Group of Seven National Historic Event

Kleinburg, Ontario
Poster of exhibit on the Group of Seven, 1970 © Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1984-4-37
Poster of exhibit
© Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1984-4-37
Plaque photo © Parks Canada | Parcs CanadaPoster of exhibit on the Group of Seven, 1970 © Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1984-4-37
Address : 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Ontario

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1974-05-18

Other Name(s):
  • Group of Seven  (Designation Name)

Importance: First exhibited in 1920, Canadian landscape painters

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque:  10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Ontario

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.