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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Lawren Harris Tom Thomson Fred Varley A.Y. Jackson Arthur Lismer Frank Carmichael J.E.H. MacDonald Franz Johnston A.J. Casson. They often met to discuss ideas at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto.
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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson • Lawren Harris Tom Thomson • Fred Varley • A.Y. Jackson • Arthur Lismer • Frank Carmichael • J.E.H. MacDonald • Franz Johnston • A.J. Casson
They often met to discuss ideas at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto
The Studio Building was financed by Harris, and designed to provide northern light to the artists’ studios. Tom Thomson, who couldn’t afford the rent, worked in his shack nearby.
Tom Thomson • Although Thomson died before the group officially formed in 1920, he was part of the circle of painters who travelled and painted together before the First World War. • His work had an enormous effect on the development of other members of the group. • Thomson’s love of the north country was infectious. He led the others on camping and canoeing expeditions in Algonquin Park, where he worked as a guide and park ranger.
Thomson’s style is characterized by: - the use of bold pure colours - the use of rough, visible brushwork (impasto) - a low vantage point in many compositions - a screening effect created by foreground tree branches - lake views - pictures composed with foreground, middle ground and background - subject matter from the natural world: trees, rocks, water, sky
Tom Thomson • Autumn Foliage
Lawren Harris • Harris was a leader in the group. • He had more money than the others and was able to finance the construction of the studio building. His style evolved toward abstraction in his later years. He travelled north of Lake Superior and to the Arctic to paint.
A.Y. Jackson • A. Y. Jackson was from Montreal. • In his work we see scenes from rural Quebec, as well as paintings from the Algonquin Park and Georgian Bay areas.
Lemoine Fitzgerald • From an Upstairs Window
Frederick Varley • Varley was the only member of the Group of Seven who was interested in portraiture. • Along with A.Y. Jackson, he served as a war artist in the First World War.
