“A daring and beautifully articulated re-examination of Canada’s material heritage with close to 500 eye-catching images.” – Dr. Robert Klymasz, curator emeritus, Canadian Museum of Civilization

John Fleming, Michael Rowan, and James Chambers have made use of their extensive networks, word of mouth, and even fortuitous accidents to discover and record well over 425 distinctive examples of Canadian folk art. They have organized the book into seventeen affinities, which emphasize folk art’s multiple manifestations and its “aesthetic of the everyday.” Canada’s material heritage is told through paintings and carvings, boxes and game boards, quilts and rugs, tables and trade signs—to mention a few. Readers will gain an intense appreciation of the understated particulars of Canada’s history and evolving cultural identity. Canadianists, historians, curators, collectors, and dealers, as well as anyone who appreciates folk art, will want to have this sumptuous book close at hand.

John A. Fleming is Professor Emeritus in the Department of French and the Centre for Comparative Literature, and a former Director of the Museum Studies Program, all at the University of Toronto. Michael J. Rowan is a graduate in Fine Arts, and has been an antiques dealer, appraiser, and museum consultant since 1973. He specializes in folk art and ethnic furniture. He lives in Green River near Toronto. James A. Chambers has been a professional photographer and photo-based artist for more than 35 years. A noted photographer for art books, he was formerly head photographer at the Art Gallery of Ontario. He lives in Hamilton.

Larry Axelrod & Rowland (Roy) Johnson

The University of Alberta Press

Tables, figures, bibliography, index

ISBN 0–88864–440–X

220 pages • $29.95 (T) paper

Business/Human Resources/Self-Help

April 2005

John A. Fleming & Michael J. RowanJames A. Chambers, Photographer

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John A. Fleming & Michael J. Rowan

James A. Chambers, Photographer

9” x 9” • 600 pages

498 colour photographs, notes, bibliography,

index

ISBN: 978-0-88864-556-2 • $45.00 (T) paper

ISBN: 978-0-88864-630-9 • $75.00 (T) cloth

Co-published with the Canadian Museum of

Civilization

Art/Canadian Folk Art

October 2012

Canadian Folk Art to 1950

P: 780.492.5820F: 780.492.0719