P11, Painters Eleven : the wild ones of Canadian art

Author/Creator:

Nowell, Iris

Publication/Creation:

Barkeley : Distributed in the United States by Publishers Group West

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

1st U.S. edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

P11, Painters Eleven : the wild ones of Canadian art / Iris Nowell

Variant Titles:

Painters Eleven

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Painting, Abstract--Canada--History
Painters Eleven (Group of painters)--History
Painting, Canadian--20th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Tom Hodgson (1924-2006) -- Jack Bush (1909-1977) -- Tough early years -- William Ronald (1926-1998) -- Alexandra Luke (1901-1967) -- The founding of Painters Eleven -- Oscar Cahén (1916-1956) -- Harold Town (1924-1990) -- Painters Eleven in New York -- Jock Macdonald (1897-1960) -- Ray Mead (1921-1998) -- Hortense Gordon (1886-1961) -- Art collectors and dealers -- Walter Yarwood (1917-1996) -- Kazuo Nakamura (1926-2002) -- The disbanding of Painters Eleven.

Summary:

This first book to be published about Painters Eleven, the brilliant, flamboyant group of Toronto-based Abstract Expressionist painters, covers a major period in Canadian art history, one that has never before been chronicled in such vivid, intimate detail. Iris Nowell knew some of Painters Eleven's nine men and two women artists in the late 1960s, so her text has the unmistakable ring of authenticity and the authority of a writer's inside knowledge of her subject. --
Formed in 1953, Painters Eleven introduced Abstract Expressionism to Toronto, but in order to make their definitive mark they had to crack the dominant culture of figurative art and confront the city's stultifying conservatism. Through Nowell's well-researched, highly detailed account, it becomes clear why these artists had such a struggle for recognition and why they achieved it so masterfully. In her fresh and lively style, she writes about each painter's life and reveals how the group's dynamic art, driven by its members' uniquely strong personalities, brought Abstract Expressionism into the spotlight. To Nowell, the way these artists lived their lives was as significant and original as their painting - their lives were their art. --
Although Painters Eleven formally disbanded in 1960, they continued to exhibit extensively in solo and group shows, going on to garner the highest respect and honours at home and internationally. How Painters Eleven achieved their immense success is a fascinating, inspiring, tender and in some cases tragic story, but one in which art triumphs. --
Nowell accompanies her story with 279 full-colour images of Painters Eleven artworks and 75 archival photographs of the artists in their milieu. This quintessential Painters Eleven gallery is the first ever to showcase the artists' outstanding individual and collective talent and to acknowledge their rightful place in Canadian art history. --Book Jacket.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxxvii, 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990017487310302486

ISBN:

1553655907
9781553655909

OCLC Number:

664374418

Barcode:

010002499120