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A. Y. Jackson: Nature Untamed

08 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canadian wilderness

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A.Y. Jackson, art, Canada, Canadian wilderness, Group of Seven, Toronto

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Grey Day, Laurentians by A. Y. Jackson, 1928 (Photo credit: wikiart.org)

It is still summer in Sherbrooke. In fact, summer did not begin until late July, if not later. Yet, we will soon be fascinated by autumn’s palette of colours: shades of red, yellow, purple, burgundy: a study in vibrant colours. This type of scenery was depicted by members of the Group of Seven (see Group of Seven, Canadian Encyclopedia). And so was winter. Above is A. Y. Jackson’s Red Maple (1914), an early painting, but most of the paintings I am showing are winter landscapes depicting Quebec. Jackson was born in Montreal, and it would appear we all belong to the land of our youth.

The Red Maple by A. Y. Jackson, 1914 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Red Maple by A. Y. Jackson, 1914 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Alexander Young Jackson

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  • Chicago
  • Paris

Born and raised in Montréal, A.Y. Jackson CC CMG (October 3, 1882 – April 5, 1974) first apprenticed taking evening classes at the Monument-National and the Conseil des arts et manufactures (Internet Archive) under Edmond Dyonnet (1896-99). He then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1906-07) and at the Académie Julian in Paris, under Jean-Paul Laurens (1907). He joined the Étapes art colony, a productive stage in his career. One of his paintings, “Paysage embrumé,” was accepted by the Paris Salon.

Therefore, A. Y. Jackson was an unlikely member of the Group of Seven, of which he was a founding member all of whom portrayed Canada’s wilderness. Matters changed, when Jackson exhibited his Edge of the Maple Wood (1910), shown below. The painting drew the attention of the Group of Seven’s only wealthy member, Lawren Harris, who purchased it. Jackson could not earn a living in Montreal.

Saint-Tite-des-Caps by A. Y. Jackson (Photo credit: Google Images
Saint-Tite-des-Caps by A. Y. Jackson (Photo credit: Google Images
Barns by A. Y. Jackson (Photo credit: wikiart.org)
Barns by A. Y. Jackson (Photo credit: wikiart.org)
A Quebec Village (Photo credit: Heffel Gallery)
A Quebec Village (Photo credit: Heffel Gallery)

The Group of Seven

Recognition worked its magic and induced A. Y. Jackson to move to Toronto where he first shared a studio with Tom Tompson (Canadian Encyclopedia), the artist featured in my last post.

“Jackson taught Thomson aspects of technique, especially colour, while Thomson taught Jackson about the Canadian wilderness (see A. Y. Jackson, Canadian Encyclopedia).”

Jackson visited Algonguin Park, where Thomson built his cabin, loved its scenery and  chose to be a landscape artist. He also went west, to the Rocky Mountains, but by and large, he worked in Ontario areas associated with the Group of Seven such as Algonguin Park, the Algoma district, Georgian Bay and the North Shore (Lake Superior), etc. But Jackson also painted Quebec.

Career …

A. Y. Jackson was a war artist (1917-1919). He taught at the Ontario College of Art, the current Ontario College of Art and Design and the Banff School of Fine Arts (1943-1949). Later, he was artist-in-residence at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario, where he died at the age of 91.

Members of the Group of Seven were Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston (replaced by A. J. Casson), Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. Macdonald and F. H. Varley. The group was formerly established in 1924 and 1925, but had held its first exhibition in 1920 at the Art Gallery of Toronto, now the Art Gallery of Ontario.

The video we will view shows Tom Thompson, the Group’s precursor, as well as Emily Carr and David Milne, celebrated artists who also loved nature untamed.

