A J Casson Oil Painting Reproductions

Who is the Artist A J Casson?

A J Casson was born Alfred Joseph Casson. He is a Canadian artist born in Toronto to an English father and a Canadian mother. Franklin Carmichael is a member of the famous Canadian Group of Seven artists, responsible for A.J. Casson’s discovery of his love of oil painting.  

In 1919, both men worked for a Commercial Art firm in Toronto, and it was Franklin Carmichael‘s responsibility to train the young Alfred. Franklin Carmichael encouraged Casson to paint in his spare time, allowing the artist time to discover his distinctive oil painting style. 

A.J. Casson's oil paintings are some of the most popular Canadian landscape paintings of the 20th Century. In 1925, two other Canadian painters, Carmichael, and FH Brigden, joined to form the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor.

Which Artists Were Members of the Group of Seven?

1926 saw the artist accept a request to join the Group of Seven. However, following its dissolution, in 1933, A.J.Casson founded the Canadian Group of Painters. The Group includes the renowned female artist Emily Carr. Founding members of the Group of Seven include Lawren Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, Frank Johnston, Franklin Carmichael Arthur Lismer, and A.Y. Jackson.

Group of Seven Famous Paintings by A.J. Casson

• Pattern Shore - oil painting on canvas completed by Alfred Casson between 1950 and 1960
• Houses in the Ward - held by the Art Gallery of Ontario c1924 and part of the Thomson Collection
• House at Parry Sound - Several A J Casson oil paintings depict Parry Sound, a town in Ontario.
• A Breezy Day - The painting of a breezy day depicts two solitary trees and is similar to A.J. Casson's most famous painting, White Pine.
• Ragged Sky, Moose Lake - One of several AJ Casson's painting reproductions of Moose Lake, believed to be in an area sometimes known as Evangeline Lake.

Where was A.J. Casson's White Pine Painted?

A.J. Casson’s most famous painting is White Pine 1957. This oil on canvas painting is based near Dreamer's Rock, on the Whitefish River First Nation, Highway 6. White Pine is an icon symbol of Canadian Art landscape Paintings. The site is a vast rocky outcrop with a significant history and one of North America's most revered and sacred First Nation locations.

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