Search Results: Canadian Art from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1970. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated wraps. 116 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. A catalogue prepared for the Exhibition of Manitoba art for the Manitoba Centennial of 1970. 118 pp., catalogue lists 379 works. Lengthy section at rear of artist biographies which is quite useful.

Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1988. Softcover. VG- (Slight soiling to white cover.). White wraps, 48 pp., BW illus. Issued in conjunction with several 1988-1989 exhibitions. With substantial text and a variety of examples of artwork.

Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1989. Softcover. G+ (Slight wear and scuffs to edges and surfaces of cover; interior generally clean.). Deep blue & illus. wraps, 56 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1989-1990 exhibition. "Since 1983 Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak have worked together producing videotapes. These tapes concentrate on mass media and cultural politics, and on the separation and itneraction of the two. Using the look and format of commercial television, the artists insert their own images and agendas, believing that 'the mass media -- television in particular -- do not reflect most people's lives.' The exhibition focuses on the collaborative tapes, but as both artist have long histories as independent video producers -- Lisa Steele since the early 1970s in Toronto and Kim Tomczak since the late 1970s in Vancouver -- selections of their earlier videotapes are included as well.

Sarasota, Florida: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1971. Softcover. VG. White illus. wraps; Staple-bound; Unpaginated, approx. 80 pp.; 44 bw, 5 color plates; 11 bw figures. From an exhibition held February 14 - March 21, 1971 at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida and April 3 - May 16, 1971 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois; Contains works by 16 Canadian artists, including Guido Molinari, Michael Snow, Iain Baxter, and others; Biographies for each artist included.

1933. Softcover. VG-, some soiling to covers and page edges. Grey wraps. [20] pp. 8 bw plates. Catalogue of 242 works by many different artists, with alphabetical listing of the artists and their work, including prices. Includes 196 oils, Black and White (197-229), Sculpture (230-242). These are followed by a short listing of an additional 69 smaller works by artist Gordon Weber.

Vancouver: The Vancouver Art Gallery, 1979. Softcover. Good+; general wear but nothing glaring; small museum ex-lib. sticker on back cover. Brown spiral-bound wraps; 26 pp. with color plates and bw photos. Catalogue from an exhibition held September to October 1979. With an introductory essay, bio and bw photo of each artist and the catalogue works.

Calgary, Alta., Canada: University of Calgary Press, 2000. Hardcover. VG. Pictorial paper covered boards. 203 pp., 72+ color glossy plates.

Montclair, New Jersey: Montclair Art Museum, 1992. VG. White wraps. 16 pp. 8 bw plates. Exhibition catalogue from November 1992 to February 1993. With title essay by Patricia Janis Broder, Curator of the exhibition. With a list of the artists and checklist of works, arranged by location: Cape Dorset, Baker Lake, and Rankin Inlet. All are in the Nunavut Region of Canada.

Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center, 1973. Softcover. VG, faint pencil marks front cover (on one volume). Color wraps. xiii, 196 pp. 11 color, 80 bw plates. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 73 works, with provenance, literature, and exhibitions. Includes biographies of the 36 artists, brief preface, essay by R.H. Hubbard, "Landscape Painting in Canada", and essay by Northrup Frye, "The Canadian Scene: Explorers and Observers". From the 1973 exhibition at the University of Wisconsin and two additional locations.

Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1997. Paperback. VG- light wear and minor scuffing to wraps. Color-illustrated wraps with red, white, and black lettering. xv, 207 pp. BW and color illustrations and maps. The original Heiltsuk-speaking tribes inhabited the outer islands, protected inland waterways, and mainland fiords of the central Northwest Coast. In 1880 the Methodist Church made the Heiltsuk village of Bella Bella its base for mission work on the Northwest Coast. By the time missionary and doctor Reverend Richard W. Large arrived in 1898 the village outwardly resembled a European-style town, but Heiltsuk culture persisted. While the Heiltsuk absorbed, adapted, and appropriated aspects of Euro-Canadian culture to their needs, they also maintained their ancestral artistic traditions and spiritual ceremonies, sometimes under clandestine circumstances. Large was among the missionaries approached by museum agents to assist in the acquisition of artifacts, resulting in one of the most significant… Read More

Sarasota, Fla: Art Instruction Associates, 1999. Hardcover. VG. Burnt umber cloth, aqua & color illus. dust jacket, 127 pp., many color illus. "The first published collection in the history of the Pastel Society, which received its Federal Charter in 1983. Artists from every corner of Canada submitted their works for inclusion. Pieces were chosen from a standpoint of how the pastel medium was handled along with other obvious qualifications that have to be met when judging art exhibitions." (dj) In four parts: still lifes, landscapes / seascapes, portraits, and animal paintings and abstracts. Nice!

Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. Softcover. VG (slight wear to edges). Azure & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 390 pp., many color illus.; weighs 3.5 lbs. A collection of essays by various authors who "start where the Group of Seven left off. ... Expands the public understanding of Canadian landscape representation, tracing debates about the place of landscape in Canadian art and the national imagination through the twentieth century to the present. Critical writings by curators, historians, media theorists, and cultural critics and exactingly reproduced artworks by contemporary and hsitorical artists are brought together in productive dialogue." (back cover).

Montreal: Musee d'Art Contemporain, 1971. Softcover. VG (date stamp on cover with minor shelf wear). White wraps with pink and black illustration. 154 pp. 24 bw plates and additional bw illustrations. Text in French. Exhibition 1971-1972 at Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris and Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal. Catalogue lists107 works.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2001. Softcover. VG. Brown wraps; 36 pp.; 28 color and bw figures. From a 2001 exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery exploring the history of Brigdens of Winnipeg, a commercial art firm; Includes works by William Maltman, Hall K. Smith, Charles Comfort, Christiane Le Goff, Charles Thorson, Philip Surrey, and more.

Toronto: Penguin Books, 1992. Softcover. Good/Good but for two "withdrawn" stamps to first two pages and tiny tear to lower spine of dj and small ex-lib. sticker to dj spine. Cream wraps with color illustration and navy and grey lettering; matching dj; 226 pp. with more than 130 bw and color illustrations. "From the spirited "lady painters" of the pioneer days to such internationally acclaimed artists as Emily Carr, Mary Pratt, Joyce Wieland and Betty Goodwin, By a Lady treats us to an exhilarating array of artistic achievement that is truly worth celebrating." Includes 5 chapters and a list of illustrations.

Toronto: Penguin Books, 1992. Softcover. Good+, ex-library small ex-lib. sticker on spine, bookplate, and pencil notation behind title page. Copy looks almost new but has wave to it.. Cream wraps with color illustration and navy and grey lettering; no dj; 226 pp. with more than 130 bw and color illustrations. "From the spirited "lady painters" of the pioneer days to such internationally acclaimed artists as Emily Carr, Mary Pratt, Joyce Wieland and Betty Goodwin, By a Lady treats us to an exhilarating array of artistic achievement that is truly worth celebrating." Includes 5 chapters and a list of illustrations.

Ottawa: The National Gallery of Art, 1974. Softcover. Clean and tight, with unbroken spine but general light wear to covers;. Brown wraps with color photograph and white lettering; 125 pp. with 7 color plates and 116 bw illustrations;. An interesting study, well-illustrated of the oratories and chapels, housing early Quebecois art, the focus here being primarily on the sculptured wooden reliefs.

Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1980. Softcover. Good+ with clean, tight interior but a slight bend at head of spine and some light cover wear. Unbroken spine.. Bw wraps with white lettering. 111 pp. with all bw images. From the XXXIX Venice Bennienale, June - September, 1980. Trilingual, English/French/Italian. With and introduction by Ferguson. Each artist accorded a section of the catalogue, with introductory text and numerous bw images, all showing video's unique contribution to the world of art.

Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1989. Softcover. Ex-lib. sticker on spine but otherwise very nice.. Dark blue wraps with gold illustration and lettering and red arrows; gold end papers; 186 pp., profusely illustrated. Includes the work of 25 artists, their biographies, and information about their techniques; with essays in both French and English.

Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. Hardcover. G+ (DJ has wear to head and heel of spine.). Cream cloth, yellow & color illus. dust jacket, 166 pp. 70 large color plates. "This beautiful volume, full of light and color ... is a guide to Canadian Impressionist painting from roughly 1885 to 1920. It brings together ... the Canadian representatives of the world's most popular and accessible school of painting and conveys a vivid cross-section of the subject, including many paintings that have never before been reproduced. The work of neglected artists such as Helen McNicoll, Frank Armington, John S. Gordon, John Russell, and William Clapp is featured alongside the more familiar work of J.W. Morrice, Paul Peel, Lawren Harres, Maurice Cullen, and A.Y. Jackson." (from dj) Includes breathtaking full-page color illustrations, list of plates, biographies of the artists, bibliography, and seven-page introduction.