Group of Seven (artists)

The Group of Seven ( Group of Seven ) was a circle of Canadian landscape painters.

The number seven refers to the founding members Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945), Lawren Harris (1885-1970), Alexander Y. Jackson (1882-1972), Frank Johnston (1888-1949), Arthur Lismer (1885-1969), James E. MacDonald (1873-1932) and Frederick Varley ( 1881-1969 ). Alfred J. Casson (1898-1992) joined in 1926, Edwin Holgate ( 1892-1977 ) in 1930 and LeMoine Fitzgerald ( 1890-1956 ) in 1932.

Further, associated with the group Canadian artists have included Emily Carr (1871-1945), Tom Thomson (1877-1917) and Stuart McCormick.

The "Group of Seven" is known for her depictions of Canada's nature and of life in the Canadian widths; Collections of the works of the " Group of Seven " section includes in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario.

The group consisted of often loosely connected from about 1913, the name "Group of Seven" was in use from 1919. The first group exhibition was in 1920; the issue was taken up mixed, the Canadian width was considered by many not yet at that time as a subject of artistic value. Only later did the "Group of Seven" was appreciated for her pioneering achievements; but also the often enthusiastic contents of images that showed Canada as an untouched by man field was (and thus the reality is often distorted ), criticized. In 1931, the group officially disbanded, and went to another grouping, the Canadian Group of Painters, over.