River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams
River of Dreams

Anne-Marie Bouchard & Sarah Milroy  Maple Leaf

River of Dreams

Impressionism on the St. Lawrence

River of Dreams celebrates the unique ways that Impressionism was practised by artists in Quebec, offering a close look at the work of such luminaries as Clarence Gagnon, Henrietta Mabel May, James Wilson Morrice, and Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté. These artists documented the shoreline of the St. Lawrence and its surrounding regions, from Montréal downriver to Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Arthabaska, Québec, Beaupré, and Charlevoix.

The Quebec Impressionists were painting at a time of considerable industrial and social change in Quebec, and their choices about what to paint proved pivotal in cementing an image of the province as a site of both industry and leisure — whether in scenes of the industrial port of Montréal, or others capturing the traditional rural way of life in small villages.

Featuring a lead essay by curator Anne-Marie Bouchard; reflections on individual painters by leading artists, curators, and scholars; and more than 175 full-colour images (including reproductions of more than 100 paintings; examples of textiles, pottery, and Indigenous trade goods of the period; and archival photographs), River of Dreams is a magnificent tribute to a movement that shaped Canadian art.

Published by Goose Lane Editions with McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Non-Fiction  /  Art & Architecture
Published:  July 16, 2024
256 pages

Available format(s)

Format Hardcover  9781773104287  $55