My kindest regards to all of you. ♥

Sources and Resources

  • Group of Seven
    http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/canadian/The-Group-of-Seven.html
  • Emily Carr
    http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/canadian/Emily-Carr.html
  • Conseil des arts et manufactures de la province de Québec (Internet Archive)
    https://archive.org/details/cihm_54407
The Edge of the Maple Wood by A. Y. Jackson, 1910 (Photo credit: wikiart.org)

The Edge of the Maple Wood by A. Y. Jackson, 1910 (Photo credit: wikiart.org)

Maple Wood

Maple Wood, Algoma by A. Y. Jackson, 1920 (Courtesy the Canadian Encyclopedia and the NGC)

The Group of Seven, David Milne and Emily Carr
Jane Coop plays Claude Debussy‘s “Clair de Lune”

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The Versatile Blogger: the Rules

10 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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A. J. Casson artist, André Gagnon, Group of Seven, Nelligan poet, Nominees, Rules

 
A. J. Casson

A. J. Casson (Photo credit: the National Gallery of Canada)

Dear Colleagues,

As I wrote yesterday, I am not requiring people whose schedule does not allow further activities to follow rules.

However, I was remiss in not providing the rules, as you may wish to take advantage of this opportunity to nominate colleagues. It was a pleasure for me to do so. In fact, I would have liked to nominate more of my colleagues, but followed the rules.

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The Rules

The rules are simple. In theory, you are expected

  • to nominate 15 colleagues;
  • to notify these colleagues;
  • to provide the rules;
  • to insert a link to my blog: http://michelinewalker.com

Allow me to thank Mr. Andrés Cifuentes once again. His website is very informative and interesting. It allows me to read posts written in Spanish. I once worked in Spanish exporting flour from Canada to Latin America. My task was to acknowledge receipt of an order, to place the order, and to make sure the order was shipped from a North-American port. In other words, once a customer had placed an order, I looked after the details.

Four months later, I returned to University. It had been a summer job. We worked on the docks in Vancouver and whenever a ship came, we socialized with the Captain and his crew. They always prepared a dinner for us. It was very pleasant. We were a team of four and we never spoke of word of English. I then took courses in Spanish literature.

Two of my nominees are specialists, but in areas that combine expertise in at least two fields.

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March Morning, A. J. Casson

André Gagnon plays his Nelligan


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The Versatile Blogger

10 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Music, Sharing

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A. J. Casson, Andres Cifuentes, Canadian Fiddler, Delphiniums, Group of Seven, Jean Carignan, Versatile Blogger Nomination, Yehudi Menuhin

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Delphiniums, A. J. Casson

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I wish to thank WordPress author Andrés Cifuentes for nominating me for the above prize. I am most thankful for this nomination. I have discovered little treasures on Mr. Andrés’ site, a site he shares with colleagues.

There are rules attached to premios (prizes) one of which is to nominate other colleagues. Whom does one chose? Every text unveils a vision that is both unique and universal.

I will nominate persons whose posts I follow, or try to. However, I will not ask that you to nominate anyone for this prize unless you wish to do so. Some of you haven’t the time to nominate 15 colleagues. I hope I am not offending Mr. Cifuentes. Days go by at an alarming rate.

I had a birthday in July, on the same day of the month as Jean de La Fontaine. He will live forever in the fables to which he imparted eternity. As for me, on that particular birthday, I realized that my life was a peau de chagrin (shrinking shagreen).

—ooo—

The painting featured above is by A. J. Casson, a Canadian artist who was a member of the Group of Seven.

At the foot of this post, I have inserted a video showing Yehudi Menuhin playing the violin with his friend French-Canadian fiddler Jean Carignan. You will notice that Canadian fiddlers have been influenced by the music of Ireland and Scotland. The belt worn by Jean Carignan is the traditional ceinture fléchée, a belt with arrows. The music was composed by Québec composer André Gagnon. It is not a very good recording, but the event is memorable.

My nominees are:
 
Aquileana
Lino Althaner
AshiAkira
Naomi Baltuck
Bite Size Canada
Colltales 
Gallivanta
Hands on Bowie
Kaligrafi Nusantara
Barbaramonier
yvonprefontaine
Antonio de Simone
Stefania 
Mélanie Toulouse
Unclerave
 
 

My best regards to all of you.

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The Voyageur Posts

09 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Canada, History

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Group of Seven, Hudson Bay Company, John Jacob Astor, voyageur, WordPress

The Old Willow*
A. J. Casson
c. 1919-1920

*linocut on japan paper
The National Gallery of Canada
A. J. Casson (May 17, 1898 – February 20, 1992)
Group of Seven
 

This list has been compiled for persons interested in the voyageurs who transported fur, in birch bark canoes, for a bourgeois, the Hudson Bay Company (incorporated in 1670), the North West Company, headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821 (the two merged), John Jacob Astor‘s American Fur Company, established on April 6, 1810, in New York and Astor’s Pacific Fur Company, founded on June 23, 1810, in New York. Its headquarter was Fort Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River.

