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Defiant Spirits

Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven | Ross King

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A Governor General's Award-winning author recounts the turbulent years during which a group of young Canadian painters went from obscurity to international renown. Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English critic celebrated in the 1920s as th.

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Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven | Ross King

Celebrating Canada's 150th!

GypsyKat Hey, look who's back! 🙂 7y

KirstieE Well, look who it is ! 😃 7y

Pruzy @GypsyKat @KirstieE Haha, took a break from Litsy in hopes to read more...instead ended up reading waaaaaay less. Also getting caught up on a few podcasts (S-Town, Tanis, the Black Tapes) didn't help either! (edited) 7y

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GypsyKat @Pruzy I tend to read more when I'm more involved on Litsy. Though things like video games and projects and (ugh) being social often distract me, too. The struggle is real. 😉 But welcome back! 7y

ValerieAndBooks I really like Ross King's books on art history! Don't have this yet though. 7y

Pruzy Yeah, I totally missed this one. I stumbled across it at the bookstore. Ross King is a great writer and also a really friendly person. I had a signed copy of Leonardo and the Last supper, but unfortunately I left it behind last time I moved 😦. What was I thinking? 7y

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Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven | Ross King

Canada does not have an agreed-upon national history

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