The Group of Seven Select An Artist Franklin Carmichael Franklin Carmichael’s artistic talent was evident at an early age – sufficiently so, that his mother enrolled him in both music and art lessons. As a teenager growing up in Orillia, Ontario, Carmichael worked in his father’s shop as a [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist A.J. Casson A.J. (Alfred Joseph) Casson was born in Toronto, Ontario, and spent his childhood in the southern part of the province – in Guelph and Hamilton. When his family returned to Toronto, he began attending art classes and working as [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist Lawren S. Harris Born in Brantford, Ontario, into a wealthy, conservative and religious family, co-founders of Massey-Harris, Lawren Harris enjoyed much privilege in his youth. This enabled him to concentrate on his painting. At the age of nineteen he travelled [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist A.Y. Jackson A native of Montreal, Québec, Alexander Young Jackson left school at the age of twelve and began work at a Montreal printing firm. In 1906, he began studying art at the Art Institute in Chicago. A year later, he enrolled [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist Frank Johnston Frank Johnston was born in Toronto, Ontario. Like many other Group members, he joined Grip Ltd. as a commercial artist. Although an original member of the Group, Johnston's association was brief. He participated in the 1920 exhibition, but by 1921 [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist Arthur Lismer Arthur Lismer emigrated from Sheffield, England to Toronto, Ontario, in 1911. Soon after, through his employment at Grip Ltd., he would meet Tom Thomson and some of the other artists that would one day comprise the Group. In the years leading [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist J.E.H. MacDonald Born in Durham, England, J.E.H. MacDonald emigrated to Canada in 1887 with his English mother and Canadian father. He studied at the Hamilton Art School and the Central Ontario School of Art and Design, in Toronto. MacDonald worked at Grip Ltd. [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist F.H. Varley A native of Sheffield, England, Frederick Horsman Varley first studied art at the Sheffield School of Art. He completed additional studies at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, in Antwerp, Belgium. Encouraged by childhood friend Arthur Lismer, Varley immigrated to Canada [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist L.L. FitzGerald Spending childhood summers on his grandmother's Manitoba farm, he developed a deep love for Canada's Prairies. After leaving school at the age of fourteen, he wrote: "I worked in a wholesale drug office and finding the job not quite [...]

The Group of Seven Select An Artist Edwin Holgate Born in Allandale, Ontario, Edwin Holgate was raised in Montreal, Québec after his family moved there around the turn of the century. Holgate began studying art at an early age, under the tutelage of William Brymer. He spent several [...]