The voyageurs were French Canadians who retired near Winnipeg (the Red River settlement) and in Minnesota. Very few returned to Quebec.

When they no longer transported fur, the voyageurs, many of whom were métis, and Amerindians took explorers all the way to the Pacific Coast. Many spoke Amerindian languages and those hired to transport fur were good singers. It was a requirement.

They opened up the a large part of Western North America, but mostly, Northwestern America, on both sides of the 49th parallel. They named several rivers and forts that became cities: Fort Edmonton, Fort Vancouver…

The voyageurs have been immortalized by Grace Lee Nute, the author of The Voyageur, published in 1931 by D. Appleton and Company and reprinted in 1955 by the Minnesota Historical Society. Grace Lee Nute’s The Voyageur has been available in paperback, since 1987.  

THE VOYAGEURS

In these fairylike boats… 
The Singing Voyageurs
The Voyageur Mythified
The Voyageur from Sea to Sea 
John Jacob Astor & the Voyageur as Settler and Explorer         
The Voyageur & his Canoe
The Voyageurs & their Employers
The Voyageurs: hommes engagés ← (start)
 

These posts are my intellectual property. Persons quoting or otherwise using this material may not do so without naming their source.

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8 August 2012
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A. J. Casson & Timeless Memories

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Antigonish, Antigonish Nova Scotia, Canada, Group of Seven, J. Casson, Nova Scotia, Songs Without Words, WordPress

A.J. Casson, LL.D, R.C.A. (1898-1992)
Still Life, 1937
 
I had never seen this particular Casson: an indoors Casson resembling an indoors Micheline.  I enjoy life indoors, but would love to have conservatory: a green house.
 
Occasionally, I do go out carrying my camera in the hope of finding beautiful landscapes.  I then return home and paint.  There is a degree of resemblance between what I am painting and what is on the photograph, but my eyes seem to process and recreate what I am seeing.   
 
When I lived in Nova Scotia, once a week, I would join a group of artists, my friends.  First, we shared a glass of wine and then we started to draw the model we had hired for the evening.  To begin with, we drew very quickly: no more than a few minutes, but we graduated to longer sessions.  We were of course drawing the model from different angles, but we would compare our drawings and each artist had his or her style, whatever the angle.   
 
These artists were kind to me.  I was a self-taught artist except for a few lessons on how to do watercolours and etchings.  My preparation was otherwise academic.  What I knew was the history of art.  However, my artist friends, some of whom were professional artists, provided little suggestions that went a long way.  It was a form of apprenticeship.
 
The little tips helped, but in the end artists show their vision of the world and of the multitude of little objects that surround them and may have surrounded them a life time.
 
By the way, have you read Colltales on Elvis Presley:  http://colltales.com/?  What an article.
 
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Big, Rhythmic Things: the Art of Paul Price

03 Thursday May 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Canada, Group of Seven, landscapes, Newfoundland & Labrador, Paint, Paul Price, Velveteen Rabbit, Visual Arts

  
“The Oregon Cost,” by Paul Price
Bayberry Hill Studio and Gallery
(please click on the paintings to enlarge them)
 

I was just browsing the internet in search of sites that feature artists who have guided my own short career as an artist. Anna Syperek gave me the encouragement that led me to take paintings to Lygthesome Gallery. However, one day, I decided to show some of my paintings to Dr Price, my ophthalmologist and an artist. Well, he also made several helpful comments.

In an online interview, Paul stated the following:

I like to paint big, rhythmic things. I like bold colours – like that poem, like the landscape itself – something that people can’t walk past. I don’t want them to be able to walk past.

Paul Price

He lengthens the days, the weeks, the months… 

Paul has a profession. It must be difficult for him to find the time and energy to paint. Yet very few artists are more devoted to their art than Paul, and very few are more productive. Dr Price lengthens the days, weeks and months to produce yet another beautiful Canadian painting.

