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1882 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 1974 Kleinberg, Vaughan, Canada. Known for: Landscape and marine painting.
Alexander Young Jackson was best known as one of the members of the Group of Seven, the famous group of Canadian modernist painters. Born in Montreal, he started working at age twelve after his... Read full biography
Alexander Young Jackson was best known as one of the members of the Group of Seven, the famous group of Canadian modernist painters. Born in Montreal, he started working at age twelve after his father abandoned the family of six children. The young Jackson went to work as an office boy for a... Read full biography
Alexander Young Jackson was best known as one of the members of the Group of Seven, the famous group of Canadian modernist painters. Born in Montreal, he started working at age twelve after his father abandoned the family of six children. The young Jackson went to work as an office boy for a Montreal printing company, where he received his earliest training. In 1906, he attended art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. One year later Jackson traveled to Europe on a cattle boat, remaining in... Read full biography
Alexander Young Jackson was best known as one of the members of the Group of Seven, the famous group of Canadian modernist painters. Born in Montreal, he started working at age twelve after his father abandoned the family of six children. The young Jackson went to work as an office boy for a Montreal printing company, where he received his earliest training. In 1906, he attended art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. One year later Jackson traveled to Europe on a cattle boat, remaining in Paris to study at the Academie Julian until 1912. He decided to become a professional painter after studying Impressionism in Paris. He returned to Canada and settled in Montreal. He often took sketching and painting trips to the near by... Read full biography
Alexander Young Jackson was best known as one of the members of the Group of Seven, the famous group of Canadian modernist painters. Born in Montreal, he started working at age twelve after his father abandoned the family of six children. The young Jackson went to work as an office boy for a Montreal printing company, where he received his earliest training. In 1906, he attended art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. One year later Jackson traveled to Europe on a cattle boat, remaining in Paris to study at the Academie Julian until 1912. He decided to become a professional painter after studying Impressionism in Paris. He returned to Canada and settled in Montreal. He often took sketching and painting trips to the near by countryside. Back in Toronto, an artist by the name of J.E.H. MacDonald contacted Jackson about a painting he had seen ear... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Totem Poles, Haida First Nations Culture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
- •Italy Before World War I
Art Association
- •Beaver Hall Group, Quebec
- •Group of Seven-Canadian
- •Pen and Pencil Club of Montreal
- •The Arts Club, Montreal Arts Club
Art Teacher
- •William Brymner
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Jessie Dow Prize, Montreal Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Studio Building, Toronto-Resident
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Canadian Art Galleries
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
- •Watson Art Galleries, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Beaver Hall Hill Group
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •The Arts Club, Montreal Arts Club-
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Group of Seven: Art for a Nation, National Gallery