The Group of Seven

In 1920, J.E.H. MacDonald, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Franklin Carmichael, F.H. Varley and Frank Johnston officially formed this now famous group. These were painters bitten by the Canadian north who, for the first time, took on the task of painting the great power, scenery and spirit of their land.

Varley, Carmichael, Jackson, Harris, Barker Fairley, Johnston, Lismer,
and MacDonald in 1920 at the Arts and Letters Club.
Photo by Arthur Goss, courtesy of The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.