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Brian Burnett (1952-)

Birthplace: South Porcupine, Ontario

Education: Toronto New School of Art

Affiliation: One of the founding members of the seminal Toronto collective Chroma Zone.

Tom Hopkins
(1944-2011)

Birthplace: Prince Edward Island, Canada

Education: Mount Allison University and Concordia University

Affiliation: Teacher of painting technique at McGill University, and an alumnus of Concordia University.

Charles William (C.W.) Jefferys
(1869-1951)

Birthplace: Rochester, United Kingdom (Immigrated to Hamilton, Canada in 1878)

Education: Apprenticed with the York Lithography Company from 1885 to 1890

Affiliation: Co-founded the Graphic Arts Club (later named the Canadian Society of Graphic Art).

Will Gorlitz (1952-)

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina (Immigrated to Winnipeg, Canada in 1958)

Education: University of Manitoba, Bachelor of Fine Arts at NSCAD, Halifax, in 1977

Affiliation: Professor at the University of Guelph

Paterson Ewen, R.C.A.
(1925-2002)

Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec

Education: Montreal Museum School of Fine Art and Design

Affiliation: Served in a reconnaissance regiment on the Western Front (World War II)

Allan Harding MacKay
(1944-)

Birthplace: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Education: Nova Scotia College of Art

Affiliation: He’s the first Canadian to have two paintings acquired by the Vatican for their modern art collection

Garth Speight
(1946-)

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

Education: York University

Affiliation: Co-founded the Graphic Arts Club (later named the Canadian Society of Graphic Art).

Arthur Lismer
(1885-1969)

Birthplace: Sheffield, United Kingdom (Immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1911)

Education: Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium (1906–1907), Sheffield Hallam University

Affiliation: Group of Seven

James Edward Hervey MacDonald.
(1925-2002)

Birthplace: Durham, United Kingdom (Immigrated to Hamilton, Ontario in 1887)

Education: Hamilton Art School, Central Ontario School of Art (Current OCAD University)

Affiliation: Group of Seven

Frederick Horsman Varley
(1881-1969)

Birthplace: Sheffield, United Kingdom (Immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1912)

Education: Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Sheffield Hallam University - City Campus, England

Affiliation: Group of Seven

Alexander Young Jackson
(1882-1974)

Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Education: Monument-National in Quebec, Canada; Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois, United States; Académie Julian in Paris, France

Affiliation: Group of Seven

Lawren Harris
(1885-1970)

Birthplace: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Education: University of Toronto; Private German painting tutors Adolf Schlabitz (1854 – 1943 ) and Franz Skarbina (1849 – 1910)

Affiliation: Group of Seven, the Transcendental Painting Group (American, 1938 – 1942)

Doris McCarthy
(1910-2010)

Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Education: Ontario College of Art (Current OCAD University) (1926-1930); University of Toronto Scarborough (BA)

Alfred Joseph Casson
(1898-1992)

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Education: Hamilton Technical School (1913); Central Technical School (1915-1917)

Affiliation: Group of Seven

David Brown Milne
(1882-1953)

Birthplace: Saugeen Shores, Ontario, Canada

Education: Art Students League of New York

Barbara Braunoehler
(1928-2015)

Birthplace: Goerlitz, Germany (Immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953)

Education: Took Art Courses at Central Technical School, Toronto, Canada

John Alexander Hall
(1914-2002)

The rather mysterious figure among the Group of Seven members at the Faculty Club