Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada

What did all of these pictures have in common?

The Group of Seven

Red Maple

Background

• A group of Canadian artists that specialized in landscape paintings

• Painted as a group between 1920 - 1933• Called themselves a “landscape school”• Tried to show the relationship between art

and nature – showed more of their feelings for their subjects

• Painted both in the studio and in the bush

• Emphasis on bright colours• Showed landscape as they “saw” and “felt” it,

not strictly realistic• Highly stylized and simplified look• Very influential on Canadian and international

artists• Much of their work focused on Great Lakes

area and Algonquin Park

Group of Seven members included:

Franklin Carmichael

Lawren Harris

A.Y. Jackson

Franz Johnston

Arthur Lismer

J.E.H. MacDonald

F.H. Varley

Honourary Members – Tom Thomson

• Died mysteriously while painting in Algonquin Park before the group officially formed

Emily Carr

• Followed their style, but painted in British Columbia – also a woman, so not part of the group

Painting in the Bush

Places Where You Can See The Real Artwork

• McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinberg, Ontario – not far from Canada’s Wonderland

• Art Gallery of Ontario – downtown Toronto• National Gallery of Canada – downtown

Ottawa

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiAvYGTB8xk