Shore, Marlene G.Gamble, Adrian David2020-05-112020-05-112019-102020-05-11https://hdl.handle.net/10315/37418The arrival of the Arts and Crafts Movement into Canada at the end of the nineteenth century intersected with several interrelated developments. Art, architecture, education, and the process of professionalization, were all affected. Controlled by a close-knit community of cultural leaders, connected through a web of private and public associations, a Canadian Movement was formed, one which helped shape middle-class notions of domestic space and design. This dissertation examines the influence of three architects: Eden Smith in Toronto; Percy Nobbs in Montreal; and Samuel Maclure in Victoria. Together with other artists, architects, and craftspeople, and connected by organizations such as the Ontario Association of Architects, Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, Group of Seven, Arts and Crafts Society of Canada, and the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, they laid the groundwork for the Canadian Craft Movement. This dissertation also incorporates interviews with owners of Arts and Crafts homes by Smith, Nobbs, and Maclure, as a means of considering the Movements Canadian legacy. This study arrived at three main findings. The first was an affirmation of a Canadian Arts and Crafts Movement, separate from its counterparts in Britain and the United States. The second uncovered the roots of the Movements cultural support network, as it existed primarily (though not exclusively) among Canadas urban, white, male, middle-class, English Canadian, cultural elite. The third, the issue of the Movements legacy, was affirmed through the fieldwork, supported by archival and other research materials. This dissertation demonstrates that the Canadian Arts and Crafts Movement was its own development, largely the product of an urban, Anglo-centric, cultural elite, and has survived the last century as a guiding, cultural force.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.ArchitectureElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2020-05-11Canadian historyArts and Crafts MovementCanadian Arts and Crafts MovementCanadian architectureCanadian architectsCanadian identityArchitectural historyModern historyHistory of technologyCraftsmanshipModernism in CanadaAntimodernism in CanadaDomestic architectureArchitectural education in CanadaCanadian schools of architectureEden SmithPercy NobbsSamuel MaclureArts and Letters ClubGroup of SevenArts and Crafts Society of CanadaCanadian Handicrafts GuildOntario Association of ArchitectsProvince of Quebec Association of ArchitectsCanadian nationalismCanadian Architect and BuilderCanadian Homes and GardensGarden Suburbs in CanadaStreetcar Suburbs in CanadaDomestic Revival in CanadaGothic Revival in CanadaKit Homes in CanadaCanadian craft traditionsCanadian architectural traditions