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The basis for the Site's Bibliography is Gloria Lesser's published Bibliography of the Writings of Donald William Buchanan (1908 – 1966) in The Journal of Canadian Art History, Vol. V, No. 2, 1981 with Gloria Lesser's and The Journal of Canadian Art History's kind written permission.

Gloria Lesser is an interior designer and Canadian art historian specializing in the decorative arts. Her annotated article on the writings of Donald William Buchanan in The Journal of Canadian Art History was originally prepared for a methodology course in the historiography of Canadian art under Professor Laurier Lacroix to fulfill partial requirements for a Master's Degree in Canadian Art History at Concordia University. With Lesser's and JCAH's permission, we have deleted Lesser's annotations to her citations for our audience to consider this Site's original Overview on Buchanan's Writings and to read Lesser's Bibliography in its original format. Additions are marked with an * asterik in front of each. Slightly revised citations are marked with ** in front of each.

[clearance statement, verbatim, 2008 Lethbridge College website on Donald
W. Buchanan]

Books by D. W. Buchanan

*A Complete Guide to Waterton Lakes National Parks. Lethbridge, Lethbridge Herald
Job Press, 1928.

**James Wilson Morrice: A Biography [and Catalogue Raisonné]. Toronto, Ryerson,
1936.

*The Gentle and the Austere: A Comparison in Landscape Painting. Toronto, 1941. First
printed in University of Toronto Quarterly, 11, No.1 (Oct. 1941).

**This Is Canada. Toronto, Ryerson, 1944.

**Canadian Painters: From Paul Kane to the Group of Seven. Oxford and London, Phaidon, 1945.

Design for Use: A Survey of Design in Canada of Manufactured Goods for the Home and
Office, for Sports and Outdoors. Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1947.

*Canadian Designs for Everyday Use: A Guide to Creative Design in Canadian Manufactured Articles with Particular Reference to the Canadian Design Index Maintained by the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1949.

**The Growth of Canadian Painting. London and Toronto, Collins, 1950.

**Alfred Pellan. Toronto, Society for Art Publications, McClelland and Stewart, 1962.

**To Have Seen the Sky (also published as A Nostalgic View of Canada). Toronto,
McClelland and Stewart, 1962.

**Sausages and Roses: Casual Photographs from Three Continents. Ottawa, copyright
by the author; Netherlands, G. W. van der Wiel & Co., 1963.

Le Monde secret de Zadkine vu par Donald Buchanan. Paris, Editions L'art, 1967.

Articles by D. W. Buchanan

"The Mormons in Canada," Canadian Geographical Journal, 2, No. 4, Apr. 1931, pp.
255-70.

"Waterton Lakes Park," Canadian Geographical Journal, 6, No. 2, Feb. 1933, pp. 69-82.

*"Milne—An Artist in a Forest Hut," The Lethbridge Herald, Nov. 2, 1934.

**"The Artists See War," Interdependence, 2, No. 4, Dec. 1934, p.199.

"Light Into a Dark Patch," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 171, Dec. 1934, p. 107.

"Embryology on a Wall," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 172, Jan. 1935, pp. 150-52.

"Canada and the University City," Canadian Geographical Journal, 10, No. 1, Feb.
1935, pp. 81-91.

"David B. Milne," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 173, Feb. 1935, p. 191.

"Neither Cézanne Nor Manet," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 174, Mar. 1935, pp. 233-
34.

"Loan Exhibition System of the National Gallery of Canada," Museum Journal, 35, Apr.
1935, pp. 9-12.

"Naked Ladies," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 175, Apr. 1935, pp. 273-74.

"Letter from Paris," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 177, Aug. 1935, pp. 338-39.

"James Wilson Morrice," The University of Toronto Quarterly, 5, No. 2, Jan. 1936, pp.
216-27.

"Three Films," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 180, Jan. 1936, p. 15.

"For the Intelligent Filmgoer," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 181, Feb. 1936, p. 15.

"Reflections on the Film," The Canadian Forum, 15, No. 182, Mar. 1936, p. 11.

"Leaven in the Lump," The Canadian Forum, 16, No. 182, Apr. 1936, p. 12.

"Painters' Paris," Queen's Quarterly, 43, Summer, 1936, p. 142.

"Propaganda in Your Eye," The Canadian Forum, 16, No. 189, Oct. 1936, p. 18.

"A Canadian in St. Malo," Queen's Quarterly, 43, Autumn, 1936, pp. 298-300.

"Van Horne Gallery," Toronto Saturday Night, Mar. 13, 1937.

