The Work of Louis Muhlstock: A Compassionate Despiction of Depression-Era Subjects

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Author/collaborator
Title
The Work of Louis Muhlstock: A Compassionate Despiction of Depression-Era Subjects
Abstract
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, most Quebec painters portrayed the idealized rural lifestyle promoted by the Catholic Church. One exception to this nationalistic focus on the genre of (rural) landscape was Montreal artist Louis Muhlstock (1904-2001). The author points out that Muhlstock realistically portrayed disenfranchised urban individuals and their surroundings in Depression Era Montreal, and did so in such a way as to represent them with a sense of compassion and respect.
Publication
Chrysalis: A Critical Student Journal of Transformative Art History
Volume
Vol. 1
Issue
no. 1
Pages
91-100
Date
Fall 2014
Language
en
URL
Citation
Wiseman, Lauren. “The Work of Louis Muhlstock: A Compassionate Despiction of Depression-Era Subjects.” Chrysalis: A Critical Student Journal of Transformative Art History Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 2014): 91–100. http://www.blackcanadianstudies.com/cms/chrysalis_journal_fall_2014_final.pdf.
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