York Wilson: His Life and Work, 1907-1984 9780773596061
Lela Wilson's biography is an engaging personal perspective on Wilson's career as a painter and muralist, and
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English Pages [303] Year 1998
Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations Used
Foreword
I. 1925-1933 | Eighty Cents Between Us
II. 1933-1936 | Places of Our Own
III. 1936-1943 | Steady Development
IV. 1945-1946 | Gains in Toronto; Trips North and East
V. 1946-1949 | Return to the Arctic
VI. 1949-1951 | Introduction to Mexico
VII. 1950-1952 | Steady Progress
VIII. 1952-1953 | New York, Europe and the Canary Islands
IX. 1953 | A Glimpse of Morocco and Our Return Home
X. 1953-1956 | The McGill and Salvation Army Murals; Meeting Rico Lebrun
XI. 1954-1957 | The Imperial Oil Mural
XII. 1957-1958 | Spain, the Canary Islands, Italy and Belgium
XIII. 1958-1959 | At Home and in the Caribbean
XIV. 1958-1960 | The O'Keefe Centre Mural
XV. 1960-1963 | Our First Three Years in Paris
XVI. 1963- 1964 | Our Final Year in Paris
XVII. 1964-1965 | Two Solo Shows, A Retrospective and Two Murals
XVIII. 1965-1966 | Around the World: From Hawaii to Japan
XIX. 1966 | Around the World: From Sabah to Sri Lanka
XX. 1966 | Around the World: From India to Iraq
XXI. 1966 | Around the World: From Egypt to Cyprus
XXII. 1966 | Around the World: Europe and Our Return Home
XXII. 1967-1969 | The Geometric Paintings and an Exhibition in New York
XXIV. 1969-1974 | The Final Murals, Four Decades and a Second Retrospective
XXV. 1975-1980 | Potpourri
XXVI. 1980-1984 | The Final Years
Afterword by Marshall McLuhan, 1978
Photographic Memoirs
Index of People
Index of Works by York Wilson
