Hilary R., age
12, Date of
Birth:
October 3,
1882 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Date of his Death:
In 1974 at the
age of 92. Field:
Artist
(specialized in landscapes) Accomplishment:
Being
inducted
into the Group
of Seven (see below for who the Group of Seven were) was a
large accomplishment for Alexander Young (or A.Y.). He also
painted some amazingly beautiful paintings. Who were the Group
of Seven?:
The Group of
Seven was a group of seven artists that was formed in 1920
by J.E.H. MacDonald, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur
Lismer, Franklin Carmichael, F.H. Varley and Frank Johnston.
They were the first artists who painted the scenery that
everyone thought was too rough to be painted. An old lady
once told Mr. Jackson that "It's bad enough to live in this
country, without having pictures of it in your home."
Members of the Group
of Seven expressed through their paintings and many written
articles their love for their country and the beauty that
they saw in it. Many of their paintings were not taken
seriously until after the first decade of the twentieth
century. They decided to form the group as a defense against
bad criticism. Eventually, another artist named A.J. Casson
joined the group. Shortly before the group disbanded,
Lemoine Fitzgerald and Edwin Holgate joined the group. The
total was 10 members. The Group of Seven's final exhibition
was in Toronto in December, 1931. Now the Group's paintings
are well-known and sought by art collectors around the
world. Short
Bio:
1905-
Mr. Jackson worked his way to Europe on a cattle boat,
then to Chicago later on. Why I admire
him:
He was an
amazing artist who painted very beautiful landscapes. He
always stuck by his goals of becoming an artist by never
giving up. Growing up and living through the early nineteen
hundreds must not have been easy with World War I going on,
so I respect and admire him for that, too. Resources
St. Anthony School
Ottawa, Ontario
1906-
He undertook art studies at the Art Institute in
Chicago.
1907- He enrolled in the Académie Julian in
Paris and stayed in France until 1912.
1913- Mr. Harris talked Mr. Jackson into spending the
summer painting around Georgian Bay.
1925- He taught at the Ontario College of Art (OAC)
in.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/fernie/12/alexanderjackson.htm
http://www.tomthomson.org/gsch.htm
(photo) http://www.tomthomson.org/graphics/jackson.jpg
http://www.tomthomson.org/frmayj.htm
http://www.groupofsevenart.com/Jackson/Jackson_intro.html
http://www.tomthomson.org/bioayj.htm
http://www.mcmicheal.com/jackson.htm
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