The Group of Seven at 100:
Virtual Curatorial Talk

Lawren S. Harris, Mt. Lefroy, 1930, oil on canvas, 133.5 x 153.5 cm, Purchase 1975, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1975.7, (c) Family of Lawren S. Harris

Group of Seven Catalogue Exhibition of Paintings, 1920

Group of Seven Catalogue Exhibition of Paintings, 1920

Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970), Montreal River, c. 1920, oil on paperboard, 27 x 34.7 cm (10 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.), Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael, 1966.16.77

Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, 1927, Conte Crayon on paper, 1984.27.28

Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris Getting his Hair Cut, Charcoal on paper, 1986.49.6

Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970), Snow Fantasy, c. 1917, oil on canvas, 71 × 110.1 cm, Gift of Keith and Edith MacIver, 1966.16.88

Tom Thomson, Islands, Canoe Lake, 1916, Oil on wood panel, 1966.16.73​

Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970), In the Ward, 1922, oil on board, 27 x 34 cm, Purchased with funds donated by Mr. R.A. Laidlaw, 1970.12.1

Lawren S. Harris, Sand Lake, Algoma, 1922, Oil on canvas, 1966.16.87​

Lawren S. Harris, Mt. Lefroy, 1930, oil on canvas, 133.5 x 153.5 cm, Purchase 1975, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1975.7, (c) Family of Lawren S. Harris

Lawren S. Harris, Mt. Lefroy, c. 1929, oil on beaverboard, 30.5 x 38.1 cm, Purchase 1973, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1981.85.2

Lawren S Harris, Abstraction, c. 1967, Oil on canvas, 1993.17

Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, Charcoal on paper, 1981.190.55

Frank Johnston, Acting Principal MacDonald, “His hairt is in the hielans”, c. 1928, ink and black wax crayon on illustration board, 35.1 x 31.7 cm, Gift of Doris McCarthy, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1981.80

J.E.H. MacDonald, Harvest Evening Moon,1917, oil on board, 76.2 x 101.2 cm, Gift of Mrs. M. Stern, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1978.31

J.E.H. MacDonald, Leaves in the Brook, 1919, Oil on canvas, 1966.16.32

J.E.H. MacDonald, Leaves in the Brook, c. 1918, Oil on board, 1966.16.35

Tom Thomson, Autumn Woods, 1915, oil on plywood, 21.6 x 26.7 cm, Gift of Mr. G. Henry, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1974.21

Arthur Lismer, Tom Thomson at Grip, 1912, Graphite on paper, 1966.16.115

Arthur Lismer, Tom Thomson, 1912–1913, Ink over graphite, 1966.16.116

J.E.H. MacDonald, Beaver Dam and Birches, c. 1919, Oil on paperboard, 1966.16.49​

J.E.H. MacDonald, Forest Wilderness, 1921, Oil on canvas, 1968.7.1​

J.E.H. MacDonald, Goat Range, Rocky Mountains, 1932, oil on canvas, 53.8 x 66.2 cm, Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1979.35

Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson, Charcoal on paper, 1984.27.2

Arthur Lismer, M. Jackson a son travaille, 1925, Graphite on paper, 1985.32

A.Y. Jackson, The Beothic Off Bache Peninsula, 1930, Graphite on paper, 1970.14.2

A.Y. Jackson, Early Spring, Emileville, Quebec, 1913, oil on canvas, 63.5 x 82.5 cm, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Max Stern, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1978.23

Tom Thomson (1877-1917), In Algonquin Park, 1914, oil on canvas, 63.2 x 81.1 cm, Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael In Memory of Norman and Evelyn McMichael, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1966.16.76

Tom Thomson (1877-1917), Winter: Sketch for In Algonquin Park, 1914, oil on wood panel, 21.8 x 26.7 cm, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Mastin, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1980.19.1

A.Y. Jackson, The River Somme, France, 1912, Oil on panel, 2011.2.19

A.Y. Jackson, Lake Superior Country, 1924, Oil on canvas, 1968.8.26​

A.Y. Jackson, St Pierre, 1942, oil on wood panel, 21.6 x 26.7 cm, Gift of Mr. C.A.G. Matthews, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1968.25.7

A.Y. Jackson, St. Tite des Caps, 1937, oil on wood panel, 21.5 x 26.5 cm, Purchase 1985, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1985.1

A.Y. Jackson, Quebec Village, c. 1930, oil on split wood panel, 21.4 x 26.7 cm, Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1966.16.102

