'A Distinct Canadian Character': The 1920s Paintings That Changed How the World Saw Canada
A cultural retrospective on Canada's Group of Seven, the 1920s modernist landscape painters who revolutionized Canadian national identity. The article explores how their expressive depictions of the rugged Canadian Shield rejected colonial European styles, while examining their enduring international legacy and the evolving dialogue with the Indigenous 'Indian Group of Seven' artists of the 1970s.