Around 1912 a loosely knit group of artists began to paint Canada as they saw it. They journeyed all over the country to paint the wilderness with bold colours and a broad, decorative style. Despite the death of mentor Tom Thomson in 1917, these painters banded together as the Group of Seven in 1920 to become a new Canadian expression. Their vision shaped how Canadians saw their own country. The Group of Seven are most famous for their paintings of the Canadian landscape. It was succeeded by the Canadian Group of Painters in 1930’s.
Franklin Carmichael was, one of the group of seven, Primarily a watercolourist, Carmichael was the youngest member of the original Group of Seven.
As a teenager growing up in Orillia, Ontario, Carmichael worked in his father’s shop as a carriage striper. Working on the scrolled decorations of the carriages, he practiced his design, drawing and colouring skills.
Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945)
Bay of Islands in 1931 Oil on Canvas
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