Alexander Henderson : art and nature / edited by Hélène Samson and Suzanne Sauvage.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Samson, Hélène, editor.

Sauvage, Suzanne, editor, writer of foreword.

Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henderson, Alex., 1831-1914--Exhibitions.

Henderson, Alex.

Landscape photography--Canada--Exhibitions.

Landscape photography.

Canada--Pictorial works--Exhibitions.

Canada.

Black-and-white photography--Exhibitions.

Black-and-white photography.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, portraits ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Éditions Hazan ; Montreal : McCord Museum, [2022]

Summary:

Scottish-born Alexander Henderson (1831-1913) arrived in Montreal in 1855 at the age of twenty-four, eager to explore the Canadian wilderness. Photography, his observation tool, would also reveal a remarkable artistic sensibility. Little known among the general public, his work laid the foundations of the Canadian romantic landscape and its themes: the magic of winter, the endless lure of the country's lakes and waterways, the metaphysical awe inspired by the vastness of its land and its great river. But Henderson also offered a colonial vision of the young North American city and documented a number of Canada's major railway projects. This publication accompanies the first exhibition devoted to Alexander Henderson's entire oeuvre and focusses on photographs that highlight the tonalities, textures, and clarity characteristic of the prints of the period. Texts explore Henderson's biography, the sources and forms of romanticism evident in his landscapes, and the genesis of his work as a process of adaptation to the New World in a context of British imperialism. Exhibition: McCord Museum, Montréal, Canada (09.06.2022 - 16.04.2023).

Contents:

Alexander Henderson, landscape photographer

Alexander Henderson's family tree

The dawn of the Canadian landscape : a Colonial vision

Art et nature.

Notes:

"Alexander Henderson - Art and Nature has been published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name presented at the McCord Museum from June 10, 2022 to April 16, 2023" -- Copyright page.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780300266924

0300266928

OCLC:

1347272043