About Arthur Lismer

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    Arthur Lismer RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OSA, SGA, LL.D (1885 - 1969)

    "An understanding of psychology, a touch for the maternal, and a capacity for looking at the world through the eyes of a child these are the marks of good guides and teachers."?(Arthur Lismer, 1948)

    As an immigrant from England, Arthur Lismer was fascinated by the Canadian landscape of rocks, pines, and expansive stretches of tumultuous water and sky. From 1920 he was a member of the Group of Seven*, painters who advocated a new Canadian art that expressed the spirit of the nation through its landscape. Throughout his life he was a dedicated painter and draftsman and visionary teacher.

    Lismer attended the Sheffield School of Art in the e...

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