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Artist A. Y. Jackson tells 'Group of 7' stories. Landscape painter A. Y. Jackson, member of Canada's famed Group of Seven art group, tells a class of (...)
Artist A. Y. Jackson tells 'Group of 7' stories. Landscape painter A. Y. Jackson, member of Canada's famed Group of Seven art group, tells a class of (...)

Artist A. Y. Jackson tells 'Group of 7' stories. Landscape painter A. Y. Jackson, member of Canada's famed Group of Seven art group, tells a class of (...)

Date3/15/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Artist A. Y. Jackson tells 'Group of 7' stories. Landscape painter A. Y. Jackson, member of Canada's famed Group of Seven art group, tells a class of pupils from Brampton's Agnes Taylor Public School about some of his experiences while travelling and painting all across Canada. The pupils were among almost 50,000 that visit the McMichael Galleries in Kleinburg each year where a collection of about 700 paintings by Group of Seven and their contemporaries are on view. Jackson was born in Montreal in 1882.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0056986F
      A. Y. Jackson, last surviving member of the original Group of Seven, Canada's most famous artists, places pine boughs on the caskets of Lawren Harris (...)
      A. Y. Jackson, last surviving member of the original Group of Seven, Canada's most famous artists, places pine boughs on the caskets of Lawren Harris (...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      3/20/1970
      Painter A. Y. Jackson is 91. Painter A. Y. Jackson (right), one of the founders of the Group of Seven, celebrates his 91st birthday with A. J. Casson,(...)
      Painter A. Y. Jackson is 91. Painter A. Y. Jackson (right), one of the founders of the Group of Seven, celebrates his 91st birthday with A. J. Casson,(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      10/3/1973
      A. Y. Jackson's painting again. A. Y. Jackson, Group of Seven artist whose painting Red Maple has outsold every other Canadian work of art in reproduc(...)
      A. Y. Jackson's painting again. A. Y. Jackson, Group of Seven artist whose painting Red Maple has outsold every other Canadian work of art in reproduc(...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      9/20/1968
      Old pro looks at Younge art. Artist A. Y. Jackson, one of the original members of the Group of Seven, talks with publisher Russell Smith (right) at an(...)
      Old pro looks at Younge art. Artist A. Y. Jackson, one of the original members of the Group of Seven, talks with publisher Russell Smith (right) at an(...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      5/14/1966
      A. Y. Jackson at work. Member of the group of seven, just back from an Arctic trip from trait by Ashley and Crippen. [Incomplete]
      A. Y. Jackson at work. Member of the group of seven, just back from an Arctic trip from trait by Ashley and Crippen. [Incomplete]
      Ashley & Crippen
      9/19/1927
      A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
      A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      9/20/1968
      A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
      A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      9/20/1968
      A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
      A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      9/20/1968
      Oral magic: Storyteller Dan Yashinsky holds a group of Kensington Community School children in his spell as he tells them a story
      Oral magic: Storyteller Dan Yashinsky holds a group of Kensington Community School children in his spell as he tells them a story
      McConnell, Colin
      2/18/1984
      Wire Tells Don Jackson He's marsh trophy winner
      Wire Tells Don Jackson He's marsh trophy winner
      Jackson, Donald George, 1940-
      1/30/1963
      Storyteller Dan Yashinsky tells stories to Woburn Collegiate students who pass them along to younger listeners afterwards
      Storyteller Dan Yashinsky tells stories to Woburn Collegiate students who pass them along to younger listeners afterwards
      Combs, Erin
      2/13/1981
      Herb Gray, federal revenue minister, tells a business and economic research group in Toronto yesterday that U
      Herb Gray, federal revenue minister, tells a business and economic research group in Toronto yesterday that U
      Gray, Herb
      10/7/1971