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Description:
MacDonald
died in 1932, the last year of the Group of Seven. Often,
his landscapes would be quite abstract, such as the small
painting titled: Lake Simcoe. Like many of the other Group
members, MacDonald also loved to capture the energy of a storm
in his paintings.
Biography:
A founding member of the Group of Seven, J.E.H. MacDonald
challenged and vastly broadened the scope of Canadian Art.
MacDonald believed that art should express the "mood and character
and spirit of the country", and he portrayed his vision in
vast panoramas using dark, rich colours and a turbulent patterned
style.
MacDonald was born in Durham, England and moved to Canada
at the age of fourteen. He trained as an artist in Hamilton
and Toronto, pursuing a career in commercial art.
In
1895 he joined the Grip Engraving Company in Toronto where
he met and encouraged other staff members, including Tom Thomson,
Frank Carmichael, Arthur Lismer and Fred Varley, to paint
with him on weekends - laying the groundwork for what would
later become Canada's famous Group of Seven.
J.E.H.
MacDonald
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