A.Y. Jackson, St. Fidele, Que., c. 1927, oil on wood panel, 21.5 x 26.9 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLauglin, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1968.7.7

Arthur Lismer at Grip Ltd, 1911

Arthur Lismer, Arthur Lismer and Emily Carr, c.1927-8?, 1993.9.9

Arthur Lismer, Rain in the North Country, c. 1920, Oil on panel, 1966.16.112

Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969), Bright Land, 1938, oil on canvas, 81.1 x 101.5 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, 1968.7.9

Arthur Lismer, McGregor Bay, 1933, oil on wood panel, 30 x 40.6 cm, Gift of Mrs. Marjorie Lismer Bridges, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1981.27.1

Arthur Lismer, Canadian Jungle, 1946, Oil on canvas, 1966.16.107

Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969), From My Window – Montreal, 1940 – 1949, oil on wood panel, 36.2 x 40.5 cm, Purchase 1986, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1986.4

Arthur Lismer, Fred Varley, Charcoal on paper, 1986.44.10

F.H. Varley, Girl in Red, 1920/1921, oil on canvas, 53.2 x 51.6 cm, In memory of H. Laurence Rous, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1968.15

F.H. Varley (1881–1969), Portrait of a Manc., 1940, oil on canvas adhered to hardboard, 40.3 x 30.5 cm, Bequest of the C.S. Band Estate, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1969.24.2

F.H. Varley (1881 – 1969)Moonlight at Lynnc. 1934oil on canvas 61 x 76.4 cmBequest of the C.S. Band Estate1969.24.1

F.H. Varley, Iceberg, c. 1938, oil on wood panel, 30.5 x 38 cm, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walton Groves, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1968.14

F.H. Varley, Night Ferry, Vancouver, 1937, oil on canvas, 81.9 x 102.2 cm, Purchase 1983, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1983.10

Arthur Lismer, Frank H. Johnston, c. 1913, Graphite and watercolour, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1980.12.2RV

Arthur Lismer, Frank Johnston with a Picture of Carmichael, c. 1912, Ink on paper, 1986.49.4

Frank Johnston, Late Summer, c. 1918, Gouache on paperboard, 1987.6.5

Frank Johnston, Drowned Land, Algoma, 1918, Gouache with watercolour underdrawing, 1966.15.1

Frank Johnston, Windswept, Lake of the Woods, 1921, Oil on board, 2014.5

Frank Johnston, Dark Waters, oil on board, 2016.5

Arthur Lismer, Frank Carmichael, 1920/1929, Conte crayon, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1981.190.45.RV

Franklin Carmichael (1890 – 1945), October Gold, 1922, oil on canvas, 119.5 x 98 cm, Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1966.16.1

Franklin Carmichael, Lansing, c. 1921, Oil on paperboard, 1987.9

Franklin Carmichael, Bay of Islands from Mt. Burke, 1931, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 122 cm, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Mastin, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1975.62

Franklin Carmichael, Sketch 4 (October), 1920, oil on board, 25.4 x 30.5 cm, Gift of Mr. C.A.G. Matthews, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1968.25.1

Franklin Carmichael, Pencilled Irises, c. 1934, Colour linocut, 1985.18.126

Franklin Carmichael, Untitled, c. 1944, Wood engraving, 1974.8.2.7

Franklin Carmichael (1890 – 1945), A Northern Silver Mine, 1930, oil on canvas, 101.5 x 121.2 cm, Gift of Mrs. A.J. Latner, 1971.9

A.J. Casson, White Pine, c. 1957, Oil on canvas, 1966.16.119

A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992), Houses, Bancroft, 1955, oil on paperboard, 30.4 x 37.8 cm, In memory of James Elmer Collins by Dorothy McMichael Collins, 1970.7

A.J. Casson (1898–1992), Little Island, 1965, oil on canvas, 75.5 x 88.5 cm, Donated by Miss Adele E.G. Curry and Dr. B.H. Gaylord Curry, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1998.4

Edwin Holgate, The Head, 1938, oil on panel, 1976.17

Edwin Holgate, Nudes in the Laurentians, oil on canvas, 56.1 x 66.5 cm, Purchase 1984, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1984.31

Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, The Little Plant, 1947, Oil on canvas, 1969.2.4

Arthur Lismer, A Study in Dynamic Cemetery, 1933, Charcoal on paper, 1986.44.4