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Joan Murray

Joan Murray, an independent curator and art historian, is considered one of the most accessible of Canadian art writers and has studied and exhibited Tom Thomson for four decades. Since the late 1960s, she has been a curator of several institutions, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, and director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa (1974-99) and the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery in Kleinburg (2005-6). Murray was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1992 and has been honoured with the Senior Award from the Association of Cultural Executives, the Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries and the Order of Ontario. She lives in Toronto, Ontario

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Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century

Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century

by Joan Murray
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Confessions of a Curator

Confessions of a Curator

Adventures in Canadian Art
by Joan Murray
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Flowers

Flowers

J.E.H. MacDonald, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
by Joan Murray
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Laura Muntz Lyall

Laura Muntz Lyall

Impressions of Women and Childhood
by Joan Murray
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Lawren Harris

Lawren Harris

An Introduction to His Life and Art
by Joan Murray
by (artist) Lawren Harris
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Rocks

Rocks

Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer and the Group of Seven
by Joan Murray
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The Best of the Group of Seven

The Best of the Group of Seven

by Joan Murray
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Tom Benner

Tom Benner

Call of the Wild
by Tom Smart; Joan Murray & Terry Graff
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Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson

Trees
by Joan Murray
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Treasury of Tom Thomson, A

Treasury of Tom Thomson, A

by Joan Murray
producer Counterpunch Inc.
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tagged : canadian, artists' books, landscapes
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Water

Water

Lawren Harris and the Group of Seven
by Joan Murray
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A New Beginning

A New Beginning

Watercolours by John Lander
with Joan Murray
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A Terrible Beauty

The Art of Canada at War
by Canadian War Museum
with Joan Murray
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Alexandra Luke

Alexandra Luke

Continued Searching
with Joan Murray
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Alma Duncan and Men at Work, 1943 to 1986

Alma Duncan and Men at Work, 1943 to 1986

with Joan Murray
text by Alma Duncan
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An Extraordinary Life

An Extraordinary Life

Isabel McLaughlin
with Joan Murray & David Aurandt
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Canadian Artists of the Second World War

Canadian Artists of the Second World War

with Joan Murray
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Canadian Collage

Canadian Collage

with Joan Murray
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Carl Beam

Carl Beam

The Whale of Our Being
with Joan Murray
foreword by David Aurandt
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Dreams of the Night

Dreams of the Night

Paintings by Barbara Elizabeth Mercer
with Joan Murray
text by Joel Siegel
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Fourteen Artists of Durham Region

Fourteen Artists of Durham Region

with Joan Murray
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Garfield Ferguson

Garfield Ferguson

Painting to the Beat
with Joan Murray
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Gary Greenwood

Gary Greenwood

Oshawa Close-Up
with Joan Murray
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Gordon Rayner Retrospective

Gordon Rayner Retrospective

with Joan Murray
text by Theodore Allen Heinrich & Gordon Rayner
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Ivan Eyre Exposition

Ivan Eyre Exposition

with Joan Murray
text by John Hirsch
by (artist) Ivan Eyre
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James Mathias

James Mathias

Below the Blue Horizon, Images of Our Underwater World
with Joan Murray
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Jane Dixon

Jane Dixon

A Stitcher in Time
with Joan Murray
text by Jane Dixon
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Jane Eccles's

Jane Eccles's

Patch Work and Malescape
with Joan Murray
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Jock Macdonald's Students

Jock Macdonald's Students

with Joan Murray
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John MacGregor

John MacGregor

Painter as Time Traveller
with Joan Murray
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John Scott

John Scott

Edge City
with Joan Murray
text by John Scott
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Louis de Niverville Retrospective

Louis de Niverville Retrospective

with Joan Murray
text by Gary Michael Dault
by Louis de Niverville
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Michael Reeves

Michael Reeves

with Joan Murray
text by Elizabeth Legge
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New Talent

New Talent

A Celebration: John Lander, James McKnight, Sean McQuay, Heather Rigby
with Joan Murray
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Noreen Tomlinson

Noreen Tomlinson

Tight Wires
with Joan Murray
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Old Wars by Young Artists

Old Wars by Young Artists

Stephen Arthurs, Geoff Buttler, Frances Ferdinands-Forbes
with Joan Murray
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Origins of Abstraction in Ontario

Origins of Abstraction in Ontario

The Abstracts at Home Show, 1953
with Joan Murray
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Painter Eleven in Retrospect

