Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, Ontario, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life. Despite success as a sculptor, she discovered that the Dante-like Paradise she had sought and gained was instead the poets Inferno in disguise.
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Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, Ontario, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life. Despite success as a sculptor, she discovered that the Dante-like Paradise she had sought and gained was instead the poets Inferno in disguise.
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New in New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book Artist Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life, yet she flourished in her work and as part of the contemporary Toronto art scene. A friend of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, she developed a greater connection with the Group of Seven, working closely with Frederick Varley and producing reliefs of both him and A Y Jackson while working in Tom Thomson's shack. Frances remained focused and positive and became a successful sculptor, creating more than five hundred works of art. Still, even though she achieved the dream she strove toward during all the years of struggle, she discovered that the Dante-like Paradise she had sought and gained was instead the poet's Inferno in disguise. Her correspondence, as referenced in this remarkable biography, bears out this insight in a life often marked by unsatisfying triumph over tragedy. It presents a candid view of one of Canada's most fascinating artists of the twentieth century. 263pp.
Add this copy of Unlikely Paradise: the Life of Frances Gage to cart. $25.94, new condition, Sold by Satellite Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burlington, VT, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Dundurn.
