Dawn
Sketches and Paintings by the Group of Seven
September 19, 2009 to January 17, 2010
Lawren Harris
Mountain Sketch XXXI (Moraine Lake), c. 1927 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Anonymous Gift |
The artists of the seminal Canadian landscape school
the Group of Seven used the sketch as a fundamental
tool in their artistic process. Sketching outdoors offered
the practical means to document the landscape for
later elaboration and encouraged experiments with new
subjects, forms, colours and techniques. The exhibition
includes oil sketches by all seven original members:
Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Franklin Carmichael, Francis
Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and Frederick
Varley. Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Ian Thom, senior curator/ historical. |