Group of Seven
The 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.
Other Canadian artists associated with the group included a. Emily Carr (1871-1945), Tom Thomson (1877-1917) and Stuart McCormick.
The "Group of Seven" is known for its depictions of Canadian nature and life in the Canadian vastness; Collections of the works of the “Group of Seven” can be found among others. a. in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto , Ontario and in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario.
The grouping was often loosely related from around 1913, the name "Group of Seven" was in use from 1919. The first group exhibition took place in 1920; the exhibition received a mixed reception; many at that time did not consider the Canadian expanse to be of artistic value. Only later was the “Group of Seven” valued for its pioneering work; however, the often enthusiastic content of the images, which showed Canada as an area untouched by humans (and thus often falsified reality), was criticized. In 1931 the group officially disbanded or went into another group, the Canadian Group of Painters.
literature
- Charles C. Hill: Group of Seven. Art for a Nation . McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 1995, ISBN 0-88884-645-2 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, National Gallery of Canada , Ottawa , October 13 to December 31, 1995).
- John O'Brian, Peter White: Beyond Wilderness. The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art. McGill Queen's University Press, 2017
Web links
- Group of Seven ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .