CONFERENCE OF CANADIAN ARTISTS

Trade size soft cover, 170 pages including Index, plus 5 introductory pages.  Held at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, June 26^th, 27^th, 28^th, 1941 and National Gallery, Ottawa June 29^th 1941.  Under the joint auspices of The Carnegie Corporation, The National Gallery and Queen’s University.  Print date:  December 1941.  Card wraps have edge and cover wear, short edge tears and some tears along spine plus at head and tail.  Binding is good but glue is drying; interior pages are tanned.   Black & white photo frontispiece by Hazen Sise, and black & white photo of Symeon Shimin’s ‘Social Justice’ at p. 96.  Post Card to acknowledge receipt of complimentary copy laid in, and is clean and blank.  Ex Libris book plate of L.A.C. Panton affixed to first page.  (L.A.C. Panton 1894-1954.  He was art director at Western Technical School, Northern Vocational School, and then at Ontario College of Art.)  Includes transcript of Radio Broadcast; Opening Session; Art and Democracy; Discussions; Discussion on Resolutions; The American Renaissance; The Contemporary Interest in Methods and Materials of Painting; Supports For Paintings; Preparation Of Size; Grounds For Painting; The Important And Reliable Pigments; Egg Tempera Painting; Mixed Techniques; Resins And Varnishes; Volatile Solvents And Thinners; The Recommended Commercial Standard For Artists’ Oil Paints; Bibliography; List of Members.