*"World of Art," Saturday Night, 53, Jan. 15, 1938, p. 6.

"The Story of Canadian Art," Canadian Geographical Journal, 17, No. 6, Dec. 1938, pp.
272-94.

"Variations in Canadian Landscape Painting," University of Toronto Quarterly, 10, No.
1, Oct. 1940, pp. 39-45.

*"Defence Outpost for North America," Canadian Geographical Journal, 23, Sept. 1941,
pp. 106-15.

"The Gentle and the Austere: A Comparison in Landscape Painting," University of
Toronto Quarterly, 11, No. 1, Oct. 1941, pp. 72-77.

"Canada on the World's Screen," Canadian Geographical Journal, 22, No. 2, Feb. 1941,
pp. 70-81.

*"Time in Bermuda," Saturday Night, 56, No. 36, Jun. 28, 1941.

*"Artists from all Canada," Saturday Night, 56, No. 22, Aug. 2, 1941.

"Carl Schaefer: Canadian Painter," London Studio, 23, 1942, p.49 (Studio, Vol.123).

"Bringing Art to Everyone: What the National Gallery is Doing," Food for Thought, 2,
No. 10, Jun. 1942, pp. 11-16.

*"Promoting Democracy, With 16mm Film," Canadian Forum, 22, Mar. 1943, 351-52.

"Canada," London Studio, 25, Apr. 1943, pp. 122-25 (Studio, Vol. 125).

"Emily Carr: Canadian Painter," London Studio, 26, No. 60, Aug. 1943, p. 60 (Studio,
Vol. 126).

*"Motion Pictures as a Spearhead," Food for Thought, Jan. 1944.

"Canadian Movies Promote Citizenship," Canadian Geographic Journal, 28, Mar. 1944,
pp. 120-29.

**"The Projection of Canada," University of Toronto Quarterly, 13, No. 3, Apr. 1944,
pp. 298-305.

*"What, No Art Critics?" The Manitoba Arts Review, Senior Arts Council, Faculty of
Arts, University of Manitoba, Winter, 1945, pp. 25-27.

*"The Animated Film in Canada, Canadian Art, 2, No. 2, Dec. 1944/Jan. 1945, pp. 59-
61.

*"Brazil Sees Canadian Art," Canadian Art, 2, No. 3, Feb./Mar. 1945, p. 105.

**"Contemporary Painting in Canada," Studio, 129, No. 625, Apr. 1945, pp. 98-111.

"A Very Personal Act," Canadian Art, 2, Summer, 1945.

"Paintings for Hire," Canadian Art, 3, No. 2, Feb. 1946, pp. 80-81.

"James Wilson Morrice: Pioneer of Modern Painting in Canada," Canadian
Geographical Journal, 32, No. 5, May 1946, pp. 240-41.

"Lost to Canada," Canadian Art, 3, No. 3, Apr./May 1946, pp. 123-24.

"Design for Use," Canadian Art, 3, No. 4, Summer 1946, pp. 174-75.

"A. Y. Jackson: The Development of Nationalism in Canadian Painting," Canadian
Geographical Journal, 32, No. 6, June 1946, pp. 284-85.

**"Tom Thomson: Painter of the True North," Canadian Geographical Journal, 33, No.
2, Aug. 1946, 98-100.

**"J. E. H. Macdonald: Painter of the Forest," Canadian Geographical Journal, 33, No.
3, Sept. 1946, pp. 148-49.

"Emily Carr: Painter of the West Coast," Canadian Geographic Journal, 33, No. 4, Oct.
1946, pp. 186-87.

"David Milne: An Independent Approach to the Painting of Ontario Landscapes,"
Canadian Geographical Journal, 33, No. 5, Nov. 1946, pp. 236-37.

"Coast to Coast in Art; 'Design in Industry'; Exhibition at the National Gallery,"
Canadian Art, 4, No. 1, Nov. 1946, pp. 36-37.

"The Design of Household Goods," Canadian Art, 4, No. 2, Mar. 1947, pp. 74-77.

"New Wine in Old Bottles," Canadian Art, 4, No. 3, 1947, pp. 114-17.

"Important Paintings from the Edwards Collection Acquired by the Nation," Canadian
Art, 4, No. 3, May 1947, pp. 124-25.

"Industrial Design in Canada," Art and Industry, 43, July 1947, pp. 24-26.

"Towards a National Art School," Canadian Art, 4, No. 4, Summer 1947, p. 151.

"Wanted: Better Designs for Canadian Postage Stamps: How to Obtain Good Designs,"
Canadian Art, 5, No. 1, Oct./Nov. 1947, pp. 26-29.

