David P. Silcox's eagerly awaited biography of David B. Milne (1882-1953) tells the remarkable story of one of Canada's great artists and his work. This book has been very much a labour of love by Silcox, a love for the work of the artist and an appreciation of his ideas. Lavishly illustrated and based on many years of research, Painting Place provides a perceptive analysis of Milne's work, both the paintings and the artist's voluminous and lively writings. The book balances words and pictures in a way that would surely have delighted its subject as it will its readers. Milne's unique and striking images set him on a path of his own early in his life. He never sought fame or commercial success, but in time curators sought him out, critics hailed his work, and knowledgeable collectors bought his paintings and prints. Most important of all, he was a painter's painter, acknowledged by other artists as an innovator of supreme ability, an uncompromising master of technique, and a creator of memorable paintings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
1. Mother’s Garden
Burgoyne and Paisley, 1882-1903
2. The Defiant Maple
New York, 1903-1910
3. Billboards
New York, 1911-1916
4. Village in the Valley
Boston Corners, 1916-1918
5. The Road to Passchendaele
Canada, Britain, France, and Belgium, 1918-1919
6. White, the Waterfall
Boston Corners and Alander, 1919-1920
7. Across the Lake
Dart’s Lake and Mount Riga, 1912-1923
8. Winter Carnival
Ottawa, 1923-1924
9. Black House
Big Moose Lake and Lake Placid, 1924-1929
10. Waterlilies and Etching Table
Temagami and Weston, 1929-1930
11. Village Spread Out
Palgrave, 1930-1933
12. Earth, Sky, and Water
Six Mile Lake, 1933-1937
13. Stars over Bay Street
Six Mile Lake and Toronto, 1937-1940
14. Rites of Autumn
Uxbridge, 1940-1946
15. Leaves in the Wind
Baptiste Lake, 1947-1953
16. Epilogue
1953 and After
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Illustrations
Index
