Arthur Lismer

Arthur Lismer (Known as "Arthur Lismer")

Group of Seven Painter, WWI Dazzle-Camouflage Artist, Art Educator

Born Jun 27, 1885

Sheffield (Yorkshire), Great Britain

Passed Away Mar 23, 1969 Montreal, Canada

Lifespan 83 years old

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"Art is not a luxury for the few, but the natural birthright of every growing child."

Archival Overview

English-born founding member of the Group of Seven who painted dramatic dazzle-camouflage troopships in Halifax during WWI and founded the Montreal Children's Art Centre.

Biographical Record

Trained at the Sheffield School of Art and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp, Lismer immigrated to Toronto in 1911. During WWI, as president of the Victoria School of Art in Halifax, he painted monumental canvases of Allied naval ships painted in geometric dazzle-camouflage.

A founding member of the Group of Seven in 1920, Lismer painted raw, expressive canvases of Georgian Bay, notably A September Gale (1921). An internationally celebrated art educator, he pioneered progressive children's art education at the Art Gallery of Toronto and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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McMichael Canadian Art Collection Grounds
Kleinburg (Vaughan, Ontario), Canada

                         GPS: 43.8333, -79.6167                    

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