{"id":37223573171,"date":"2024-02-16T06:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmichael1.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=37223573171"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:19:08","slug":"jacksons-wars-a-y-jackson-before-the-group-of-seven","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/fr\/exposition\/jacksons-wars-a-y-jackson-before-the-group-of-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson\u2019s Wars: A.Y. Jackson before the Group of Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jackson\u2019s Wars: A.Y. Jackson before the Group of Seven<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>
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May 25, 2024 – February 2, 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

About the Exhibition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s Wars: A.Y. Jackson<\/em> before the Group of Seven<\/em> is a rare examination of the work of painter Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson<\/strong> (1882\u20131974) in the decade before the Group of Seven\u2019s formation in 1920. Co-curated by historian Douglas Hunter and Sarah Milroy, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Jackson\u2019s Wars will feature rarely seen paintings made during the artist\u2019s trips abroad to study painting in Italy, Belgium, and France, as well as his evocative depictions of rural Quebec and Ontario made upon his return. Of particular note will be a handpicked selection of Jackson\u2019s paintings made during the First World War depicting the devastation of the battlefields in France, which would have a lingering impact on his interpretations of the Canadian landscape. Jackson\u2019s Wars: A.Y. Jackson before the Group of Seven<\/em> provides an opportunity to reframe the legacy of one of Canada\u2019s most significant artists.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u00c0 propos de l’exposition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019exposition Les guerres de Jackson : A.Y. Jackson avant le Groupe des Sept<\/em> pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e jusqu\u2019au 2 f\u00e9vrier 2025, se penche sur une p\u00e9riode rarement abord\u00e9e de la carri\u00e8re du peintre Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson <\/strong>(1882-1974), \u00e0 savoir la d\u00e9cennie ayant pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 la formation du Groupe des Sept en 1920. Avant d\u2019acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la renomm\u00e9e, Jackson a pass\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es \u00e0 livrer combat contre les galeries, les critiques d\u2019art et les collectionneurs priv\u00e9s de sa ville natale, Montr\u00e9al. Au d\u00e9but de sa carri\u00e8re, Jackson a \u00e9t\u00e9 fortement influenc\u00e9 par des artistes qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois plus \u00e2g\u00e9s, tel Maurice Cullen, qui avait alors adopt\u00e9 un style impressionniste. L\u2019exposition, plac\u00e9e sous le commissariat de Sarah Milroy<\/strong> et de l\u2019historien Douglas Hunter<\/strong>, pr\u00e9sente des peintures ex\u00e9cut\u00e9es par l\u2019artiste lors de voyages \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger (Italie, Belgique et France) ainsi que des repr\u00e9sentations du monde rural qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et ontarien, r\u00e9alis\u00e9es apr\u00e8s son retour au pays. Hunter est l\u2019auteur d\u2019un r\u00e9cit historique intitul\u00e9 Jackson\u2019s Wars<\/em>, qui raconte les ann\u00e9es de formation artistique et militaire de Jackson, d\u2019o\u00f9 le titre de l\u2019exposition. Sont d\u2019ailleurs expos\u00e9es des peintures repr\u00e9sentant des champs de bataille en France, ex\u00e9cut\u00e9es par l\u2019artiste durant la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale. L\u2019exp\u00e9rience militaire de Jackson aura d\u2019ailleurs un impact durable sur son interpr\u00e9tation des paysages canadiens. Cette mise en lumi\u00e8re des premiers accomplissements, combats et triomphes de Jackson constitue une rare occasion de jeter un regard neuf sur l\u2019h\u00e9ritage laiss\u00e9 par l\u2019un des plus importants peintres canadiens.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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A.Y. Jackson (1882\u20131974), Hills of Assisi, Italy<\/em>, 1912, oil on canvas, 64 x 80.7 cm, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Max Stern, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1980.18.3 <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Curatorial Talk
\n<\/span>Jackson\u2019s Wars: A.Y. Jackson Before the Group of Seven<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

with Douglas Hunter<\/span>
\nMay 25, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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