Painting the Bay: Recent Work by John Hartman John Hartman, Jean Blodgett. Published by McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, 1993. John Hartman’s name address and telephone number written in black felt ink to front page; it is not ascertained whether this is the artist’s own handwriting. Oblong 4to. 64 pp. Illustrated card covers. Exhibition catalogue with 20 colour plates. Essay by Jeffrey Spalding. This catalogue accompanied an exhibition of John Hartman’s work, at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, October 1993 to January 1994. Contents in fine condition with light outer edge toning and light shelf wear to covers.
John Hartman was born in Midland, Ontario in 1950. He is one of Canada’s preeminent painters and is known for his gestural depictions of some of the country’s most iconic landscapes. Hartman has exhibited extensively in Canada as well as in New York, New Orleans and London, England. His work was the subject of two widely acclaimed travelling museum exhibitions. “Painting the Bay” contains reproductions of Hartman’s large-scale paintings of Georgian Bay, aerial views of the landscape, painted with thick paint; in the skies Hartman has painted stories about the places depicted.
