Winnipeg School Of Art

Before the First World War, Winnipeg was Canada's third-largest city and the undisputed metropolis of the West. Rapid growth had given the city material prosperity, but little of its wealth went to culture or the arts. Despite the city's fragile cultural veneer, the enthusiasm and dedication of members of the arts community and a grpup of public-spirited citizens led to the establishment of the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1912 and the Winnipeg School of Art in 1913.This volume is a history in words and illustration of the early years of the Winnipeg School of Art, its hopes and ideals and its struggles for survival. Its story is in large part a record of art and artists in Winnipeg during the period. The growth of the School is described through the terms of its first four principals: Alexander Musgrove, Frank Johnston, Keith Gebbhardt, and L. LeMoine Fitzgerald. Biographical sketches on artists involved with the School as teachers or students from 1913 to 1934 are also included.Reproductions of over 80 selected works from the exhibition marking the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the School, eight in full colour, present the most vital and provocative arrt of the period.

This new Guide to the Collections presents over 400 works from the WAG's permanent collection, with each object illustrated in colour and accompanied by an extended text. Represented here are works spanning ten centuries and featuring a range of media selected from the Gallery's holdings in European and Canadian art, works on paper, photography, decorative arts, contemporary studio and inuit art. Included in the Guide is an illustrated essay on the history of the Gallery, and a bibliography of selected WAG publications, including collection and exhibition catalogues. --Book Jacket.

Features 11 Manitoba artists whose works refer to time and place.

Out of the richness and breadth of The Winnipeg Art Gallery's collection, Mary Jo Hughes has created a survey of Canadian historical art. Images express artistic trends of the 19th and 20th centuries and speak of changing social, political and aesthetic issues: exploration, colonization, nationalism, growth, conflict, the search for a unique Canadian expression, and acceptance of the modern world.