In this survey of modern Canadian sculpture, man’s desire to give a third-dimensional form to his image is seen both in the child’s mudpies and in the greatest commemorative monuments. Techniques of the sculptor’s art - carving in wood and stone, clay modelling, making a plaster mold for metal casting - are demonstrated by leading Canadian sculptors, in a survey which extends from totem poles and early French woodcarving to the great war memorial on Vimy Ridge. Included are Jacobine Jones, Frances Loring, Donald Stewart, Louis Parent and Dora Weschler, as well as Emmanuel Hahn with his designs for coins.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309226
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Canada
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors - Canada
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Canadian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Modern - 20th century - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Stone carving
Crafts & Visual Arts → Wood-carving
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)