The Dignity of Every Human Being: New Brunswick Artists and Canadian Culture between the Great Depression...

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Kirk Niergarth

The Dignity of Every Human Being

New Brunswick Artists and Canadian Culture between the Great Depression and the Cold War

Kirk Niergarth

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English

University of Toronto Press
26 February 2015

Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960

Series: Canadian Social History Series

""The Dignity of Every Human Being"" studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged ""the tyranny of the Group of Seven"" with socially-engaged realism in the 1930s and 40s. Using extensive archival and documentary research, Kirk Niergarth follows the work of regional artists such as Jack Humphrey and Miller Brittain, writers such as P.K. Page, and crafts workers such as Kjeld and Erica Deichmann. The book charts the rise and fall of ""social modernism"" in the Maritimes and the style's deep engagement with the social and economic issues of the Great Depression and the Popular Front.

Connecting local, national, and international cultural developments, Niergarth's study documents the attempts of Depression-era artists to question conventional ideas about the nature of art, the social function of artists, and the institutions of Canadian culture. ""The Dignity of Every Human Being"" records an important and previously unexplored moment in Canadian cultural history.

By: Kirk Niergarth
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781442645608
ISBN 10: 1442645601
Series: Canadian Social History Series
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 26 February 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kirk Niergarth is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University.

Reviews for The Dignity of Every Human Being: New Brunswick Artists and Canadian Culture between the Great Depression and the Cold War

'This is an exceptional study of the intellectual currents running through the New Brunswick artistic community during the 1930s and 1940s.' -- Sean Cadigan Canadian Journal of History vol 51:03:2016 'The author has assembled an impressive array of primary sources in a thoughtful analysis of an alternative vision of Canadian cultural production across these critical decades.' -- Debra Antoncic Labour/Le Travail vol 77 spring 2016 'This is a book to relish. You will be informed and entertained.' -- Ronald J. Jack The Lost Valley Blog Post 27th July 2015