Painter Eleven in Retrospect

with Joan Murray
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Paul Sloggett

Paul Sloggett

Twelve Years
with Joan Murray
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Pilgrims in the Wilderness

Pilgrims in the Wilderness

The Struggle of the Canadian Group of Painters (1933-1969)
with Joan Murray
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Preparatory Sketches for a Salon Painting

Preparatory Sketches for a Salon Painting

Bathers at Capri by William Blair Bruce
with Joan Murray
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Rockscapes of Georgian Bay

Rockscapes of Georgian Bay

by Ed Bartram
with Joan Murray
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Spirit of Freedom

Spirit of Freedom

Original Prints and Mixed Media Works by Sheila Maki
with Joan Murray
text by Mary Willan Mason
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The Art of Aleen Aked

The Art of Aleen Aked

with Joan Murray
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The Art of Neil Marshall

The Art of Neil Marshall

with Joan Murray
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The Birth of the Modern

The Birth of the Modern

Post-Impressionism in Canadian Art
with Joan Murray
foreword by David Aurandt
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The Dodd's Family Collection of First People's Art

The Dodd's Family Collection of First People's Art

with Joan Murray
text by Donald Blake Dodds & Patricia Dodds
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The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

with Joan Murray
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The Isabel McLaughlin Gift

The Isabel McLaughlin Gift

Part 1
with Joan Murray
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The New Intimists

The New Intimists

Andrew Bodor, Brian Kipping, Douglas Stratford
with Joan Murray
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Transcendental Tracks

Transcendental Tracks

The Paintings of Marilyn Clements, 1990-1994
with Joan Murray
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Twelve Canadian Artists

with Joan Murray
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Two Decades

Two Decades

Ray Mead
with Joan Murray
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Dorothy Cameron

Dorothy Cameron

Private Eye: Selected Work from 1979-91
text by Joan Murray; Dorothy Cameron & Ihor Holubizky
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The Art of Yvonne McKague Housser

The Art of Yvonne McKague Housser

text by Joan Murray
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William Blair Bruce

William Blair Bruce

text by Joan Murray
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Daniel Solomon

Daniel Solomon

Paintings and Sculptures, 1988-1992
with Karen Wilkin
foreword by Joan Murray
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Greg Murphy

Greg Murphy

Revisiting Luminism
with Linda Jansma
foreword by Joan Murray
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Michael Forster

Michael Forster

Order Out of Chaos: Sixty Years of a Canadian Artist
with Linda Jansma
foreword by Joan Murray
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Permanent Collection

Permanent Collection

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
foreword by Joan Murray
with Jennifer C. Watson
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Peter Krausz

Peter Krausz

Sites 1984-1989
by James D. Campbell
foreword by Joan Murray
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Photocredits

Photocredits

Alan Dunlop, Anne J. Grieve, Anne-Jan Groen, W. Edward Hunt, Mario Schembri
with Allan Walkinshaw
foreword by Joan Murray
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Reconstructing Nature

Reconstructing Nature

Recent Work by Maralynn Cherry and Marilyn McAvoy
with Linda Jansma
foreword by Joan Murray
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Tempus Fugit

Tempus Fugit

with Linda Jansma
text by Ihor Holubizky
foreword by Joan Murray
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The Heritage of Jack Bush

The Heritage of Jack Bush

A Tribute
with Ken Carpenter
foreword by Joan Murray
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Through An-Other's Eyes

Through An-Other's Eyes

White Cnadian Artists - Black Female Subjects
with Charmaine Nelson & Hélène Joly
foreword by Joan Murray
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Water Colours by E. May Martin

Water Colours by E. May Martin

with Jennifer C. Watson
foreword by Joan Murray
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Wendy Wallace

Wendy Wallace

Evolving Artifacts
with Linda Jansma
foreword by Joan Murray
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A Personal View

A Personal View

Photographs from the Collection of Carole and Howard Tanenbaum
with Margot Samuel
introduction by Joan Murray
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Mary E. Rawlyk

Mary E. Rawlyk

by (artist) Mary E. Rawlyk
introduction by Joan Murray
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9 Women of Durham Region, 1975

9 Women of Durham Region, 1975

A Regional Survey of Textile Art
edited by Joan Murray & Gisele Pageau
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Neil Newton Retrospective

Neil Newton Retrospective

edited by Joan Murray & Meg Hardman
text by Neil Newton
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