{"product_id":"modern-colours","title":"Modern Colours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRandolph Stanley Hewton’s place in 20th-century Canadian painting is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esecure enough to merit a mention in survey texts on Canadian art history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand an entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia, but it is fair to say that he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis unknown to the general public, in spite of links to the Group of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeven via the friendship and influence of A.Y. Jackson, and the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimpressionism that characterized his early work in Montreal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exhibition catalogue, which focuses on Hewton’s work from 1910\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto the 1940s, suggests some causes for this undeserved relative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eobscurity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForty-two years after his death, curator Victoria Baker’s\u003cbr\u003ereassessment of Hewton’s work in the artistic context of the interwar\u003cbr\u003eyears is long overdue. At only 56 pages, but with 14 full-page\u003cbr\u003ereproductions (half of them in colour), this catalogue is by far the\u003cbr\u003emost substantial publication on Hewton to date, and should be in all\u003cbr\u003eserious collections on Canadian art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AGH Art Sales + Services","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52848921051453,"sku":"AGH-153720","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/4464\/1863\/files\/modern_colours.jpg?v=1786911616","url":"https:\/\/shop.artgalleryofhamilton.com\/products\/modern-colours","provider":"AGH Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}