- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
Frederick Coburn (1871-1960) was arguably Canada's best-known painter at the peak of his career. Nick Fonda revisits Coburn's work providing charming new insight into the painter and his surroundings. His method includes casting an inquisitive gaze on other accomplished artists who have followed unusual paths as they responded to the same muse that moved Coburn a century ago, Quebec's Eastern Townships. These include Minnie Gill, Denis Palmer, Mary Martin, Stuart Main, France Jodoin, and Keven Sonmor, and more.Based on interviews with neighbours and Coburn aficionados and Nick Fonda's own thorough understanding of the milieu in which Coburn grew up, lived, and worked, Hanging Fred and a Few Others is more than a biography of an important artist. It is also a lively and fascinating reflection on the role of placeâthe Eastern Townshipsâin an artist's life.F.S. Coburn, in addition to being a painter, was an accomplished photographer. Nick Fonda, with the help of Bob Laberge, also presents 14 photos from the family collection, all taken or inspired by Frederick Coburn.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The First Painting
- 2 Lâenfant prodige
- 3 Gordon Pearson
- 4 His Fatherâs Scrapbook
- 5 Minnie Gill
- 6 The First Coburn and the Four Ds
- 7 Aaron Allan Edson
- 8 The Fortunate Few
- 9 Madeleine Audette
- 10 The Art Historian
- 11 Stefan Starenkyj
- 12 My Lunch with Monique
- 13 France Jodoin
- 14 Tsk! Tsk! Well, I never!
- 15 Kevin Sonmor
- 16 Gerald Stevens
- 17 Stuart Main
- 18 The Lovetts
- 19 Pauline Boudreau
- 20 The Not-So-Dirty Thirties
- 21 Mary S. Martin
- 22 The Models
- 23 Denis Palmer
- 24 The Sweet Second Summer of Frederick Simpson Coburn
- 25 Madeleine Lemire, RCA
- 26 A Great Artist
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements