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| Title: | Theatre of the Self
: The Life & Art of William Ronald |
| Author: | Robert Belton |
| ISBN: | 1895176603 : 9781895176605 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 190x245mm |
| Pages: | 176 |
| Weight: | .6 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Calgary Press - December 2000 |
| List Price: | 20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Abstractionism: Painting & paintings: Individual artists |
"Common knowledge has it that Ronald is primarily a historical figure whose contribution to Canadian art lies in the formation of the free-thinking Painters Eleven in the 1950s. This is correct enough, but concomitant with it is the tacit assumption that his choice to downplay painting temporarily for a career in broadcasting implies that his later years were substantially a matter of showmanship and/or charlatanism.... [Ronald is] one of the more genuinely fascinating characters in Canadian culture, one to whom we are indebted for much more than a spirit of internationalism running counter to what was thought of in the 1950s as the choke-hold of the Group of Seven." -- taken from the Introduction.
