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The Canadian Group of Painters (CGP) formed as a group of 28 painters from across Canada in 1933. The CGP succeeded the Group of Seven landscape painters. In the early 1930's, the prominence of the Group of Seven generated controversy, as many believed that the National Gallery of Canada showed favoritism for their work. Concern over the potential bias of the Gallery and exclusion of modern artists led to the formation of the Canadian Group of Painters.
Lawren Harris was their president. Several other former Group of Seven members also joined the CGP including A.J. Casson, Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson, F.H. Varley and Franklin Carmichael.
The two objectives of the CGP were to: foster closer cooperation between Canadian artists and to encourage Canadian artistic expression.
1933 founding members
- Bertram Brooker
- Franklin Carmichael
- Emily Carr
- A.J. Casson
- Charles Comfort
- L.L. Fitzgerald
- Bess Harris
- Lawren Harris
- Prudence Heward
- Randolph S. Hewton
- Edwin Holgate
- Yvonne McKague Housser
- A.Y. Jackson
- Arthur Lismer
- Jock Macdonald
- Thoreau MacDonald
- H. Mabel May
- Isabel McLaughlin
- Lilias Torrance Newton
- Will Ogilvie
- George Pepper
- Sarah Robertson
- Albert H. Robinson
- Anne Savage
- Charles H. Scott
- F. H. Varley
- W. P. Weston
- W. J. Wood
1935 - 1940 additions
- André Charles Biéler
- John Alfsen
- Paraskeva Clark
- Rody Kenny Courtice
- Bobs Cogill Haworth
- Pegi Nicol MacLeod
- Kathleen Daly
- Carl Schaefer
- Gordon Webber
- Caven Atkins
- Peter Haworth
- Jack Humphrey
- Mabel Lockerby
- Henri Masson
- David Milne
- Kathleen Morris
- Louis Muhlstock
- Ethel Seath
1942 - 1954 additions
- Fritz Brandtner
- Goodridge Roberts
- Marian Dale Scott
- Jack Nichols
- William Winter
- Edna Taçon
- E. Michael Mitchell
- E. J. Hughes
- Jack Bush
- B. C. Binning
- Stanley Cosgrove
- L. A. C. Panton
- Jacques de Tonnancour
- Roloff Beny
- Lionel Thomas
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