Overview
Exploring the extensive artistic career of this under-represented artist, the book also situates her within 20th-century Canadian art history and feminist theoretical contexts. In addition to beautiful colour illustrations of Johnstonās work, this volume features critical essays, and an extensive exhibition history.
Through primary research, curator Rebecca Basciano interprets Johnstonās mastery of technique and subject matter, while demonstrating the artistās unique aesthetic and skill through an exploration of several important artworks. Similarly, art historian and scholar Catharine Mastin, in her ongoing investigation of Canadian āartist couples,ā exposes the challenges faced by women artists ā including Johnston ā who often juggled their own artistic practices with the demands of child-rearing and supporting their husbandsā careers.
Finally, as a critical aspect of this reclamation work, Frances-Anne Johnstonās own voice is revealed in a republished article that she wrote in 1955 for Mayfair. Together, these insightful essays constitute a feminist recovery project by not only situating Johnston among her male contemporaries, but also by creating new space for the appreciation and validation of a practice that was shaped by domestic realities, including motherhood.
This book is a companion to the exhibition A Family Palette: Frances-Anne Johnston, Franz Johnston, and Franklin Arbuckle, on view at the Ottawa Art Gallery from September 10, 2022 to February 5, 2023, followed by an Ontario tour through 2024. This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada, and the Ontario Society of Artists.
Cette publication bilingue est la toute premiĆØre monographie portant sur Frances-Anne Johnston, lāune des plus cĆ©lĆØbres peintres canadiennes de natures mortes, de fleurs et dāintĆ©rieurs. En plus dāexplorer la vaste carriĆØre de cette artiste sous-reprĆ©sentĆ©e, lāouvrage la place dans le contexte de lāhistoire de lāart canadien et des thĆ©ories fĆ©ministes du 20eĀ siĆØcle. Aux magnifiques reproductions couleur des Åuvres de Johnston sāajoutent des essais critiques et une histoire dĆ©taillĆ©e de lāexposition.
Les recherches primaires quāa menĆ©es la commissaire Rebecca Basciano lui permettent dāinterprĆ©ter la maĆ®trise technique de Johnston et sa connaissance approfondie des sujets quāelle peint et de dĆ©montrer tout Ć la fois, grĆ¢ce Ć lāexploration de plusieurs de ses Åuvres importantes, lāhabiletĆ© et lāesthĆ©tique uniques de lāartiste. Pour sa part, la chercheuse et historienne de lāart Catharine Mastin expose, dans son Ć©tude suivie de Ā«Ā couples dāartistesĀ Ā», les difficultĆ©s quāont surmontĆ©es les femmes artistes, y compris Johnston, qui ont souvent dĆ» concilier leur carriĆØre artistique et lāĆ©ducation des enfants, tout en soutenant la carriĆØre de leur mari.
Enfin, cet ouvrage de rĆ©habilitation a aussi pour objectif essentiel de rĆ©vĆ©ler la voix de Frances-Anne Johnston grĆ¢ce Ć la republication dāun article quāelle avait Ć©crit en 1955 pour le magazine Mayfair. Ensemble, ces essais participent dāun projet de rĆ©tablissement du fĆ©minisme; en effet, ils situent Johnston dans le contexte des artistes masculins de lāĆ©poque et crĆ©ent aussi un nouvel espace permettant lāapprĆ©ciation et la validation dāune pratique faƧonnĆ©e par les rĆ©alitĆ©s domestiques, dont la maternitĆ© fait partie.
Cette monographie accompagne lāexposition Tableaux de familleĀ : Frances-Anne Johnston, Franz Johnston et Franklin Arbuckle, prĆ©sentĆ©e Ć la Galerie dāart dāOttawa du 10Ā septembre 2022 au 5Ā fĆ©vrier 2023, puis ailleurs en Ontario jusquāen 2024. Ce projet a Ć©tĆ© rendu possible en partie grĆ¢ce au soutien du gouvernement du Canada et de lāOntario Society of Artists.
This book title, Frances-Anne Johnston (Art and Life), ISBN: 9781894906623, by Rebecca Basciano, Catharine Mastin, Frances-Anne Johnston, published by Figure 1 Publishing (March 14, 2023) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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