Synopses & Reviews
By the mid-1950s, young Montreal artists were turning their backs on the surrealist spontaneity of the Automatistes. Painting in Montreal paralleled the New York pattern of following the hot” of abstract expression with the cool” of post-painterly abstraction. But Montreal produced a late modernist practice markedly distinct and independent from New Yorks a movement known as the Plasticiens. Sumptuously illustrated, this volume features 75 paintings by Louis Belzile, Charles Gagnon, Yves Gaucher, Jean Goguen, Jauran (Rodolphe de Repentigny), Jean-Paul Jérôme, Denis Juneau, Fernand Leduc, Guido Molinari, Fernand Toupin, and Claude Tousignant.
Review
Praise for
The Automatiste Revolution:The Automatiste Revolution should become a mainstay
not only of the movement, but also of mid-20th-century painting.” Canadian Art Magazine
Praise for Abstract Painting in Canada:
Thoroughly researched, highly readable and filled with top-notch illustrations, Nasgaards book firmly establishes a historical canon and set a new standard for Canadian art publishing.” Canadian Art Magazine
About the Author
An eminent art historian and the former chief curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario,
Roald Nasgaard is the author of the critically acclaimed books
The Mystic North, Abstract Painting in Canada, and
The Automatiste Revolution. He lives in Toronto.
Michel Martin was the curator of contemporary art at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec from 1978 to 2008. He lives in Montreal.