"Hart House Collection," Canadian Art, 5, No. 2, 1947, pp. 63-67.

"Design Index," Canadian Art, 5, No. 2, Christmas 1947, pp. 86-89.

*"Hart House Art Collection," Ottawa Journal, editorial, Jan. 10, 1948.

"Carl Schaefer: Regional Painter of Rural Ontario," Canadian Geographical Journal, 36,
No. 4, Apr. 1948, pp. 200-201.

"Take Another Look at Your Kitchen Range," Canadian Art, 5, No. 4, Spring/Summer
1948, pp. 182-83.

"Canadian Design Index," Art and Industry, 45, August 1948, pp. 70-72.

"Le Musée de la Province de Quebec," Canadian Art, 6, No. 2, 1948, pp. 69-73.

"Two Steps Forward—One Step Backward," Canadian Art, 6, No. 2, 1948, pp. 78-81.

"Canadian Painting: 1947-48," Studio, 137, Jan. 1949, pp. 10-15.

"Design Can Increase Sales," Canadian Business, 22, May 1949, pp. 50-51; 115-16.

"Pegi Nicol MacLeod: 1904-49," Canadian Art, 6, No. 4, 1949, pp. 158-62.

"Paintings and Drawings by F. H. Varley," Canadian Art, 7, No. 1, 1949, pp. 1-5.

**"Principles of Design in Manufacturing," Saturday Night, Vol. 64, Oct. 4, 1949, p. 27.

"Introducing, Manufacturers to Designers," Canadian Art, 7, No. 2, Christmas 1949, pp.
55-57.

**"Painter of Sensitive Vision," Canadian Art, 7, No. 3, Spring 1950, pp. 99-104.

"Books on Art: Letters in Canada," University of Toronto Quarterly, 19, No. 2, Apr.
1950, pp. 311-12.

"Artists and Film-Makers," Canadian Art, 7, No. 4, 1950, pp. 142-44.

"Illustrator Speaks His Mind: Interview with O. Cahén," Canadian Art, 8, No. 1, 1950,
pp. 2-8.

"Interview in Montparnasse," Canadian Art, 8, No. 2, 1950, pp. 61-65.

**"Canadian Painting Finds an Appreciative Public," Culture, 12, No. 1, 1951, pp. 51-55.

"Design for Selling and Selling Design," Food for Thought, 11, Apr. 1951, pp. 112-14.

"Shadbolt Explores a World of Roots and Seeds," Canadian Art, 8, No. 3, Spring 1951,
pp. 112-14.

"Reflections on a Competition for Product Designs," Canadian Art, 8, No. 4, 1951, pp.
168-70.

"Good Design or Styling—the Choice Before Us," Canadian Art, 9, No. 1, 1951, pp. 32-
35.

**"Canadian Art in a Boy's School," Canadian Art, 9, No. 2, Christmas 1951, pp. 68-69.

"Biennale of Venice Welcomes Canada," Canadian Art, 9, No. 4, 1952, pp. 144-47.

"New Murals and Mosaics in Mexico," Canadian Art, 10, No. 2, 1953, pp. 51-58.

"New Murals in Canada," Canadian Art, 10, No. 2, 1953, pp. 64-66.

"Sketch-Books of James Wilson Morrice," Canadian Art, 10, No. 3, 1953, pp. 107-109.

"Roloff Beny: A Portfolio of Reproductions," Canadian Art, 11, No. 4, Summer 1953,
pp. 151-52.

"Prairie Metamorphosis," Canadian Art, 11, No. 1, 1953, pp. 10-13.

"To Create a Liveable Space," Canadian Art, 11, No. 1, 1953, pp. 29-30.

"Concours Artistique de la Province de Québec," Canadian Art, 11, No. 2, 1953, pp. 54-
55.

"David Milne as I Knew Him," Canadian Art, 11, No. 3, 1954, pp. 89-92.

"James Wilson Morrice: Painter of Québec and the World," Educational Record of
Quebec, No. 80, July/Sept. 1954, pp. 163-69.

"Collection of John A. MacAulay of Winnipeg," Canadian Art, 11, No. 4, 1954, pp. 126-
29.

"Co-operative Approach Towards Better Design of Canadian Products," Industrial
Canada, 55, Jan. 1955, pp. 58-59.

"Art of Jean Dallaire," Canadian Art, 12, No. 4, Summer 1955, pp. 142-48.

"Geodesic Cow-Barn," Canadian Art, 12, No. 4, Summer 1955, pp. 156-57.

"My Native Province," Canadian Art, 13, No. 1, Autumn 1955, pp. 188-89.

