The Group of Seven (1920-1933)
Text from the plaque
Coming together in Toronto, Frank Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and F.H. Varley set out to give Canada a truly national form of painting. Spurred on by an association with Tom Thomson (1877-1917), these artists sought inspiration initially in the rugged northern Ontario landscape. They later expanded their horizons, making all of Canada their territory. Their first exhibition as a group, in 1920, was controversial, but their bold style attracted attention to Canadian painting and eventually won an enthusiastic following.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The Region of York
The City of Vaughan
In Kleinburg, attached to the outside wall of the main building at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
on the east side of Islington Avenue, just over 1 km north of Major MacKenzie Drive (Road 25)
N 43 50.576 W 79 37.020
Recorded May 2009. Check current access before visiting.
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