the Unheralded Artists of BC series

Christina Johnson-Dean,Introduction by Pat Martin Bates

The fifith book in the Unheralded Artists of B.C. series. Of all the artists (including well-known painter Emily Carr) who showed their work in the controversial Modern Room of the 1932 Island Arts and Crafts Annual Exhibition, only one also exhibited in the traditional section. That singular artist was Ina D.D. Uhthoff (1889-1971), the versatile, respected professional who was able to straddle contrasting viewpoints with aplomb....

The Life & Art of Mildred Valley Thornton

#4 in the Unheralded Artists of BC series

SHERYL SALLOUM, FOREWORD BY SHERRILL GRACE

The fourth book in the Unheralded Artists of B.C. series. During her lifetime (1890-1967), Mildred Valley Thornton (HON. CPA. FRSA.), was noted nationally and internationally. Accomplished with landscapes and portraits, watercolours and oils, the full story of this distinctive artist is being told for the first time. Born in Ontario, Thornton ....

The Life & Art of George Fertig

#3 in the Unheralded Artists of BC series

MONA FERTIG, INTRODUCTION BY PETER SUCH

George Fertig was a Jungian, a socialist, a symbolist and an outsider. For 40 years he struggled to survive as as artist in Vancouver, British Columbia. Part biography and part memoir, as told by his eldest daughter, this book includes fourteen years of research, interviews, letters and over one hundred and fifty rare photographs.

The Life & Art of Frank Molnar,

Jack Hardman & LeRoy Jensen

EVE LAZARUS, CLAUDIA CORNWALL, WENDY NEWBOLD PATTERSON

Filled with rare art reproductions and artists’ personal photographs, this 2nd book in the series introduces the talent of three BC. artist-mentors who worked and exhibited from the 1950s on in Vancouver, Burnaby, Victoria and Salt Spring Island, yet are known only to a few. Their common bond was their choice not to embrace, chameleon-like, the various artistic trends of the era, but to work passionately towards perfecting their own ‘timeless and individuated styles’.

The Life And Art of David Marshall

#1 in the Unheralded Artists of BC series

MONIKA ULLMANN, INTRODUCTION BY BROOKS JOYNER

Part biography, part art history, part art commentary and first in the new series: The Unheralded Artists of BC, this book tells the story of a prodigious sculptor whose artistic legacy is known to only a few collectors, fellow sculptors and curators. Illustrated throughout with rare colour photographs, the lively, wide ranging text is based on original interviews, letters and diaries.