A. Y. Jackson
1882
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1974
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: landscape art
country of citizenship: Canada
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Académie Julian
occupation: painter
award received: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, Companion of the Order of Canada, Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, honorary doctorate from Carleton University, Honorary doctorate from Queen's University, honorary doctorate from McMaster University
influenced by: Tom Thomson, French Impressionism, Edvard Munch
Alexander Young Jackson LL. D. (October 3, 1882 – April 5, 1974) was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was instrumental in bringing together the artists of Montreal and Toronto. In addition to his work with the Group of Seven, his long career included serving as a war artist during World War I (1917–19) and teaching at the Banff School of Fine Arts, from 1943 to 1949. In his later years he was artist-in-residence at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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