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The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael , Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston , Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. Macdonald , and Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson was also associated with the Group, but was never an official member, since he died before the Group was officially formed. Emily Carr was inspired and admired by the Group, and was invited to take part in art shows -- a radical invitation for a woman at that time -- but Carr was also never an official member. Other artists eventually joined the Group, which was then renamed the Canadian Group .


Thomson, MacDonald, Lismer, Varley, Johnston and Carmichael met as employees of the design firm Grip Ltd. in Toronto. In 1913, they were joined by A. Y. Jackson and Lawren Harris, with monetary support from Dr. James MacCallum. MacCallum owned land on Georgian Bay, and Thomson worked as a guide in nearby Algonquin Park, where he and the other artists often travelled for inspiration.

This informal group was temporarily split up during World War I, during which Jackson and Varley became official war artists. A further blow to the group came in 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti- when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park. He appeared to have suffered a blow to the head, and showed no signs of drowning; the circumstances of his death are still mysterious.

However, the seven who formed the original group reunited after the war. They continued to travel throughout northern OntarioOntario ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains Capital Toronto Largest City Toronto Area Total % fresh water 4th largest(2nd lgst prov. 1 076 395 kmē 14. 7% Population Total (2001) Density Rank, especially the Muskoka and Algoma regions, sketching the landscape and developing techniques to represent it in art. In 1919 they began to call themselves the Group of Seven, and by 1920 they were ready for their first exhibition. Prior to this, many artists believed the Canadian landscape was either unpaintable or not worthy of being painted. Reviews for the 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu exhibition were still mixed, but as the decade progressed the Group came to be recognized as pioneers of a new, Canadian, school of art.

The Group's champions during its early years included Barker FairleyWhat is needed then. is to set the whole subject matter of art free and not just the landscape part of it. It is the human subject, the human face, the human figure whether alone or in groups or in crowds, in town and country, in war in peace, in life and, a co-founder of Canadian Forum magazine, and the warden of Hart House at the University of TorontoMotto Velut arbor aevo ("As a tree with the passage of time") Established 1827 School type Public President Frank Iacobucci (interim) Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Enrollment 63,109 (48,863 at St. George Campus, 6,834 at UTSC, 7,412 at UTM) Faculty 2,, J. Burgon Bickersteth .

The members of the Group began to travel elsewhere in Canada for inspiration, including British ColumbiaBritish Columbia or simply B. French: la Colombie-Britannique is the westernmost of Canada's provinces. It was the sixth province to join the confederation of Canada (in 1871). As of 2004, the population was 4,168,123 British Columbians . Geography Its ca, QuebecQuebec ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National Motto: Je me souviens (I remember CapitalLargest city Quebec City Montreal Area Total % fresh water 2nd largest(1st lgst prov. 1 542 056 kmē 11,5% Population Total (2004) Density Ranked 2nd 7 509 928 5,43/kmē Admi, Nova ScotiaNova Scotia ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest City Halifax Area Total % fresh water 12th largest(9th lgst prov. 55 284 kmē 3. 5% Population Total (2001) Density Ranked, and the Arctic. In 1926 the Group expanded with the addition of A. J. Casson , and the Group soon numbered 10 members with the additions of Edwin Holgate and LeMoine Fitzgerald .

The Group's influence was so widespread by the end of 1931 that they no longer felt it was necessary to continue as a separate group of painters. At their eighth exhibition in December, 1931, they announced they had disbanded, but also that a new association of painters would be formed, known as the Canadian Group. The Canadian Group held its first exhibition in 1933.

The Group of Seven was largely influenced by the European Impressionism taking place in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris.



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