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Maud Lewis: Paintings for Sale by Sarah Milroy 9781773101460
RRP: $39.98$26.33From 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,... -
Christopher Pratt: Six Decades by Tom Smart 9781770851283
RRP: $51.60$34.91Painter Christopher Pratt is one of Canada's most prominent painters and printmakers, a reputation that has solidified since the celebrated retrospective of his work at the National Gallery of Canada in 2005. The intense realism of his work is, at first... -
A Like Vision: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson by Ian Dejardin 9781773102054
RRP: $64.50$43.81Winner, Canadian Museums Association's Outstanding Achievement in Research Award and IPPY Awards Silver Medal (Fine Art)A Toronto Star Holiday Gift Guide SelectionA Like Vision is a lavish celebration of the legacy of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven,... -
Kenojuav Ashevak Life and Legacy by Silaqi Ashevak 9780764998188
RRP: $24.50$18.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764998188Author Silaqi AshevakFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Pomegranate Communications Inc,USPublisher Pomegranate Communications... -
The Painted House of Maud Lewis: Conserving a Folk Art Treasure by Laurie Hamilton 9780864923349
RRP: $20.63$13.52For many years, Maud Lewis was one of Nova Scotia's best-loved folk painters. In the 1990s she was embraced by the rest of the country when the landmark exhibition of her work The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis travelled across Canada. By the time the... -
Gathie Falk: Variations by Jocelyn Anderson 9781773271897
RRP: $41.27$28.55Gathie Falk: Revelations, published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition curated by Sarah Milroy, investigates the career of a legendary Canadian artist.Now in her nineties, Gathie Falk was born in 1928 in Brandon, Manitoba, settling finally... -
Group of Seven and Tom Thompson by Anne Newlands
RRP: $12.84$8.24Canada's most renowned artists, the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, celebrated the country's wild beauty. They saw in the untamed land a reflection of the national spirit, and called themselves "adventurers in paint". For decades, their work has been... -
SakKijAcjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut by Heather Igloliorte 9780864929747
RRP: $45.14$29.40Winner, 2018 Canadian Museums Association Award of Outstanding Achievement in EducationShortlisted, 2018 Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association Best Atlantic Published Book AwardNunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in... -
Tom Thomson: An Introduction to His Life and Art by David P. Silcox 9781552976821
RRP: $12.84$9.13Tom Thomson stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of the Group of Seven, Thomson crated paintings that shaped the way Canadian view their land. Although he died before he was forty, Thomson's compelling works ignited a... -
Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art by Tom Smart 9780981328072
RRP: $20.63$14.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981328072Author Tom SmartFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Beaverbrook Art GalleryPublisher Beaverbrook Art GalleryWeight(grams) 634gDimensions(mm)... -
On the Curve: The Life and Art of Sybil Andrews by Janet Nicol 9781987915877
RRP: $24.50$14.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781987915877Author Janet NicolFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin PressWeight(grams) 370g -
Group of Seven and Tom Thompson by David Silcox 9781554078851
$41.25At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when... -
Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tattooing in Canada Jamie Jelinski 9780228021988
RRP: $70.95$64.95In 1891, J. Murakami travelled from Japan, via San Francisco, to Vancouver Island and began working in and around Victoria. His occupation: creating permanent images on the skin of paying clients.From this early example of tattooing as work, Jamie... -
Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography: Volume 12 by François-Marc Gagnon 9780773541894
$81.82From his beginnings as a rural church decorator, to his role as catalyst of the social and artistic manifesto the Refus global, to a career as Canada's pre-eminent practitioner of radical abstraction abroad, Paul-Emile Borduas's short life encompassed... -
Expo 67 and Its World: Staging the Nation in the Crucible of Globalization by Craig Moyes 9780228011002
RRP: $51.59$40.39In 1967, Montreal hosted Man and His World/Terre des hommes. By far the most successful cultural event ever produced in Canada, it was embraced by the public at the same time as intellectuals from Marshall McLuhan to Umberto Eco hailed it as a new type... -
In the Ward: Lawren Harris, Toronto, and the Idea of North by Andrew Hunter 9781894243896
RRP: $10.31$6.75"Like all but very few Canadians, I've had no real experience of the North -- I've remained, of necessity, an outsider. And the North has remained for me a convenient place to dream about, spin tall tales about and, in the end, avoid." --... -
Rethinking Professionalism: Women and Art in Canada, 1850-1970: Volume 8 by Kristina Huneault 9780773539662
$104.99The history of women and art in Canada has often been celebrated as a story of progress from amateur to professional practice. Rethinking Professionalism challenges this narrative by questioning the assumptions that underlie the category of artistic... -
Variable Conditions: Para-computational Arts in Canada, 1965–1995 by Adam Lauder 9780228018858
$119.97Variable Conditions recovers and explores early Canadian encounters between computational media and contemporary art in the late twentieth century, charting a network of developments linking meteorology, computation, and the arts that arose long before... -
Kim Dorland by Katerina Atanassova
$38.35Kim Dorland explores the mind and work of one of Canada's most intriguing contemporary artists. Named Globe and Mail "Artist of the Year" in 2013, Dorland has captured the public's imagination with his tour-de-force, visceral creations. His paintings are... -
