Arthur Lismer, Visionary Art Educator

464 Pages·2002·36.71 MB·English

by  Angela N. Grigor

ARTHUR
VISIONARY ART EDUCATOR I I C M C D
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ARTHUR
LISMER
VISIONARY ART EDUCATOR
ANGELA NAIRNE GRIGOR
McGill-Queen's University Press • Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca
Angela Nairne Grigor, 2002.
ISBN 0-7735-2^95-6
Legal deposit second quarter 2002
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
Printed in Canada
This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities and
Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
McGill-Queen's University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council
for the Arts for its publishing program. It also acknowledges the financial support
of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development
Program (BPIDP).
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Grigor, Angela Nairne
Arthur Lismer, visionary art educator
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7735-2295-6
i. Lismer, Arthur, 1885-1969. 2. Artists as teachers-Canada-Biography.
3. Art-Study and teaching-philosophy. I. Title.
ND249.L5G75 2002 7°9'-5 02001-902120-8
This book was designed by David LeBlanc and typeset in 10/12 Sabon
Title page: Arthur Lismer, 1934 (AGO Library)
To my husband, John, for all his patience and kindness
during the preparation of this book
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Contents
Tables / ix
Preface / xi
Abbreviations / xvii
Introduction / 3
PART ONE: A LIFE IN ART
1 The Early Years: Sheffield, 1885-1911 / 7
2 "The First Step on the Ladder": Toronto, 1911-1916 / 20
3 The Victoria School of Art and Design, Halifax, 1916-1919 / 33
4 Toronto, 1919-1927 / 45
5 The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1927-1938 / 82
6 Educational Touring, 1936-1940 / 133
7 Montreal, 1940-1969 / 169
Epilogue / 217
PART TWO: ARTHUR LISMER'S IDEAS IN EDUCATION
8 Lismer's Education in Art, 1890-1905 / 221
9 The Ontario Teachers Summer Courses in Art, 1915-1916 / 234
10 Lismer's Early Philosophy of Education, 1916-1919 / 237
11 Lismer's Development as an Educator, 1919-1927 / 248
12 Museum Education, 1927-1938 / 279
13 Educator in Transition, 1936-1940 / 305
14 Lismer's Mature Pedagogy in the Field of Art Education,
1940-1969 / 321
Conclusion / 347
Appendix: A Chronology of Arthur Lismer's Life / 351
Notes / 357
Bibliography / 421
Credits for Drawings Used at Beginning and End of Chapters / 441
Index / 443
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Tables
1 Male evening classes at the Sheffield School of Art, 1901 / 225
2 Course work offered by Lismer at the Victoria School of Art
and Design, 1916-1917 / 239
3 Arthur Wesley Dow's synthetic method / 240
4 Arthur Wesley Dow's version of the academic method / 242
5 Lismer's program at the Victoria School of Art and Design,
1917-1918 / 243
6 Ontario Teachers Summer Courses in Art, 1920 / 271
7 Ontario Teachers Summer Courses in Art, 1923 / 272