"Summer School Under the Pines," Canadian Art, 13, No. 1, Autumn 1955, pp. 191-92.

"Editor of Canadian Art Honoured," Canadian Art, 13, No. 1, 1955, p. 213.

"Best Foot Forward in Brussels," Canadian Art, 14, No. 2, Winter 1957, pp. 64-67.

"The Second Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art," Canadian Art, 14, No. 4, Summer
1957, pp. 142-44.

**"Changing Face of Canadian Art: Canadian Artists at Brussels," Canadian Art, 15, No.
1, Jan. 1958, pp. 22-29 (French summary, p. 75).

"Canada Builds a Pavilion at Venice," Canadian Art, 15, No. 1, Jan. 1958, pp. 29-31
(French summary, p. 75).

"Publicity for Good Design," Canadian Art, 15, No.2, Spring 1958, pp. 106-109.

"An Artist from the Prairies Designs a Mural for Gander Airport," Canadian Art, 15, No.
2, Spring 1958, pp. 126-27.

"Impressions of the Fair," Canadian Art, 15, No. 3, Aug. 1958, pp. 182-87.

*"Impressions of the Fair," Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Journal, 35, Aug. 1958, pp. 298-300.

"Canadian Graphic Art Abroad," Canadian Art, 16, No. 3, Aug. 1959, pp. 198-99 (French summary, p. 223).

"Pellan," Canadian Art, 17, No. 1, Jan. 1960, pp. 16-21.

"Canada's New National Gallery," Museum News, 38, No. 10, June 1960, pp. 30-34.

"Fine Art of Tasting (French Wine)," Canadian Art, 19, No. 2, Mar./Apr. 1962, pp. 167- 68.

"Prairie Approach to a Canadian Vision: The Childhood Years," Canadian Art, 20, No. 1,
Jan./Feb. 1963, pp. 25-29.

"Fame in a Garden: Ossip Zadkine and Albert Giacometti," Canadian Art, 20, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1963, p. 68.

*"The Crawleys of the Films," Ottawa Journal, Dec. 10, 1963.

"Painter in a Rural Setting," Canadian Art, 20, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1964, p. 56.

"Indian Heritage: The Real and the Contrived," Canadian Art, 21, No. 2, Mar./Apr. 1964, pp. 111-12.

"What the Jury Was Thinking About," Canadian Art, 21, No. 3, May/June 1964, p. 123.

**"Trois Sculpteurs—Trois Portraits," Vie de Arts, No. 39, été 1965, pp. 48-52 (includes
photographs by D. W. Buchanan).

"The Men Who Make the Wines," Wine and Food, n.d.

"Afternoon in Champagne," Wine and Food, No. 112, n.d.

Exhibition Catalogues by D. W. Buchanan

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

Retrospective Exhibition of Painting by the Group of Seven, 1919-33, 1936. Introduction by D. W. Buchanan.

*Design For Use in Canadian Products, Jan. 1947. Catalogue by D. W. Buchanan, published by the National Gallery of Canada in co-operation with the Department of Reconstruction and Supply and the National Film Board of Canada.

*Memorial Exhibition: Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949, 1949. Catalogue by D. W. Buchanan with Foreword by Vincent Massey, Chairman of the National Gallery of Canada Board of Trustees (reprinted in Canadian Art, 6, No. 4), 1949, pp. 158-62.

Sculptor and Poet are One (Ossip Zadkine), 1956. Catalogue by D. W. Buchanan.

**Catalogue of the Second Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1957. Introduction by D. W. Buchanan.

*First National Fine Crafts Exhibition, 1957. Foreword by D. W. Buchanan.

*The Third Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1959. Introduction by D. W. Buchanan.

Alfred Pellan Retrospective Exhibition, 1960. Introduction by D. W. Buchanan.

**Institute Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.

**Mexican Art: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present, 1960-61 (Vancouver: Keystone, 1966). Catalogue compiled by D. W. Buchanan and Jorge Olvera.

Reports by D. W. Buchanan

Educational and Cultural Films in Canada. A report by the National Film Society of Canada under a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ottawa, 1936.

*"The Technique of Educational Broadcasting", Alan B. Plaunt, Round Table on Broadcasting History: The Principles of Educational Broadcasting. Canadian Historical Association, 1937.

*The Canadian Documentary Film, Appendix IV, Special Studies. Ottawa: Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1951. Prepared at the Request of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences, 1949-51.

Documentary and Educational Films in Canada (1935-50): A Survey of Problems and Achievements. Ottawa: Canadian Film Institute, 1952.