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Biography & Autobiography Artists, Architects, Photographers

A.Y. Jackson

A Love for the Land

by (author) Wayne Larsen

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
Artists, Architects, Photographers, General, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894852067
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

A founding member of the Group of Seven, A.Y. Jackson portrayed the Canadian landscape in a bold and inventive manner. His paintings show us the vastness and diversity of our country and illustrate a key chapter in the story of Canada’s coming of age as a nation.

About the author

Wayne Larsen is a Montreal artist, editor, and writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications. Currently, he teaches graduate-level journalism at Concordia University and is the author of A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter and James Wilson Morrice: Painter of Light and Shadow. He lives in Verdun, Quebec.

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Awards

  • Winner, Dewey Diva Pick

Editorial Reviews

Through anecdotes and excerpts from Jacksons writings, Larsen portrays the public man as good-humoured and outgoing but the private man remains opaque.

Canada's History Magazine

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