A.Y. Jackson: the Birth of the
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Admission: Free (Donations are appreciated)
Image credit: Alexander Young Jackson, German Trenches between Angres and Lievin, March 1918. 1918. Oil on wood panel. Samuel E. Weir Collection. |
Saturday, November 9, 1:00-2:30pm
As our Day of Remembrance approaches and exhibition Centre and Periphery: the Group of Seven continues at RiverBrink Art Museum, we invite you to join acclaimed historian and author Dr. Douglas Hunter and explore the legacy of Alexander Young Jackson, one of the most significant Canadian artists. Dr. Hunter will recount the life story of Jackson through a close look at the artist’s formative years, his development as a painter before he became well-known, and his time on the battlefield in Europe before he cast his lot in with a group of like-minded Toronto artists. Dr. Hunter’s new book Jackson’s Wars: A.Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War will be available to purchase after the presentation.
About Dr. Douglas Hunter
Douglas Hunter is an award-winning writer who holds a PhD in history from York University. He is the author of more than twenty works of non-fiction. The Bubble and the Bear (2002) won the National Business Book Award, and Double Double (2012) was a finalist for the same award. Gods Mercies (2008) was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize. Beardmore (2018) was a finalist for the Wilson Book Prize in Canadian History. Jackson’s Wars (2022) was a finalist for the Defoe Book Prize. He also studied art and art history at McMaster University and enjoyed a lengthy career as an illustrator and graphic designer, and in his spare moments is a landscape artist. He lives in Port McNicoll, Ontario. You can learn more at douglashunter.ca.
About the book Jackson’s Wars: A.Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War
Jackson’s Wars is a story of brotherhoods of painters and soldiers, shot through with inspiration, ambition, trauma, and loss, on the home front as well as on the battlefield. Hunter widens and deepens A.Y. Jackson’s world of friends, family, and colleagues to capture the life of a complex man and the crucial events and relationships behind the creation of Canada’s best-known art collective.
As our Day of Remembrance approaches and exhibition Centre and Periphery: the Group of Seven continues at RiverBrink Art Museum, we invite you to join acclaimed historian and author Dr. Douglas Hunter and explore the legacy of Alexander Young Jackson, one of the most significant Canadian artists. Dr. Hunter will recount the life story of Jackson through a close look at the artist’s formative years, his development as a painter before he became well-known, and his time on the battlefield in Europe before he cast his lot in with a group of like-minded Toronto artists. Dr. Hunter’s new book Jackson’s Wars: A.Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War will be available to purchase after the presentation.
About Dr. Douglas Hunter
Douglas Hunter is an award-winning writer who holds a PhD in history from York University. He is the author of more than twenty works of non-fiction. The Bubble and the Bear (2002) won the National Business Book Award, and Double Double (2012) was a finalist for the same award. Gods Mercies (2008) was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize. Beardmore (2018) was a finalist for the Wilson Book Prize in Canadian History. Jackson’s Wars (2022) was a finalist for the Defoe Book Prize. He also studied art and art history at McMaster University and enjoyed a lengthy career as an illustrator and graphic designer, and in his spare moments is a landscape artist. He lives in Port McNicoll, Ontario. You can learn more at douglashunter.ca.
About the book Jackson’s Wars: A.Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War
Jackson’s Wars is a story of brotherhoods of painters and soldiers, shot through with inspiration, ambition, trauma, and loss, on the home front as well as on the battlefield. Hunter widens and deepens A.Y. Jackson’s world of friends, family, and colleagues to capture the life of a complex man and the crucial events and relationships behind the creation of Canada’s best-known art collective.