Arthur Lismer, visionary art educator
By: Angela Nairne Grigor.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Montréal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
Subjects: Lismer, Arthur, 1885-1969; Artists as teachers -- Canada -- Biography; Art -- Study and teaching -- Canada
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Arthur Lismer pioneered new progressive ideas in art education through his work with children as educational supervisor at the Art Gallery of Toronto and, later, at Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts. In exploring Lismer's development as an educator, Grigor traces the history of art education in twentieth-century Canada and charts changing attitudes towards children and art.

Lismer emerges as an artist with a social conscience who captured the hearts and minds of the thousands who heard him speak or were fortunate enough to have been his students. Arthur Lismer, Visionary Art Educator includes over a dozen drawings from Lismer's teaching and lecture notes that have not been previously published."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-439) and index.