The Group of Seven (1920-1933)

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2009

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

The Region of York
The City of Vaughan
In Kleinburg, attached to the outside wall of the main building at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
on the east side of Islington Avenue, just over 1 km north of Major MacKenzie Drive (Road 25)

Coordinates: N 43 50.576 W 79 37.020

Plaque Text

Coming together in Toronto, Frank Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and F.H. Varley set out to give Canada a truly national form of painting. Spurred on by an association with Tom Thomson (1877-1917), these artists sought inspiration initially in the rugged northern Ontario landscape. They later expanded their horizons, making all of Canada their territory. Their first exhibition as a group, in 1920, was controversial, but their bold style attracted attention to Canadian painting and eventually won an enthusiastic following.

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Posted February 23, 2012
Did Franz Johnston sign his paintings or just have the brass plaque with his name on frame? I have one of his paintings with the frame with plaque with Franz Johnston Shack in the Woods 1888-1949 is there any value to this?

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