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TORONTO {CP} -~ “For
pure - enjoyment,

painter of Canada

That tribute was paid A.

- Y¥, Jackson in 1942 by Arthur -

Lismer, 4 fellow-member of
“the Group of: Seven.
Jackson was‘then 62, an

.age when many. men might °

: be ready to lay down their

brushes and bask in the

‘ fame and recognition he had

. this
technicolor is a: master." .

att an .

” But Jackson, the cen--
tennial. of whese..birth is
being. ,marked this, year,
went.an painting,for another
quarter-century until .a
stroke, dulled his abilities in

, spending, his. last years
. living, with. friends and
‘relatives, and . at
McMichael °,.

the
‘Canadian -
Collection- in, Kleinburg, -
northwest pf Toronto. ~

original memburs of the
Group of Seven and the
group itself. It disbanded in
the early 1930s after setting
a style. and. goal ‘for
Canadian painting inspired

by Tom, Thomson: To depict -
the Canadian landscape in.
“dicE. H. .MaeDonald,

all its: color,’ vastness and

‘virginity,
' Jaékson became the most a
-consistent’:. follawer of

“Thomson, painting -the-

. Franz) *
Frederic ‘Varley - — “went. °

‘vivid coloration and myriad
aspects. Any human
habitation was almost
secondary to his subject
matter,

:Many believe. that -after
“the 1930s, members of the
‘Group — Jackson, -Lismer,

“Lawren'8, Harris, Franklin
Carmichael, . Frank:
Johnston ~

(or,
-and. .

series, which opened at the
Toronto gallery May 15 and
continues to June 27. It goes

to the Glenbow. Museum in

Calgary from ‘mid-July to
early September;

Also marking the Jackson
‘centennial, the McMichael
gallery opens‘an exhibition ~

June 15. called A. Y.,
;Sackson, the: Man and his

Art: The First50 Years. The
75 oils and: drawings, ‘all:

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-. Wyndham » Lewis,
’ British’ writer ‘and artist

‘wrote 'In 1946, “They are
‘going - abstract:. and ..pot-.
- tering with new techniques. :

the

who was a friend in-Toronto.
in the early. 1940s. (until

' Jackson grew ‘tired of him

‘and. ‘his -
compared
favorably with Vincent van.

borrowings), °

’ Gogh. in France and J. M.

Ww. Turner in England.
Reid has -

compared:

‘Jackson —

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“canvases from four regions -

4

; History.

ry og? aan “y Jackson's. niece,..Nagmi..
Fa dN eine 0°

© Tordnto ‘and™ Montreal. in

: amounts '

. of the country that attracted

Jackson the . most: —:
“Quebec, Ontario, Alberta .
andthe” North. ‘Each

displays the same kind of
brushwork, and much. the
same composition, but each."
“shows that he has isolated ©
the unique rhythm of each
“place.” |

“Travel was essential to
him, "Reid said in an-in-
_terview. ~ “He
almost’ dependent on it. for
‘that kick ‘of inspiration he
‘gol fromthe landscape."*

« Jackson never married, |
He. did’ not owa property. ~

until Jate in‘ life “when he

bought -smail. bushlots on.,-

which to build cabin: studios.
near Ottawa and on’ ‘the
orth’ ‘shore. of - Lake
Superior. :

Reid, who is the author of” _

‘ what has become a ‘stan-

‘dard textbook on‘Canadian -

art, the ourore Concise
Painting, ‘said. the feeling
- that the quallty of Jackson's
Jater - works declined.
, almost lo
prejudice.’ Certainly, it’s
-Pretjudgment, -

id think Jackson changed ©"
the least of all (The Group

“éhange goés. on,-his” work °
becoming..." increasingly ©
. personal, and,’ I. ‘think, in- ..

became |

‘Canadian: woe

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~-—of-—Seven )- ~ Certainly the ~

- creasingly intem$O;--—— ~~ gr,

“Rut ofall the painters,
“he was. the: closest to -
_ Thomson. ‘He ~showed “an
incrediblée~ perception: of
color,.; éxactness ~ and™
_ richness in’ his sketches. ”

Reid : worked - with.

Jackson: -Groves,. ;
assembling the Art Gallery:

:of Ontario. exhibition and me |

_ writing the cataligue for: it.

nee TY

. He: mentions at. least two"
- lmown paintings by Jackson

“ whieh’ “haye ‘disappeared’ — >

‘either later destroyed by the~

artist’ or. sold: without. a!

.” record being’ ‘kept. One was:
‘The, Great: ‘Lone Lands,
: Eldorada,. ‘exhibited: -

. 1989 and, .

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