Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Canada Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
Seven painters who decided the boreal forest was worth painting on its own terms, and in doing so gave Canada a visual idea of itself.
The Group of Seven were Canadian landscape painters working from 1920 to 1933 with, in their own phrase, a like vision.
They presented the dense northern forest of the Canadian Shield as a transcendent force, and their wind-swept panoramas came to stand for a whole idea of Canadian independence.
They presented the dense northern forest of the Canadian Shield as a transcendent force, and their wind-swept panoramas came to stand for a whole idea of Canadian independence.
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