A reminder to members of City Daily Photo: the theme for January 1st is your best or favourites of the year.
Carrying on with this tour of the Ottawa Art Gallery, here we have Arthur Lismer's Georgian Bay Pines, dating to 1962. Lismer was another member of the Group of Seven.
As was J.E.H. Macdonald. This 1921 graphite sketch by the artist is called Little Turtle Lake.
This is Foothills, Arizona, by Yvonne McKague Housser, done in 1950. Not a member of the Group, she did exhibit with them on occasion, and was a founder of the larger Canadian Group of Painters, along with members of the Group of Seven.
Back to the Group of Seven. A.Y. Jackson was another of their members, and this is Fitzroy Harbour, a 1969 painting. Jackson was a personal friend of the Firestone family, who had connections with the Group as a whole.
Jackson gave a pair of his snowshoes to the family.
Jackson painted Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park around 1963.
Water's Edge, Duhamel, Quebec is a 1968 painting by Jackson.
Near Perth is another Jackson painting.
And today I finish things off with another Jackson memento he gave to the Firestones: one of his sketchboxes.
Thanks for showing us those. Well worth enlarging and spending some time absorbing.
ReplyDeleteSnow shoes! When I was a kid we had snow. Enough for skiing...
ReplyDeleteBelas pinturas.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
I am not sure whether you know it, but Steve Martin, the American actor is a huge booster of the Group of Seven. Bravo for him.
ReplyDeleteThese are a wonderful series!I really love this type of art.
ReplyDeleteI always like the Lismer’s.
ReplyDeleteThe sketchbox looks like a painting!
ReplyDeleteIt is always a pleasure to see these paintings.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures. My snowshoes sure look different from those. I like the Fitzroy Harbor painting the best.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about the Arizona connect nor about Jackson painting local scenes -- Fitzroy and Perth.
ReplyDelete...they look gnarled by the extreme weather.
ReplyDeleteI like the painting 'Fitzroy Harbour' with those wonderful reflections.
ReplyDeleteThese are a part of our visual history.
ReplyDeleteOf course my favorite is Foothills of Arizona.
ReplyDeleteThese are most enjoyable paintings. I think I was in school learning how to paint and sketch at the same time some of these were painted...and thus I'm pretty humble.
ReplyDeleteI think my fav out of this series is Fitzroy Harbour, the sketchboxes are a fantastic memento ✨
ReplyDelete@John: you're welcome.
ReplyDelete@Iris: I like cross country skiing. Haven't done any yet this season.
@Francisco: thank you.
@David: I did know that. He curated an exhibit of Lawren Harris paintings in the States two or three years ago.
@Kathie: I love it too.
@Marie: so do I.
@Sandi: it does.
@Catarina: true!
@DJan: Fitzroy Harbour is not far from here, but I've never photographed there.
@Anvilcloud: I wasn't too familiar with Housser, but it makes sense for Jackson to have painted locally, as he lived around here for several years later in life.
@Tom: some of them do!
@Jan: I do as well.
@RedPat: they are.
@Sharon: it would be.
@Barbara: well, in these cases, Jackson would have been painting later in life. The Group as a formal team were from forty or so years earlier.
@Grace: Fitzroy Harbour seems quite popular among my readers.
As soon as I saw some of these paintings I recognised them immediately as being by the Group of Seven.
ReplyDeleteI really like A.Y. Jackson's art.
ReplyDeleteVery creative artist of nature ~ neat capture of the artwork ^_^
ReplyDeleteHappy Moments to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I like these paintings !
ReplyDeleteI don't know any of these painters. Some paintings are real nice !
ReplyDeleteCanadian art is amazing in the emotional strength of the paintings.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy A.Y. Jackson's work.
ReplyDeleteI, too, admire Jackson's work.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet those are fantastic when one is standing in front of them. Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteVery talented artists and it is difficult to choose a favorite.
ReplyDeleteNice series of paintings.
ReplyDeleteI like this series of paintings. Also, that sketchbook is a piece of art in itself!
ReplyDelete@Rosemary: their general style was quite distinctive.
ReplyDelete@Red: I do too.
@Carol: thanks!
@Karl: me too.
@Gattina: thank you.
@Maywyn: definitely.
@Bill: he was quite an artist.
@Catalyst: he draws people in.
@Mari: they are.
@Alexandria: thanks!
@Happyone: thank you.
@Michelle: that it is.
How nice the sketch box came with part of the collection.
ReplyDeleteI was going to say how much I liked all the paintings you featured. Then I saw the sketchbox and that just took the big prize as my favorite thing. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI do like the Group of Seven!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this art!
ReplyDeleteLooks like plenty of cool things in Ottawa
ReplyDeletei always wish i had the snow to use snow shoes . ... lol!! ( ;
ReplyDeleteI like the graphite sketch called Little Turtle Lake …
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
@Joanne: I think so.
ReplyDelete@Jeanie: thanks.
@Jennifer: me too.
@Linda: you're welcome.
@Dora: there are.
@Beth: I've snow shoed a couple of times.
@Jan: I do as well.