The Group of Seven

Artists by Movement:
The Group of Seven

Canada, 1920-1960's

The Group of Seven were Canadian landscape artists inspired by the wilderness paintings of Tom Thomson, who died under mysterious circumstances while on a trek in Ontario's Algonquin Park in 1917 (his body was found floating in Canoe Lake, but an autopsy showed an injury to the head and no evidence of water in his lungs).

The artsts of the Group of Seven were strongly influenced by Post-Impressionism, creating bold, vividly-colored canvases, and infusing elements of the landscape with symbolic meaning.

The group was not limited to the seven founding members, and they eventually changed their name to the Canadian Group of Painters. Besides Thomson, the group included Franklin Carmichael, A.J. Casson, Lionel Fitzgerald, Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, Edwin Holgate, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, F.H. Varley. West Coast painter Emily Carr was inspired by the group early in her career.

Chronological Listing of Group of Seven Painters

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J.E.H. MacDonald	1873-1932	English/Canadian Painter
F.H. Varley	1881-1969	Canadian Painter
A.Y. Jackson	1882-1974	Canadian Painter
Lawren S. Harris	1885-1970	Canadian Painter
Arthur Lismer	1885-1969	English/Canadian Painter
Frank Johnston	1888-1949	Canadian Painter
Franklin Carmichael	1890-1945	Canadian Painter
Lionel Fitzgerald	1890-1956	Canadian Painter
Edwin Holgate	1892-1977	Canadian Painter
A.J. Casson	1898-1992	Canadian Painter

Artists by Movement:The Group of Seven

Artists by Movement:
The Group of Seven