Some Magnetic Force : Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald Writings / Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald and Michael Parke-Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

FitzGerald, Lionel LeMoine, 1890-1956, author.

Parke-Taylor, Michael, author.

Series:

Text/context (Montréal, Québec)

Text/Context: Writings by Canadian Artists Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Art, Canadian--20th century.

Art, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 200 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : Concordia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Artist and educator Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890-1956) was the only member of the Group of Seven, the iconic collective of Canadian landscape painters, who was based in Western Canada. Some Magnetic Force is the first collection to gather the surviving writings by the Winnipeg artist. Spanning from 1930 to 1954, the texts gathered here begin during the mature period of his artistic development at age forty and conclude with personal reflections late in life on the nature of art and his career. Michael Parke-Taylor has uncovered and chronologically organized FitzGerald's letters, diary, lectures, and reports to show how FitzGerald understood the development of his practice, communicated the philosophy of art to his art students, confronted challenges in his career, and presented his spiritual aspirations, views about the natural world, and private desires. These writings also elucidate the material and reputational realities of artistic production in places beyond the period's dominant Canadian art centers of Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. Including illustrations of his work and an introduction and notes that contextualize FitzGerald's biography and social circles, Some Magnetic Force provides remarkable insights into the influences, interests, and innovations of the Group of Seven's prairie artist.

Contents:

Introduction. "Eternal wonders surround us" : the prairie experience of L.L. FitzGerald / Michael Parke-Taylor

Correspondence

Travel diary, 1930

Winnipeg School of Art lectures and miscellaneous notes on art, 1933-35

Reports to the board of directors : Winnipeg School of Art, 1930-44

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship application, 1940

Report on a little journey around the art world of Vancouver, 1944

"Painters on the prairie," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781988111469

1988111463

9781988111452

1988111455

OCLC:

1455790712