Sunlit Isle
Description
- Creator
- Casson, Alfred Joseph, Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Drawings
- Paintings
- Prints
- Description
- Lithograph on paper
- Notes
- Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson, born in Toronto in 1898, is best known for being the youngest member of the Group of Seven. After studying art in Hamilton and Toronto from 1913-1917, Casson was employed at a Toronto commercial art firm as an apprentice to Franklin Carmichael. Carmichael, an original member of the Group of Seven, introduced Casson to the other members of the Group and was a great artistic influence on Casson. Both Casson and Carmichael are credited with the revival of watercolour painting in art communities via their creation of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1926, Casson was invited to join the Group, replacing Franz Johnston. The Group had moved from exclusively painting landscapes to include urban landscapes and this is where Casson flourished, depicting villages and small towns in his work.
- Inscriptions
- 113/130 (bl)
- Date of Publication
- 1980
- Dimensions
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Width: 30 cm
Height: 30 cm
- Personal Name(s)
- Casson, Alfred Joseph
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- McLaughlin Branch - Corporate Services Office
- Terms of Use
- please credit Oshawa Public Libraries, Local History Collection
- Contact
- Oshawa Public LibrariesEmail:nadams@oshawalibrary.on.ca
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