Arthur Lismer

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Arthur Lismer was a British-born Canadian painter and educator best known for his expressive landscapes and as a founding member of Canada’s influential Group of Seven art movement.

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instanceOf educator
member of the Group of Seven
painter
person
awardReceived Order of Canada
birthCountry United Kingdom
birthDate 1885-06-27
birthPlace Sheffield, England
linked to: Sheffield
colleague A. J. Casson
A. Y. Jackson
Frank Johnston
Franklin Carmichael
Frederick Varley
J. E. H. MacDonald
Lawren Harris
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United Kingdom
deathDate 1969-03-23
deathPlace Montreal, Quebec, Canada
educatedAt Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts
Sheffield School of Art
employer Art Association of Montreal
Grip Ltd.
Royal Ontario Museum
familyName Lismer
fieldOfWork art education
painting
genre landscape art
givenName Arthur
honorificSuffix CC
influenced Canadian landscape painting
memberOf Group of Seven
movedTo Canada
movement Canadian modernism
Group of Seven
name Arthur Lismer
nationality British-born Canadian
notableFor expressive landscape paintings
founding member of the Group of Seven
notableWork A September Gale, Georgian Bay
Bright Land
Isles of Spruce
Nova Scotia Fishing Village
placeOfBurial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
positionHeld educational supervisor at the Art Association of Montreal
principal of the Victoria School of Art and Design
vice-principal of the Ontario College of Art
spouse Estelle M. Thompson
workLocation Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
linked to: Toronto
yearOfMove 1911

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Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer
subject linked to: Group of Seven painters
Group of Seven foundedBy Arthur Lismer
subject linked to: Group of Seven painters
J. E. H. MacDonald associatedWith Arthur Lismer
Arthur Lismer name Arthur Lismer
Frederick Varley associatedWith Arthur Lismer
F. H. Varley associatedWith Arthur Lismer