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- Date:
- 1920 - 1933
- Related Artists:
- Alfred Joseph Casson
- A.Y. Jackson
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Lismer, Arthur
Arthur Lismer, 1903; he was one of the original members of the Group of Seven.
Group of Seven
Canadian artists
Also known as: Canadian Group of Painters
Group of Seven, Toronto-centred group of Canadian painters devoted to landscape painting (especially of northern Ontario subjects) and the creation of a national style. A number of future members met in 1913 while working as commercial artists in Toronto. The group adopted its name on the occasion of a group exhibition held in 1920. The original members included J.E.H. MacDonald, Lawren S. Harris, Arthur Lismer, F.H. Varley, Franklin Carmichael, Frank H. Johnston, and A.Y. Jackson. The group was particularly influential in the 1920s and ’30s. In 1933 the name was changed to the Canadian Group of Painters.
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