Silk Stocking Mats: Hooked Mats of the Grenfell Mission by Paula Laverty
RRP: $52.89$44.07A lavishly illustrated history of the Grenfell Mission's exquisite hooked mats and the handcraft movement that inspired an international audience.Book InformationISBN 9780773525061Author Paula LavertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint McGill-Queen's... -
Jean Paul Riopelle et le Mouvement Automatiste: Volume 30 by Francois-Marc Gagnon
$50.09Jean Paul Riopelle est surtout connu pour les celebres toiles abstraites de sa maturite artistique. Toutefois, Francois Marc Gagnon amorce cette histoire fascinante avec les premieres peintures et l'adhesion precoce a l'objectivite, avant de sonder la... -
In Search of Expo 67 by Monika Kin Gagnon
$57.16Though Expo 67 looms large in our collective memory, it is often remembered nostalgically as a remote historical event. The conditions that made Expo an exceptional cultural moment are often forgotten: remarkable creative freedom was granted to artists,... -
Jean Paul Riopelle and the Automatist Movement: Volume 30 by Francois-Marc Gagnon
$50.09The artist Jean Paul Riopelle is best known for his renowned mature abstract style. In this fascinating history, Francois-Marc Gagnon begins with the artist's first paintings and his early commitment to objectivity to explore Riopelle's involvement with... -
Many Lives Mark This Place: Canadian Writers in Portrait, Landscape, and Prose by John Hartman
RRP: $32.24$27.49Many Lives Mark this Place is a unique and brilliant project: portraits of 32 of Canada's finest authors, painted into their "home landscape," each accompanied by a short-but-powerful essay about how that place influences their life and work. Hartman... -
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada by Evelyn de R McMann
RRP: $36.11$32.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487586881Author Evelyn de R McMannFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press -
Subject to Change: Writings and Interviews by Liz Magor
RRP: $69.66$59.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988111339Author Liz MagorFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Concordia UniversityPublisher Concordia University -
Gator Goes by Bike by Keenan Hopson 9781530394340
RRP: $19.34$16.06Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
100 Works of Canadian Prose: Contemplations of the 21st Century by Angela C Costello 9781505829013
RRP: $19.35$16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505829013Author Angela C CostelloFormat PaperbackImprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Hockey, PQ: Canada's Game in Quebec's Popular Culture by Amy Ransom 9781442648135
$78.52A wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise Les Boys to the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, Hockey, PQ explores how Canada's national sport has been used to signify a specific Quebecois identity. Amy J... -
Art For Your Imagination Book Three: The Negatives by Beverley Kornelsen 9798705746958
RRP: $19.34$17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798705746958Author Beverley KornelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 203g -
Behind the Razor Ribbon: A Correctional Officer's Perspective by Pat Bliss 9781525560248
RRP: $45.78$40.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525560248Author Pat BlissFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 503g -
Bridge OF Moron: Release & Relax: Swear Word Adult Coloring Book by Terrence Godfrlove 9781983670220
RRP: $6.94$6.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983670220Author Terrence GodfrloveFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection by Ian Thom 9781553659297
RRP: $51.59$48.35Michael Audain and Yoshiko Kurosawa are two of Canada's best-known art patrons: their donations are held not only by many private corporations but by many museums and galleries, including the National Gallery of Canada, and Vancouver Art Gallery. The... -
The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson by David P. Silcox 9781554071548
$52.46This compact edition is identical to Silcox's 2003 award winning bestseller. The book is a comprehensive study of the famous Canadian art movement, its time, 400 full colour artworks are organised by region and theme, each group introduced by an essay... -
Eye of the Shaman: The Visions of Piona Keyuakjuk by David Turner 9781772441482
RRP: $38.70$38.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772441482Author David TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Rock's Mills PressPublisher Rock's Mills PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Nova Scotia Folk Art: An Illustrated Guide by Ray Cronin 9781771088343
RRP: $32.19$21.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771088343Author Ray CroninFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Nimbus Publishing (CN)Publisher Nimbus Publishing (CN)Weight(grams) 503g -
Devour 016 by Richard M Grove 9781989786901
RRP: $25.79$16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989786901Author Richard M GroveFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Wet Ink BooksPublisher Wet Ink BooksWeight(grams) 249g -
Coloring Book: A Zentangle Coloring Book by Aimée Chatelaine 9781387711925
RRP: $20.58$18.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781387711925Author Aimée ChatelaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 154g -
Art at the Service of War: Canada, Art, and the Great War by Maria Tippett 9781442616042
RRP: $39.99$36.44The Canadian War Memorials Exhibition opened in the galleries of the Royal Academy in Burlington House in January 1919. Featuring four hundred paintings and sculptures depicting the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, the exhibition... -
Greatest Garden: The Paintings of David More by Mary-Beth Laviolette 9781773852249
RRP: $45.09$31.04David More is one of western Canada's exceptional painters. Based in the rural hamlet of Benalto, near Red Deer Alberta, he is part of a generation of landscape artists who emerged in the 1970s to make beauty out of the ordinary and challenge the...