The Group of Seven, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, were a group of Canadian landscape

Landscape art

Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...

 painters

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 from 1920-1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael

Franklin Carmichael

Franklin Carmichael was a Canadian artist. He was the youngest original member of the Group of Seven.-Biography:The youngest of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael was born in 1890. His father was a carriage maker...

 (1890-1945), Lawren Harris

Lawren Harris

Lawren Stewart Harris, CC was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. A. Y. Jackson has been quoted as saying that Harris provided the stimulus for the...

 (1885-1970), A. Y. Jackson

A. Y. Jackson

Alexander Young Jackson, was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven.- Early life and training :...

 (1882-1972), Franz Johnston

Frank Johnston (artist)

Frank Johnston was a Canadian artist associated with the Group of Seven.-Life and career:Frank Johnston was born in Toronto and like many other Group members, he joined Grip Ltd. as a commercial artist...

 (1888-1949), Arthur Lismer

Arthur Lismer

Arthur Lismer, CC was an English-born Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven.-Early life:At age 13 he apprenticed at a photo-engraving company. He was awarded a scholarship, and used this time to take evening classes at the Sheffield School of Arts from 1898 until 1905...

 (1885-1969), J. E. H. MacDonald

J. E. H. MacDonald

James Edward Hervey MacDonald was a member of the famous Group of Seven Canadian artists. He is the father of Thoreau MacDonald.-Life:...

 (1873-1932), and Frederick Varley

Frederick Varley

Frederick Horsman Varley, also known as Fred Varley , was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.-Early life:Varley was born in Sheffield, England. He studied art in Sheffield and in Belgium...

 (1881-1969). Though Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson

Thomas John Thomson , also known as Tom Thomson, was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited...

 died in 1917 -before the official formation of the group- the members still considered him one of the group's founders.