English
Subject
History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Canadian, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History / General
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
62.7 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2014-481525
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Ian Sigvaldason and Scott Steedman's Art for War and Peace: How A Great Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself uncovers an important chapter in the adolescent years of Canadian identity, detailing how these landscapes -- mostly of the Canadian Shield and painted mainly by Toronto urbanites -- came to be imprinted on our national DNA. In gorgeous, full-colour reproduction and stuffed with supplementary material such as sales catalogues, pages about framing options, and decals with care instructions ("Should the surface become soiled it may readily be cleaned by sponging with soap and water"), the book is an expertly collected document of the early efforts made by a young, spirited country desperate to define itself." ~ Toronto Star , Chris Hampton
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
761.97109/04
Synopsis
The Sampson-Matthews print program was the largest public art project in Canadian history. Launched at the start of the Second World War, it lasted 22 years and cost tens of millions of dollars. The exquisite, oversize silkscreens were based on designs by a who's who of Canada's greatest artists, including David Milne, Emily Carr, B.C. Binning, Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson, Tom Thomson, J.W. Morrice and Clarence Gagnon. The idea that launched the project was simple. Get Canada's best painters to contribute to the war effort by creating new works, guided by the National Gallery. Toronto printer Sampson-Matthews would turn these into high-quality silkscreens, which would then be sent to every military unit and government office from Britain to Ceylon. At the same time, target the home front: schools, libraries, banks, insurance companies. By 1943, the prints were hanging in Eaton's store windows from coast to coast. The images were so popular that the program went into overdrive after the war. Dozens more artworks were commissioned and tens of thousands more printed. Sets toured the USA, Soviet Russia, war-torn Europe; the Bank of Montreal put them in every branch. The grand landscapes became familiar backdrops for two generations of Canadians. The program was a grandiose exercise in art education, a coming together of culture, commerce and patriotism that only a world war could ever create. Watch the film Argo and you'll see two prints in the Tehran embassy scenes, benevolent totems assuring the plotters that everything will be alright; this is Canada, relax. Art for War and Peace tells the story of the Sampson-Matthews prints, with full-colour reproductions of 112 silkscreens and contributions from several art writers, including Douglas Coupland., The idea that launched the Sampson - Matthews project was simple: get Canada's best painters to contribute to the war effort by creating new works in conjunction with the Canadian National gallery. Launched at the start of the second world war, the project ended up running for 22 years, costing 10 million dollars and containing work from all of Canada's great artists. Containing full colour reproduction of 112 silkscreens by eminent Canadian artists such as David Milne, Emily Carr and B.C.Binning., The largest public art project in Canadian history, the Sampson-Matthews print program began as wartime propaganda and lasted into the 1960s. The bright silkscreens hung in every school, library, bank and dentist's office from Whitehorse to St. John's, shaping Canadians' ideas about art -- and their vast homeland. Art for War and Peace tells the remarkable story of the prints, with full-colour reproductions of more than a hundred silkscreens and contributions from several art writers, including Douglas Coupland.
LC Classification Number
N6545.5
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Copyright Date
2014
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