Alfred Joseph Casson was known for his watercolor paintings of small communities in southern and central Ontario, Canada. He was one of the members of the Group of Seven, active in the 1920s. He was... Read full biography
Alfred Joseph Casson was known for his watercolor paintings of small communities in southern and central Ontario, Canada. He was one of the members of the Group of Seven, active in the 1920s. He was born in 1898 in Toronto, Ontario but grew up in Guelph and attended school in Hamilton. He first saw... Read full biography
Alfred Joseph Casson was known for his watercolor paintings of small communities in southern and central Ontario, Canada. He was one of the members of the Group of Seven, active in the 1920s. He was born in 1898 in Toronto, Ontario but grew up in Guelph and attended school in Hamilton. He first saw the artwork of the unformed Group of Seven when he and his family had returned to Toronto in 1916. He enrolled in art classes at the Central Technical School and worked as a freelance commercial... Read full biography
Alfred Joseph Casson was known for his watercolor paintings of small communities in southern and central Ontario, Canada. He was one of the members of the Group of Seven, active in the 1920s. He was born in 1898 in Toronto, Ontario but grew up in Guelph and attended school in Hamilton. He first saw the artwork of the unformed Group of Seven when he and his family had returned to Toronto in 1916. He enrolled in art classes at the Central Technical School and worked as a freelance commercial designer. At the commercial art firm of Rous and Mann, Casson worked under the guidance of Franklin Carmichael. Casson learned typography and graphics from Carmichael, and the two often took sketching trips together around Toronto. Already an... Read full biography
Alfred Joseph Casson was known for his watercolor paintings of small communities in southern and central Ontario, Canada. He was one of the members of the Group of Seven, active in the 1920s. He was born in 1898 in Toronto, Ontario but grew up in Guelph and attended school in Hamilton. He first saw the artwork of the unformed Group of Seven when he and his family had returned to Toronto in 1916. He enrolled in art classes at the Central Technical School and worked as a freelance commercial designer. At the commercial art firm of Rous and Mann, Casson worked under the guidance of Franklin Carmichael. Casson learned typography and graphics from Carmichael, and the two often took sketching trips together around Toronto. Already an accomplished landscape painter, he was soon introduced to the rest of the members of the Group of Seven.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (31)
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Who Killed Tom Thomson:
2018
Little, John
409 pages
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Group of Seven in Western Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Glenbow Museum
208 pages (color)
1953
2003
Holubizky, Ihor and Robert McKaskell
94 pages (color)
Vancouver Collects (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Thom, Ian et al
159 pages (color)
The History of the Guild Inn
2000
Lidgold, Carole M
335 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Massanoga: The Art of Bon Echo
1998
Stacey, Robert and Stan McMullin
101 pages (color)
Canada From Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
1996
Davies, David Twiston
200 pages (color)
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Charles C
374 pages (color)
Sunday Morning With Cass: Conversations with A.J. Casson
1993
Herriott, Ted
252 pages (color)
Collective Efforts: 50 Years of Intentionality
1992
Shaw, Catherine Elliot
59 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Climbing the Cold White Peaks: A Survey of Artists in and from Hamilton, 1910-1950
1986
MacCuaig, Stuart
224 pages
One Man's Obsession
1986
McMichael, Robert
410 pages
Murals from a Great Canadian Train
1986
Thom, Ian
191 pages (color)
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
A. J. Casson: His Life and Works, A Tribute
1980
Duval, Paul
285 pages (color)
Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, 1973-1976 (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1977
Phillips, Carol A.
36 pages
From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape
1977
Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole
159 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
The McMichael Conservation Collection of Canadian Art
1967
Duval, Paul
96 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1967
National Gallery of Canada
32 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the 'Canadian Group of Painters'
1936
Lismer, Arthur
12 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index