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 Frank Johnston - Kleinburg, Ontario Posted by:  ThePh@ntom
N 43° 50.551 W 079° 37.187
17T E 610950 N 4855307
Frank H. Johnston was a famous Canadian painter. He was an original member of the Group of Seven.
Waymark Code: WM9JKY
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/26/2010
Views: 8
The gravesite is located on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Parking is available either on the McMichael grounds (cost is $5), or optional parking is in Binder Twine Park on Stegman's Mill Road (free).
McMichael Parking:
N 43° 50.548 W 079° 37.122
Free parking coords:
N 43° 50.689 W 079° 37.313
Then follow the signs to the McMichael Hiking Trails.
Description:
The Group of Seven were a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson (who died in 1917) and Emily Carr were also closely associated with the Group of Seven, though neither were ever official members. The Group of Seven is most famous for its paintings of the Canadian landscape. It was succeeded by the Canadian Group of Painters in the 1930s.
In the earlier years of their friendship, Johnston had joined MacDonald and Harris on their journeys to Algoma. His paintings from those years express a strong decorative interpretation of the landscape. In later years, the artist's style became more realistic and revealed a strong fascination with the qualities of light. Johnston did not use the techniques of Harris and MacDonald but, employing tempera rather than oil paint, he searched out the pattern and texture of his subject.
Johnston's style became increasingly realistic throughout his life, evincing a particular fascination for the qualities of light reflected from snow. This theme recurred in later works, in large narrative paintings of the 1930s and 1940s as well as more intimate examinations of a river valley, the bright blue of the water bending between snow-laden banks. His subjects range from the pastoral countryside of the Wyebridge, Ontario|Wyebridge area, northern Quebec, and the Northwest Territories. He had begun in the 1920s to hold regular solo exhibitions and his paintings found a great following among the public. Unlike many Canadian artists, Johnston was able to achieve considerable financial success in his own lifetime.
He taught at the Ontario College of Art during the 1920s. In 1927, he changed his name to Franz Johnston.
He died in Toronto in 1949.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Johnston_(artist)
Date of birth: 06/19/1888
Date of death: 07/19/1949
Area of notoriety: Art
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
Web site: Not listed
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