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edition:Hardcover

category: Art

published: Sep 2005

ISBN:9781553651413

publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Takao Tanabe

by Ian Thom, edited by Roald Nasgaard, contributions by Nancy Tousley & Jeffrey Spalding

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list price: $19.95

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published: Sep 2005

ISBN:9781553651413

publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

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Takao Tanabe is one of Canada's most distinguished painters and teachers. His career has taken him to Europe, the United States and Japan, but his first love has always been the landscape of his home province, British Columbia. A tireless supporter of the visual arts in Canada, Tanabe is the recipient of several honorary degrees, as well as the Order of British Columbia, the Order of Canada and the Governor General's Award.

Takao Tanabe is the first major publication on this important Canadian artist. This comprehensive study of Tanabe's life and work helps to mark his position as a leading painter of his generation and one of the most significant landscape painters in Canadian art.

Ian Thom, Senior Curator-Historical at the Vancouver Art Gallery, traces Tanabe's career in a biographical essay, while his artistic development is examined in three essays by leading Canadian writers.

This book was published in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery.

About the Authors

Ian Thom

Ian M. Thom is a Senior Curator-Historical at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Involved in Canadian art museums for more than thirty years, he has also held senior curatorial positions at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. He has organized more than one hundred exhibitions and written numerous articles and authored or co-authored many books, including Robert Davidson: Eagle of the Dawn, Andy Warhol: Images, Art BC, E.J. Hughes, Takao Tanabe, B.C. Binning, Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon and Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

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Roald Nasgaard est professeur émérite de l’histoire de l’art à la Florida State University. Il est l’auteur de nombreux ouvrages, y compris Abstract Painting in Canada salué par la critique.

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Jeffrey Spalding is Director and Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. A painter himself, he was formerly Professor of Art and Director of the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.

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Editorial Reviews

"Douglas & McIntyre has clearly taken stock of current standards in international art-book publishing -- this is an up-to-date volume with a clean look that adds some publishing style to the mix."

— Canadian Art

"This is an elegant and long-over-due showcase of the complex work of gifted Canadian artist Takao Tanabe."

— Globe & Mail

"This is not just a superbly produced book, with no expense spared on the quality of paper and colour reproduction, it is an expertly written book."

— Books in Canada