Tuesday Top 10: Group of Seven
Today is the last day of the G7meetings in Kananaskis, Alberta but I won’t bore you with more geopolitical posts.
Long before the G7 was formed, the Group of Seven was a celebrated group of Canadian landscape painters, from the 1920s and 30s, originally known as the Algonquin School. Their works are distinct from other artists at the time yet share connection with one another.
Now, I don’t claim to be an art aficionado, but I do enjoy looking at a well done painting for a little while*. Many of the Group of Seven’s painting were in the Canadian shield in Northern Ontario, with the lakes of Superior and Huron taking a staring role.
(I decided to split the post into two because it is graphic heavy.)
Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945): The Whitefish Hills (1929)
2. Lawren Harris (1885–1970): Pic Island (1923)
3. A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974): Barns (1926)
4. Frank Johnston (1888–1949): Fire Swept Algoma (1920)
Side note: I thought that Frank Johnston had a striking resemblance to Ricky Gervais.
5. Arthur Lismer (1885–1969): Lake (1914)
That’s it for today. If you want to know more, tune in tomorrow or visit https://thegroupofseven.ca/
-Leon
*In my traveling days, I have had the opportunity to see many famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa, Starry Night, American Gothic, Water Lilies, Nighthawks, and that Warhol painting with all the soup cans to name a few.
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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