Perfect Red: The Life of Paraskeva Clark

Lind, Jane

ISBN 10: 1897151446 / ISBN 13: 9781897151440

Published by Cormorant Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009

About this Item

314pp. with b/w and colour illustrations. Light soil to outer edges. DJ has light edge/rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 16 x 23.6 x 2.9cm, wt900g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 016573

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perfect Red: The Life of Paraskeva Clark
• Publisher: Cormorant Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897151446
• ISBN 13: 9781897151440
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Artist. Activist. Canadian. There is only one Paraskeva Clark.

The proud daughter of Russian peasants, Paraskeva Plistick was born in St. Petersburg in 1898 and was educated in art during the revolutions that led to the creation of the Soviet Union. She took this creative sense, steeped in social awareness, with her when she married Canadian accountant Phillip Clark and accompanied him back to Toronto. It was not long before Paraskeva attracted attention from the Toronto art community, her landscapes in particular garnering an invitation into the Canadian Group of Painters. But it was during the 1930s that Clark came into her own. Inspired by the war in Spain and the rest of Europe, she reflected the turmoil around her on canvas, culminating in Petroshuka, a work based on a 1937 incident that left five Chicago strikers dead at the hands of police. And yet for all her commitment to the world at large, Clark's is a classic immigrant story, of someone who had to adjust to unfamiliar customs and rules.

Perfect Red tells the story of a woman who left an indelible mark on the Canadian art and society.

About the Author

Jane Lind worked as a freelance book editor and writer from 1971 to 1995. She is the author of such profiles as John McEwen, Mary and Christopher Pratt, and Gathie Falk. Her biography Joyce Wieland: Artist on Fire was shortlisted for the 2002 Toronto Book Award. Born in the US, Jane moved to Toronto with her husband and two children in 1967. Jane has also worked as a sculptor and held exhibitions in private and public galleries. She currently resides near Rockwood, Ontario, with her husband.