Group of seven paintings

Group of Seven Group of Seven – sometimes known as the Algonquin School – was a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933. […]

See the inspiration for Canada's greatest artists up close in some of the country's wildest and most breathtaking landscapes.

Lawren Harris Paintings from the Ward early 1920s Toronto. Idea of North, AGO.

The Group of Seven are among Canada’s most famous artists. For many, their works have come to symbolize what is the distinctly Canadian identity. The McMichael is proud to host a majority of their works.

McMichael celebrates the return of Canada's most celebrated landscape painters

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It was neat putting two and two together this summer about the Group of Seven trees. The Group of Seven was a group of Expressionist painters in...

Artists have been able to take in a natural sight and put what they see on canvas for us to enjoy as well. For many years, Europe was thought to be the most beautiful place for landscape artists to work, while Canada was seen as unworthy of an artist’s time. This all changed in 1910. Seven artists created a group to showcase the beauty in the Canadian landscapes. They later gave themselves the name, The Group of Seven, and began exhibiting their work in 1920.

In January, the gallery unveiled an astonishing donation — 10 previously unseen oil sketches. But a chorus of art collectors and dealers aren’t convinced by the story behind the discovery of the paintings