Krieghoff: Images of Canada
by Reid, Dennis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (Slight aging / soiling to top of book block; otherwise quite nice.)
- ISBN 10
- 1550547259
- ISBN 13
- 9781550547252
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Art Gallery of Ontario, 1999. Hardcover. VG (Slight aging / soiling to top of book block; otherwise quite nice.). Slate gray cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket, xi, 323 pp. 152 color plates, numerous smaller illus. "Cornelius Krieghoff [1815-1872] is Canada's most famous artist from the nineteenth century. He is best known for his affectionate depictions of everyday life among the habitants and First Nations residents of what is now Quebec. This superb book, published to mark the very first retrospective exhibition of his work, expands our knowledge of this important artist, illuminating his considerable skill and narrative power as a painter. it also reveals his relationship to his adopted country, as Canada evolved from colony to nation." (dj) With additional essays by Ramsay Cook and Francois-Marc Gagnon. Includes annotated and illustrated checklist of 152 works and biographical chronology. Lavishly illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140690
- Title
- Krieghoff: Images of Canada
- Author
- Reid, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Slight aging / soiling to top of book block; otherwise quite nice.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1550547259
- ISBN 13
- 9781550547252
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre / Art Gallery of Ontario
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- canadian art; 19th century; genre paintings ; Krieghoff, Cornelius ; 19th century ; genre paintings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Artists;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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