Back to animism

However, although he seems to have been influenced by the Group of Seven, Paul Price does not paint Algonkian landscapes. He paints Newfoundland and Labrador, but not Newfoundland and Labrador as they are. Paul paints Newfoundland and Labrador as he sees them. His landscapes and seascapes are conditioned by a personal vision visited upon landscapes and seascapes. His paintings are not simply representational, but re-presentational, as I used the term in my recent blog on “The Velveteen Rabbit and animism.”  Paul’s paintings reveal a creative mind.

* * *

In Antigonish, Paul lived in a very large old house, perhaps a former inn or auberge, located by the ocean. I never walked down to the beach side of his property, but I would presume, a sailboat was at the ready. But he came to my “dinners,” and I remember his pouring me a glass of wine so I would sit at my piano and play my very own “songs without words.”

Paul’s biography is on websites that feature painting: oils, watercolours, prints, etc. from his abundant collection.  Paul is very eclectic.  In fact, he does not always paint landscapes.  Moreover, the works of other artists are exhibited in his Gallery.

I may never see Paul again, but I wish to salute a gentleman who has already stretched his life beyond the years afforded him by destiny.

My love to Paul and my love to my readers.

“Belkers Woods,” by Paul Price

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Op 19 No. 1 Andante con moto Sweet rememberances 
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On Making Mistakes

24 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Sharing, Uncategorized

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Canada, Group of Seven, Lount, Quebec, Rebellions of 1837, William Lyon MacKenzie, WordPress

 

March Morning, by A. J. Casson
A. J. Casson (Group of Seven)
Photo Credit: Group of Seven Art
 

If I am tired, I make mistakes.  There are days when I should not get out of bed for fear of having a car accidents or pushing the wrong button.  Well, I just trashed my last post, but WordPress features a restore application.  So, it has been published again.  This is unforgivable, but it is, alas, all too human.   

To continue the story, yesterday I was tired yet writing a post on what constitutes for me a sensitive subject: the linguistic kerfuffles of my beloved Canada.

I was born to a French-Irish family (on my father’s side) and, although French is my mother tongue, I speak the two languages of my country and other languages.  In fact, I have developed the ability to figure out the meaning of so-called foreign words. 

But let me go back to my original story: making mistakes.  If the subject is a sensitive issue, I make spelling errors, I repeat what has already been said.  I displace letters, i.e. “sacred” become “scared” and mais (French for “but”) becomes amis or sami or masi, etc. 

So, I don’t know how I managed to publish my post.  Yet, I think it is important for people to know how we got from the past to the present and a lot of people cannot afford an education. 

At any rate, the linguistic malaise in Quebec is, to a large extent, an inherited burden.  The Rebellions of 1837 are indeed a key moment not only in the growth of responsible government, but also in the growth of certain less-than-perfect movements.  I know people who believe that the patriotes (Fr) and patriots (En) are patriotes. 

In their eyes, there never was a William Lyon Mackenzie who had to go into hiding longer than any other rebel.  Nor was there a Lount, a Matthews or a Doan who were hanged because they were patriots and not by French-speaking Canadians.  It’s perturbing. 

Then I hear the other side.  Yes, little John was at Bishop’s, in Lennoxville, Quebec for four years and never had to use a word of French “which is how it should be.”  That too is rather perturbing.  I spent most of my life outside Quebec and to buy a loaf of bread, I had to call it a loaf of bread.  Not that little John should have known the word pain.  There is nothing wrong with being unilingual.  But in order for little John to get his bread in English from a French-speaking person, that person had to know English.

Again, there is nothing wrong with being unilingual, but is it necessary to boast about it and to say that this is how it should be?   By what standard may I ask? 

So now you know why, whenever this subject comes up (i.e, bilingual Canada), I forget to feed the cat, who fortunately has a powerful language of his own and returns me to my senses, but I also lose, temporarily, my ability to concentrate.  So, will you please forgive me for making mistakes.

I will end this frivolous post by telling you a little story.  Once, “qualified” (they were members of the union) Ottawa translators who were preparing documents that would be distributed to persons participating in a summit, yes a summit, translated “pool of secretaries” so correctly that they wrote “piscine (swimming-pool) de secrétaires.”  It’s a slippery subject.  The moral of that story is that if you want a document translated, ask a bilingual person to do the job. 

