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The Canadian Group of Painters succeeded the disbanded Group of Seven, whose modernist paintings of the Canadian north land had been a strong influence on Canadian art. [2] In the early 1930s, the Group of Seven's prominence had caused controversy as many believed that the National Gallery of Canada exhibited favouritism for their work [ 3 ...
Humphrey was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters (C.G.P.) in 1933, the Eastern Group (1938) which evolved into the Contemporary Arts Society, the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (Director, 1944; Vice-President, 1945); and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (Regional Representative, 1946; Eastern Vice-President ...
The Eastern Group of Painters was a group of Canadian artists formed in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec for exhibition purposes [1] and showing together as a group till 1950. It included Montreal artists whose common interest was painting and an art for art's sake aesthetic, not the espousal of a nationalist theory as was the case with the Group of Seven or the Canadian Group of Painters.
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A People's Art Toronto, New Canada Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-919600-12-3. Morris, Jerrold. 100 Years of Canadian Drawings Toronto, Methuen, 1980. ISBN 0-458-94570-6. Murray, Joan (1999). Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Toronto: Dundurn. OCLC 260193722. Nasgaard, Roald (2008). Abstract Painting ...
In 1933, members of the Group of Seven decided to enlarge the group and formed the Canadian Group of Painters, made up of 28 artists from across the country. [50] Today, particularly with the work of Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and Emily Carr, Canadian art is reaching new highs in the Canadian auction market. [51]
Since the 1920s, artists in English Canada had been heavily influenced by the landscape painting of the Group of Seven, the Canadian Group of Painters and the Eastern Group of Painters. In Quebec, John Goodwin Lyman founded The Contemporary Arts Society in 1939, promoting post-impressionist and fauvist art. [1]
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The Beaver Hall Group was a Montreal-based group of Canadian painters who met in late 1910 while studying art at a school run by the Art Association of Montreal. Nora Collyer , Emily Coonan , Prudence Heward, Mabel Lockerby , Mabel May , Kathleen Morris , Lilias Torrance Newton , Sarah Robertson, Anne Savage and Ethel Seath were part of this ...