A Painter's Country

A Painter's Country
Author: Alexander Young Jackson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1967
Genre: Painters
ISBN:

Includes an additional chapter. Canadian landscape artist who painted scenes of Canada from coast to coast and well in to the arctic north.

Painters and Politics in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979

Painters and Politics in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979
Author: Julia Frances Andrews
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520079816

"That Julia Andrews has reached sources that are so sensitive and difficult with such success is remarkable. The book is unquestionably a brilliant job, well-written, understandable, and of enormous scholarly value."--Joan Lebold Cohen, author of The New Chinese Painting

Strange Country

Strange Country
Author: Patrick McCaughey
Publisher: Miegunyah Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2014
Genre: Art, Australian
ISBN: 9780522861204

'Painting matters to Australia and Australians as it does in few other countries. It has formed our consciousness, our sense of where we come from, and who we are. It cries out for wider recognition and acknowledgement.' - Patrick McCaughey Why has Australia, an island continent with a small population, produced such original and powerful art? And why is it so little known beyond our shores? Strange Country: Why Australian Painting Matters is Patrick McCaughey's answer.

Painting Romantic Country Scenes in Oils

Painting Romantic Country Scenes in Oils
Author: Dorothy Dent
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2009-03-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440317410

Paint the charm of country scenes These tranquil scenes let you create your very own painter's retreat with a luminous sunset, a quiet cottage, a refreshing coastline and peaceful streams meandering past mills. It's easy and fun when you paint along with Dorothy Dent. With 10 step-by-step projects, suitable for both beginners and more accomplished painters, Dorothy shares her easy-to-follow techniques for painting realistic landscapes. Learn how to paint: • Rich autumn foliage • The vivid greens of spring • Colorful reflections found in still water • Glowing light from a window on a starry night • Snow-capped mountains created with a palette knife You'll also learn valuable principles such as consistent highlights and shadows, how to contrast lights and darks and how to use textures, colors and values. Dorothy shows you exactly how to hold the brush and position the bristles against the canvas so you can make confident brushstrokes. Each painting also features a special Seeing with the Artist's Eye section that teaches you the artistic principles that take a painting from average to extraordinary.

Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink

Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Author: Claudia Nice
Publisher: Northlight
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Flowers in art
ISBN: 9781581801422

Showing how to paint a variety of leaves, vines, weathered wood arbors, birdbaths, and other outdoor details, bestselling author Claudia Nice provides all the information artists need to create gorgeous country garden art. 150 color illustrations.

Poetry and Painting in Song China

Poetry and Painting in Song China
Author: Alfreda Murck
Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780674007826

During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some of China's elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, painting titles, contemporary inscriptions, and the historical context, Murck shows that certain paintings expressed strong political opinions--some transparent, others deliberately concealed.

P11, Painters Eleven

P11, Painters Eleven
Author: Iris Nowell
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011
Genre: Abstract expressionism
ISBN: 1553655907

In 1953 eleven Canadian Abstract Expressionist artists banded together to break through the barricades of traditional art at a time when landscapes were about the only paintings collectors were buying. Hungry for recognition, raging against the art establishment that was shutting them out, they decided to form a collective, expecting they would gain more attention as a group than as solo artists. In 1954, The Painters Eleven--Jack Bush, Oscar Cahén, Hortense Gordon, Tom Hodgson, Alexandra Luke, Jock Macdonald, Ray Mead, Kazuo Nakamura, William Ronald, Harold Town and Walter Yarwood--held their first exhibition in Toronto. Initially the public response echoed the worldwide sentiments toward Abstract Expressionism --mockery and bewilderment. Nevertheless, the exhibition attracted wide public interest and criticism faded into acclaim from critics and collectors alike. A successful 1956 exhibition at the Riverside Gallery in New York even elicited praise from the influential critic Clement Greenberg. Packed with gorgeous full color reproductions, this highly detailed account reveals the influences of the indivudual artists on the group's dynamic art and uncovers why the Painters Eleven had such a struggle for recognition, and why they acheived it so masterfully.

Painting Canada

Painting Canada
Author: Ian A. C. Dejardin
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-06-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780856676864

Published to accompany exhibition organized by Dulwich Picture Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada, in collaboration with the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, and the Groninger Museum.

Pennsylvania Impressionism

Pennsylvania Impressionism
Author: William H. Gerdts
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2002-10-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0812237005

"This magnificent new book . . . has assembled a definitive collection of impressionistic works from the Bucks Country region of eastern Pennsylvania. . . . Excellent!"—Bloomsbury Review