The Nude in Modern Canadian Art 1920-1950 by Michele Grandbois, Anna Hudson & Esther Trepanier
4to. pp. 191. profusely illustrated. paperback. Paris: Somogy Art Publishers & Musee National des beaux-arts du Quebec, 2009.
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ISBN-10: 2757203312 / ISBN-13: 9782757203316
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This survey of the art of the nude in Canada traces the development of a genre that has hitherto been a little known and indeed, neglected facet of this country's art. The works by 55 artists it presents consist of some 130 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs drawn from about thirty institutional and private collections. Often controversially, these artists broke with classical tradition to express themselves more freely, exploring intermits, social and purely formal visions that aligned them with the great modern movements.