The Group of Seven, once known as the Algonquin School, was a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933, with "a like vision". It originally consisted of Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), Lawren Harris (1885–1970), A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), Frank Johnston (1888–1949), Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932), and Frederick Varley (1881–1969). A. J. Casson (1898–1992) was invited to join in 1926, Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) became a member in 1930, and Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890–1956) joined in 1932.
Frederick Varley, A. Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, Barker Fairley (not a member), Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, and J. E. H. MacDonald. Image ca. 1920, F 1066, Archives of Ontario, I0010313
Gas Chamber at Seaford, 1918, by Frederick Varley, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
The Jack Pine, 1916–17, by Tom Thomson, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Franklin Carmichael was a Canadian artist and member of the Group of Seven. Though he was primarily famous for his use of watercolours, he also used oil paints, charcoal and other media to capture the Ontario landscapes. Besides his work as a painter, he worked as a designer and illustrator, creating promotional brochures, advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and designing books. Near the end of his life, Carmichael taught in the Graphic Design and Commercial Art Department at the Ontario College of Art.
Frank Carmichael, 1930
The Studio Building in Toronto where Carmichael shared a space with Tom Thomson
Studies by Carmichael of his wife, Ada Carmichael (née Lillian Went), c. 1925–1935, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Tom Thomson, In Algonquin Park, Winter 1914–15. 63.2 × 81.1 cm (24+7⁄8 × 3115⁄16 in). McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg