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ewe weev ee meen eee, ENE FERAL, YEO. Aug. 18, 1976

--The Secretary of State for

Affairs, the
Honourable Allan J.
-MacEachen, announced
recently an international
tour of a major collection of
paintings by The Group of
Seven — Canadian Land-

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.Memichael Canadian
Collection, Kleinburg,
Ontario. Mr. Robert Mc-
Michael, C.M., founder and
curator of the gallery in
Kleinburg, will travel with
the exhibition to Scotland,
England and the U.S.S.R.
‘The tour is under the joint

‘ auspices of the Department

of External Affairs and the

Government of the Province
of Ontario, . with the
assistance of Air Canada.

In cooperation with the
Scottish Arts Council, the
Canadian paintings will be
shown at the Kelvin Grove
Art Gallery and Museum in
Glasgow from August 24 to
September 19, the Talbot
Rice Centre at Edinburgh
University from September
29 to October. 29 and at the
‘Aberdeen Art Gallery from
November 24 to ‘December
18. The Group -of Seven
collection .will then go to
London for display at the

- Canada House Art Gallery,

Trafalgar Square, from
January 11 to February 24.
The itinerary for the
U.S.S.R., to begin in March
and include two or three
major centres, will be an-

’ nounced at a later date.
- The collection is a study of ©
an art movement which had

its official beginnings nearly

' sixty years ago when seven

in U.K. & U.S.S.R.

artists exhibited together at
the Art Gallery of Toronto.

The original ‘Group of .

Seven” eventually included
10 landscape painters, and
the touring collection of
forty-four works includes
paintings by eight of them:
Tom Thomson, a catalyst

for the movement who |
drowned before the Group

was actually formed; Fran

Carmichael; A.J. Casson;
Lawren Harris; A.Y.
Jackson; -Frank Johnson;
Arthur Lismer; J.E.H.
MacDonald and F.H.
Varley. Only A.J. Casson is
alive today and maintaining
an active career as a painter
of 78 years of age. Although
they last exhibited together

in 1931, the painters of the -

Group remain the best
known exponents. of a

‘distinctively mationalist
movement in the history of.

Canadian art.

The McMichael Canadian
Collection began as the very
private country home of
Robert and Signe Mc-
Michael. They named their
retreat Tapawingo, an

‘Indian word for Place of
Joy, and it was destined to

become a place of joy for
hundreds of thousands of
visitors from throughout the
world. .

The young couple built
their home in 1954 on ten
acres of land -on the out-

‘skirts of Kleinburg, a small

village in southern Ontario.
Signe and Robert Mce-
Michael designed their

home with the display of

Canadian paintings and
artifacts firmly in ‘mind.

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Expert local craftsmen
constructed Tapawingo of
ancient hand-hewn Jogs and
handsome native field-
stone. The - natural
materials, the Canadiana
furnishings, the enormous
stone fireplaces together

with the vistas from the.

numerous windows combine
to present an encompassing
atmosphere of rare beauty
and serenity.
As “the interior of the,
McMichaels’ original home
was finished to. display
Canadian art in = an
imaginative manner, so the
exterior location and
structure were planned to fit
harmoniously into — the
landscape. The, McMichael
Gallery home stands in the
midst of a large nature
preserve frequented by

many bird ‘species together

with deer, fox, lynx. and
wolves. A rare stand of

virgin white pine flourishes .

surrounded by a_ wide

-variety of native Ontario

foliage. As the seasons
change, so do the forms
surrounding the gallery,

often echoing the shapes and
colours of the landscape.

paintings hanging within.

Shortly before the Mc-
Michaels
Tapawingo, they purchased
their first painting, the
Lawren Harris oil panel,
Montreal River, which is in

this exhibition. With their

next acquisition, Tom
Thomson's Pine Island, they
.seriously began their

collection of Canadian -

paintings by the. Group of
Seven, Thomson and their

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1962,
Tapawingo received
thousands of visitors who
had heard = of _ this
remarkable home and
collection and the Mc-

As early as .

Michaels’ cherished private:

country home rapidly
became a center for lovers
‘of Canadian art. In 1965,
Robert and Signe Mc-
Michael gave Tapawingo to
the people of the Province of
Ontario and preservation of
the Collection, the buildings
‘and unspoiled lands was
assured for present and
future generations. .

Over the years, splendid
additions have been made to
the building to ac-
commodate the growing

- collection and now there are

thirty galleries with floor to

the panoramic view of the
countryside. A dramatic
jndoor waterfall enhances
the remarkable setting of
this unique gallery. .
The Collection . has
enlarged over the years
from the McMichaels’
original interest.in the work
of Tom Thomson and the
Group of Seven into the art

of Emily Carr, David Milne,

J.W. Morrice, Clarence
‘(Gagnon and -other
significant ‘Canadian
painters. The early .years
saw the beginning of a
modest collection of native
Indian and Eskimo carvings

and now the Collection

embraces major displays of
their art and artifacts.

The McMichael Canadian
Collection has retained the
stamp and values of its

creators, Robert and Signe - oe
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ception as a small personal -
collection toa the eventual
growth to a‘major Canadian
museum. The ~ Gallery

- follows the concept that the

majority of the works of art
in its possession be on view

' -at all times; it is a per-

manent Canadian collec-
tion. To make the Collection
available to as many people
as possible, there has never

- been an admission fee. The

Gallery guides assist
visitors and provide in-
formation about the
Collection and in addition,

) ‘the education staff conducts

sessions for elementary
students through university
in subject areas relating to
the paintings, sculpture and
artifacts. The students
return with their families
and friends introducing
them to an experience they
obviously enjoyed.

Other Canadians have
joined the founders in
generously donating their
treasured works of art to the
McMichael Canadian
Collection and they have
assisted in making the.
Collection the symbol of
national art it has become
ovet the years.

The MeMichaels stress
that art is life, not a luxury
or esoteric frill and this
basic philosophy is reflected
in the enjoyment of hun-
dreds of thousands who visit
the McMichael Canadian

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- PAGE 9
In 1936, King George the
Sixth replaced George the

Fifth on the British throne.
He was the last monarch to
be portrayed on
Newfoundland coins. By the
time Queen Elizabeth the
Second was crowned,
Newfoundland had become
part of Canada.

During George VI’s reign,
the five cent pieces were
minted almost every year. .
From 1938 until 1944 the
fives were .925 fine silver;
between 1944 and 1947, the
silver content was reduced’.
to .800. ; .

Except for the portrait,
there was no. significant

alteration in the coin’s

appearance.