ARTS TOUR
SURREAL BEAUTY OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS & REAL LANDSCAPE. FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE GROUP OF SEVEN.
"See the inspiration for Canada's greatest artists up close in some of the country's wildest and most breathtaking landscapes.
This is the land that resonated so deeply in the hearts of the Group of Seven 100 years ago and that inspired their most iconic works for over a decade".
Entering Algoma Country
Inspired Tom Thomson’s View Over a Lake, Shore with Houses, (c. 1913, National Gallery of Canada)
Aubrey Falls Provincial Park, Ontario
a Moentsm of Algoma interpretive sign in the shape of an artist’s stool. Thomson’s brilliance as a landscape artist was influenced by a two-month canoe trip he took along the Mississagi River in 1912.
Agawa Canyon , Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie. The launching point for the Group’s rail journeys into Agawa Canyon between 1918 and 1922, several sites captured by the Group of Seven along the journey, including J. E. H. MacDonald’s Solemn Land and Frank Johnston's Distant Lake Superior.
Bridal Falls and Black Beaver Falls. Lawren Harris and J. E. H. MacDonald captured the light and shadows of these falls.
Art Gallery of Algoma. Permanent collection includes a limited number of Group of Seven sketches. And other related events.
J.E.H. MacDonald (1873 - 1932)
Algoma Waterfall 1920
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Algoma Waterfall 1920
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Chippewa Falls, a scene of Lake Superior, Ontario
A.Y. Jackson captured these rapids in the sketch Streambed, Lake Superior Country, c. 1955, now on display in the National Gallery of Canada.
A Y Jackson ( 1882-1974)
Stream Bed Lake Superior Country 1955
National Gallery of Canada
Agawa Bay,Ontario
The beautiful secne of Agawa Bay,
Agawa River and in the distance, Montreal River Harbour.
Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
Montreal Riverc. 1920
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Montreal Riverc. 1920
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Lake Superior Provincial Park (Wawa),Ontario
Shoreline, Wawa, Lake Superior (c. 1959, Hamilton Art Gallery) was painted by A.Y. Jackson from Sandy Beach Eco-Interpretive Park, Michipicoten Harbour, just south of Wawa.
Top of Superior
From Wawa towards Thunder Bay, you may entering “Harris Country”—as in Lawren Harris. Some call Harris the Group’s leader, planning trips and pushing to find new inspiration. This push took the artists along the rail line that runs across the north shore of Lake Superior and into communities such as Port Coldwell, Jackfish, and Rossport.
Lake Superior, Ontario
Marathon, Ontario
“The breathtaking scenery is ubiquitous; the towering rock fortresses, the trees, buffeted and bent by the wind, clinging tenaciously to the glacially scoured rock and the light, the shimmering, silvery light of Superior, bathing the region in its aura," enthuses Burtch.
The Marathon area offers a few trail options to get you close to the water and land views that the artists saw. Trek along from Pukaskwa National Park to Pic River, part of the Voyageur Trail. Hike Marathon to Sturdee Cove, the area that inspired Harris to create Afternoon Sun, North Shore, Lake Superior in 1924.
Marathon District Museum and Historical Society to see local stories and photographs related to the Group.
Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
Afternoon Sun, Lake Superior1924
National Gallery of Canada
Jackfish Lake, Ontario
Jackfish Lake, where A. Y. Jackson painted Jackfish Lake (1924, National Gallery of Canada).
A. Y. Jackson
Jackfish Lake 1924
National Gallery of Canada
Neys Provincial Park
Neys Provincial Park, Ontario
Lawren Harris and the Group of Seven returned to this area for many years. Some of Harris’s most compelling works were created here, including Above Lake Superior (1922), Pic Island (1924), North Shore Lake Superior (c. 1926, ) and Pic Island (c. 1934, National Gallery of Canada),etc.
Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
The Ice House 1923
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
The Ice House 1923
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
Above Lake Superior 1922
Above Lake Superior 1922
National Gallery of Canada
Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
North Shore Lake Superior 1926
National Gallery of Canada
Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
Pic Island 1924
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Pic Island 1924
McMichael Canadian Art Collection