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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: Public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Alberta, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and Kunstmuseum Bern Switzerland

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