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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)(...)

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)(...)

Date9/20/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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), the subject being a scarlet-and-gold maple tree like his famous 1914 painting. Jackson's now living in gallery-home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMichael at Kleinburg, and yesterday opened gallery of his work there with former premier Leslie Frost and Mrs. Frost (bottom left).
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Object NumberTSPA_0057014F
      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'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
      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 (...)
      Group of Seven group of artists
      3/15/1972
      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 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, 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
      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
      Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
      Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
      Griffin, Doug
      3/24/1977
      Ottawa-born comic impressionist Rich Little last night opened for two weeks at Hook and Ladder Club and critic Peter Goddard says he has added a new dimension to his act
      Ottawa-born comic impressionist Rich Little last night opened for two weeks at Hook and Ladder Club and critic Peter Goddard says he has added a new dimension to his act
      Erickson, Ray
      9/24/1973
      A matter of principle: Richard Youngs, an employee of Hydro Mississauga, says he won't give his employer a doctor's note covering his time off work following an injury, even though he has one
      A matter of principle: Richard Youngs, an employee of Hydro Mississauga, says he won't give his employer a doctor's note covering his time off work following an injury, even though he has one
      Calleja, Frank
      9/18/1979
      Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
      Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/7/1980