No man's land : the life and art of Mary Riter Hamilton / Kathryn A. Young & Sarah M. McKinnon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Kathryn A., author.

McKinnon, Sarah M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamilton, Mary Riter, 1873-1954.

Hamilton, Mary Riter.

Painters--Canada--Biography.

Painters.

Women painters--Canada--Biography.

Women painters.

War artists--Canada--Biography.

War artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2017.

Summary:

What force of will and circumstance drove a woman from a comfortable life painting china tea services to one of hardship and loneliness in the battle zones of France and Belgium following the Great War? For western Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton (1868-1954), art was her life's passion. Her tale is one of tragedy and adventure, from homestead beginnings, to genteel drawing rooms in Winnipeg, Victoria and Vancouver, to Berlin and Parisian art schools, to Vimy and Ypres, and finally to illness and poverty in old age. "No Man's Land" is the first biographical study of Hamilton, whose work can be found in galleries and art museums throughout Canada. Young and McKinnon's meticulous research in unpublished private collections brings to light new correspondence between Hamilton and her friends, revealing the importance of female networks to an artist's well being. Her letters from abroad, in particular, bring a woman's perspective into the immediate post-war period and give voice to trying conditions. Hamilton's career is situated within the context of her peers Florence Carlyle, Emily Carr, and Sophie Pemberton with whom she shared a Canadian and European experience.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Prologue

Chapter 1: Early Years-Artistic Beginnings, 1868-1901

Plates

Chapter 2: Study in Europe, 1901-1911

Chapter 3: An Artist's Career, 1911-1919

Chapter 4: Painting with Purpose, 1919-1925

Chapter 5: Missed Opportunities, Shattered Dreams, 1925-1954

Epilogue

Appendix-Women Artists Who Were Contemporaries of Mary Riter Hamilton

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 10, 2018).

ISBN:

9780887555251

088755525X

9780887555237

0887555233

OCLC:

990234132