A.Y. Jackson Plaque and Park - Ottawa, Ontario - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

The park covers an area of 2500 square meters. The access off Arthur Street in Manotick, Ontario offers parking for 6 vehicles. The terrain of the park is varied from a walking path to grassy areas, bordering the Rideau River. The park offers splendid view of the Old Watson's Mills, across the river. It would take approximately 20 minutes to walk around the park.

The park is closed at 6:00 p.m.

The park features a plaque dedicated to Mr. A.Y. Jackson and is located in the dedicated park in the village of Manotick, Ottawa, Ontario. The park is maintained by the Village of Manotick.

Mr. Jackson lived and painted in Manotick from 1955 to 1962. This park was dedicated in his honour.

As a young boy, Jackson worked as an office boy for a lithograph company, after his father abandoned the family of six children. It was at this company that Jackson began his art training. In the evenings, he took classes at Montreal's Le Monument National.

In 1905, he worked his way to Europe on cattle boat, returning by the same means and travelling on to Chicago. In Chicago, he joined a commercial art firm and took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. He saved his earnings and, by 1907, was able to visit France to study Impressionism. In France, he decided to become a professional painter, and studied at Paris' Académie Julian under J.P. Laurens. He also visited Italy and the Netherlands. Jackson painted in an Impressionist style.

Jackson enlisted in the Canadian Army's 60th battalion in 1915. Private Jackson was wounded at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood in June 1916, soon after he reached the front. While recovering from his injuries, he came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook.[1] Next he was transferred to the Canadian War Records branch as an artist. He would create important pictures of events connected with the war.[2]

He later worked for the Canadian War Memorials as an official war artist from 1917 to 1919.

Afterwards, Jackson returned to Toronto, often making painting expeditions to the lower St Lawrence, the Arctic, and British Columbia.

In 1919 Jackson and six painter colleagues formed the Group of Seven. These artists were considered bold, because the Canadian wilderness had previously been considered too rugged and wild to be painted.[3] Although his name is conventionally associated with this group, he would also remain something of a loner throughout his life.[4]

In 1925, he taught at the Ontario College of Art (OCA), in Toronto; this was the only year that he missed his annual spring trip to Quebec.

In 1933, Jackson helped found the Canadian Group of Painters. Several members of the Group of Seven later became members including Lawren Harris, A. J. Casson, Arthur Lismer and Franklin Carmichael.

He moved to the Ottawa region in 1955, settling in Manotick.

In his later years, he was often accompanied on his painting trips into the Ottawa Valley region, the Gatineau Hills, the Lievre River Valley and Ripond with friend, painter and former-student, Ralph Wallace Burton, and fellow painters Maurice Haycock and Stuart D. Helmsley. One such venture almost ended in disaster. In the 1950s, when Ralph and A.Y. were painting on the banks of the Ottawa River at Deux Rivieres, a bullet ricoheted off a rock where Jackson was sitting.

Name: A.Y. Jackson Park Street Location: Arthur Crescent at the intersection of Millview Crescent Local Municipality: Manotick State/Province, etc.: Ontario Country: Canada Web Site: [Web Link] Memorial/Commemoration: Mr. Alexander Young Jackson, a Canadian painter and founding member of the Group of Seven. Date Established: 2004 Picnic Facilities: benches Recreational Facilities: This park features a few walking paths with view of the nearby Rideau River. Monuments/Statues: A monument dedicated to Mr. Alexander Young Jackson Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Rocks placed reminicent of Group of 7 paintings Fountains: No Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: The Rideau River is visible from this park Traditional Geocaches: Now that's a mystery... Special Events: Not listed

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