      

A.J. Casson Medal,

Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) 

 

23 Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 5. Allegro in A minor ‘Folk-Song’, Daniel Baremboim (piano)  (Please click on the title to hear the music) 

 

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Casson’s Swirling Pine and Beethoven’s “Kreutzer”

16 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Music

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Canada, Franklin Carmichael, Frederick Varley, Group of Seven, J. E. H. MacDonald, Lawren Harris, Tom Thomson

White Pine Art Print

 A. J. Casson: White Pine

This painting is almost as beloved of Canadians as Tom Thomson‘s Jack Pine and The West Wind.  At the very top of the list is Tom Tomson’s Jack Pine, but Casson’s has its own swirdling flow.

Alfred Joseph Casson (May 17, 1898 – February 20, 1992) was a member of the Group of Seven and the Group of Seven remains the most important group of artists Canada has known.  However, I do not think Québécois would relate to these paintings in as visceral a way as do other Canadians, but outside Quebec, they are considered a national treasure: emblems.

Unlike Tom Tomson, A. J. Casson actually belonged to the Group.  He was introduced to its members by Franklin Carmichael.  Members of the original Group of Seven are Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), Lawren Harris (1885–1970), A. Y. Jackson (1882–1972), Frank Johnston (1888–1949), Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932), and Frederick Varley (1881–1969).

From time to time, I will feature a member of the group.  Having described a defining rebellion in Canada, it is time I returned to gentler shores and cozy interiors.

 
Sonata for violin and piano № 9 ‘Kreutzer’ A-dur op. 47,
Walter Gieseking (piano)
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Tom Thomson’s The West Wind

14 Saturday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada, Grey Day, Group of Seven, Jack Pine, Songs Without Words, Tom Thomson, West Wind

The West Wind by Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson’s The West Wind (1917) also constitutes a powerful symbol of Canada.  In this respect, it stands next to The Jack Pine.  Tom Thomson loved the North and lived in Algonquin Park.  But both The Jack Pine and The West Wind  express solitude.  Nature encloses man, but man nevertheless stands alone.

14. Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38- No. 2. Allegro non troppo in C minor

Today I am featuring Tom Thomson’s The West Wind as I continue to investigate the 1837-1838 Rebellions, which took place in both Canadas. The Rebellions of 1837-1938 constitute so defining a moment in Canadian history that I need to research these events very carefully.

Please enjoy The West Wind.  Tom Thomson was associated with the Group of Seven‘s art and the Group of Seven’s art is a monument to Canada’s history.

My musical offering for today is Lied number 14 of Mendelssohn’s 49 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words).  It is played by Daniel Barenboim.

I chose the fourteenth Lied to mark an anniversary.  A hundred years ago, on April 14, 1912, the seemingly invincible Titanic sank, reaping the lives of some 1,500 of its passengers.  Ironically, Mendelssohn’s Lied is entitled Lost Happiness.

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Tom Thomson’s Jack Pine

13 Friday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Canada, Canadian, Emily Carr, Grey Day, Group of Seven, Jack Pine, Painting, Tom Thomson

Jack Pine

The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson (1916-1917)
A maple leaf adorns the Canadian flag.  However, the painting to the left, Thomas John Thomson’s The Jack Pine and The West Wind, to be featured in a future blog, constitute powerful symbols of Canada.

13. Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 1. Con moto in E flat (please click on the title to hear the music)

Tom Thomson (b at Claremont, Ont 5 Aug 1877; d at Canoe Lk, Ont 8 July 1917) was not a member of the Group of Seven, arguably the most famous group of Canadian artists, but he is associated with the group, as is Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) who worked on the West Coast. 

Tom Thomson died at the age of forty, in somewhat mysterious circumstances, and he did not leave a large number of paintings for posterity to enjoy, but the Jack Pine, above, and the West Wind are iconic.  Canada has changed, but when Canadians think of Canada, they remember the Jack Pine. 

 

Tom Thomson, artist
With his instinctive technical abilities and his intense love of the North, Thomson had all the elements necessary to become a great painter (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-17399). The Canadian Encyclopedia                              

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