The Group of Seven
The group of seven achieved international acclaim, won their fight against the Canadian Academy, and found their way into the hearts of Canadians. The group of seven became ever more aware of the role they played towards art in Canada. They were like missionaries trying to convince the Canadian public of the need for national art. The group of seven fought hard to create a Canadian art tradition and established an environment of tolerance to new ideas. The group of seven, by popularizing the concept of an art founded on the Canadian landscape, gave Canadians a sense of national identity, and allowed Canadians to discover the beauty of their own country. For this particular reason "the members of the Group (of Seven) became the only important Canadian artists..."Skilled in the Impressionistic practices of painting outdoors directly from the natural world, the members of the Group of Seven set out from the disciplined, gentle landscapes of Impressionism
The Group of Seven explored and documented the wilds in a way that made the unpopulated landscape a part of every Canadian's heritage. "They were part of building pride in the beauty of the wilderness, reviving the Romantic tradition of the sublime in nature," says Megan Bice, a curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg. "Now it's become part of our identity. Their painting identifies the Canadian ideal, even though most of us live in cities". The dawn of the new nationalism or modernism in Canada began in every form. It was a movement of life and it was not restricted to schools of art or methods of painting. Since Canadian Confederation in 1867, Canada was involved in an era of re-evaluation in art, science, religion and life itself. This evaluation was slow, but it was necessary to develop a concept of national identity. Members of the Group of Seven consciously expressed this nationalistic philosophy in their paintings and many written articles. Arthu
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