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Your 10 BestGroup of Seven
member, this one entitled Street in Glen Williams was actually stolen at one time.
A.j. CAsson
Group of Seven member, famous for flowing shapes and reflections. This is Mirror
Lake.FrAnklin CArmiChAel
Important for his historical portraits of Confederation, and this, Meeting With School Trustees, made famous in a CBC vignette.
roBert hArris
j.e.h. macDonAlD
speCiAl CAnADiAns
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Another Group of Seven member famous for Ontario landscapes especially the fire ravaged Algoma District.
FrAnk h. johnston
lAwren hArris
Our own impressionist – this Water Lillies – not to be confused with Monet.
mArY DignAm
Though many think of him as a Group of Seven member, he is actually remembered as an ‘associate’. This West Wind, one of his famous Algonquin Park landscapes. He would eventually go missing and was presumed drowned.
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Another groundbreaking female artist famous for texture as in this work – Barrells on the Dock.
FreDA pemBerton smith
peter von tiesenhAusenFinal member of the
Group of Seven, famous for his Rockies landscapes such as this one Lake O’Hara near Lake Louise.
A regular feature of the DHT is YOUR 10 BEST, and we encourage you to be a part of it. Leading up to
Canada’s 145th birthday, Your 10 Best will be celebrating Canadians in various genres who have stood out over Confederation.Today, here is the
second group of Canada’s 10 best painters, or at least most recognized.
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Another Group of Seven member, famous for striking colours, shapes and mountains and icebergs. This is North Shore Lake Superior.
tom thomson
8And we will end in our own backyard
with the Demmitt-area artist perhaps best known for his installation art, but this, fittingly, is his portrait of Euphemia McNaught.
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