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  Lismer, Arthur
Lismer, Arthur, painter, educator (b at Sheffield, Eng 27 June 1885; d at Montréal 23 Mar 1969).
Lismer began his distinguished career as an art educator as principal of the Victoria School of Art and Design (later NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN) in Halifax 1916-19.
Lismer's first Canadian paintings were heavily influenced by John Constable, but during the 1920s he developed a powerful expressionist style of his own, characterized by raw colour, heavy impasto, deliberately coarse brushwork and simplified form.
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 Arthur Lismer: Painter & Educator
Lismer would return to the Bay time and again, throughout the remainder of his life, habitually varying his approach but always focusing on the changing forces and opposing movements that compose the fluid and elusive states of nature.
Lismer was also endowed with the passion to teach and to bring art to youngsters at all costs.
Relatively careless of his clothes and appearance, Lismer was known to move happily through the Gallery, disheveled and energized, observing and encouraging his children, guiding their hands as they drew, his own coat pockets bulging with pencils, crayons, pipe, paper and notebooks.
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 Arthur Lismer
Arthur Lismer's immense contribution to Canadian art is twofold: as a painter and as an influential and dedicated art educator.
Lismer first visited the Georgian Bay area in 1913 when he was offered the use of a cottage owned by Lawren Harris's friend Dr. James McCallum It was an initiation to a landscape favoured by the artist for the rest of his life.
Arthur Lismer was a man of considerable energy - a gregarious, outgoing individual, always ready with a witty or caustic remark.
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 Arthur Lismer Information
Arthur Lismer, C.C. June 27, 1885 – March 23, 1969) was a Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven
Arthur Lismer's style was influenced by his pre-Canadian experience (primarily in Antwerp) where he found the Barbizon and post-impressionist movements a key inspiration.
Collaborating with the group of artists who would, in 1919, become the Group of Seven, Lismer exhibits the characteristic organic style, and spiritual connection with the landscape that would embody that group's work.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Arthur Lismer, C.C. June 27, 1885 – March 23, 1969) was a Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven
Arthur Lismer's style was influenced by his pre-Canadian experience (primarily in Antwerp) where he found the Barbizon and post-impressionist movements a key inspiration.
During the Centennial of the City of Toronto, in 1934, Lismer was on the Pictures Committee.
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 Arthur Lismer
At the age of thirteen, Lismer won an entrance scholarship to the Sheffield School of Art and began what was, to most people, a seven year apprenticeship towards becoming a silver craftsman.
Arthur Lismer was a man of considerable energy - a gregarious, outgoing individual, always ready with a witty or caustic remark.
In his teaching, Lismer's passion was devoted to children's art, and in his painting, it was the Canadian landscape.
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 Arthur Lismer, Visionary Art Educator
Arthur Lismer, well-known member of the Group of Seven, was also one of Canada's most innovative educators.
Lismer pioneered new progressive ideas in art education through his work with children as educational supervisor at the Art Gallery of Toronto and, later, at Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts.
Lismer emerges as an artist with a social conscience who captured the hearts and minds of the thousands who heard him speak or were fortunate enough to have been his students.
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 The Heart of Canadian Art
Arthur Lismer was born in 1885 in Sheffield, England.
We choose Arthur Lismer for our research report because we saw his work on the Internet as we were searching for artist about Quebec, and we liked it a lot.
Arthur Lismer may not be the most well known person in the group of seven, but he did do some very nice work.
projects.cbe.ab.ca /woodbine/morleyanderson/art/ArthurLismerQuebec7.htm   (231 words)

  
 Arthur Lismer- Group of Seven
At the age of thirteen, Lismer won an entrance scholarship to the Sheffield School of Art and began what was, to most people, a seven year apprenticeship towards becoming a silver craftsman.
Arthur Lismer was a man of considerable energy - a gregarious, outgoing individual, always ready with a witty or caustic remark.
In his teaching, Lismer's passion was devoted to children's art, and in his painting, it was the Canadian landscape.
www.tomthomson.org /groupseven/lismer.html   (339 words)

  
 Arthur Lismer - Biography
As an immigrant from England, Arthur Lismer was fascinated by the landscape of rocks, magnificent pines and expansive stretches of tumultuous water and sky.
Lismer taught during the year and did as much of his own artwork as he could during the summer.
Lismer resigned from OCA in 1927 and joined the Art Gallery of Toronto, now the Art Gallery of Ontario, where he became the supervisor of education.
cybermuse.gallery.ca /cybermuse/docs/bio_artistid3303_e.jsp   (688 words)

  
 Arthur Lismer Art and Artwork For Sale by Mayberry Fine Art Gallery
Arthur Lismer was born in Sheffield, England in 1885.
Lismer came to Canada in 1911 where he was employed as an engraver at David Smith and Co. in Toronto.
Lismer taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1915 and was principal at the Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax from 1916 to 1919.
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 oil painting » Arthur Lismer - Canadian Artists
Arthur Lismer, C.C. (June 27, 1885 – March 23, 1969) was a Canadian painter and also a member of the Group of Seven.
Arthur Lismer’s style was mainly influenced by his pre-Canadian experience (primarily in Antwerp) where he found the Barbizon and post-impressionist movements a cheif inspiration.
Collaborating with the group of artists who would, during 1919, and became the Group of Seven, Lismer exhibits the characteristic organic style, and own spiritual connection with the landscape that could embody that group’s work.
www.1artclub.com /oil-paintings/2006/10/18/arthur-lismer-canadian-artists   (220 words)

  
 The McMichael Canadian Art Collection > Group of Seven
Arthur Lismer emigrated from Sheffield, England to Toronto, Ontario, in 1911.
Lismer was always full of energy and possessed a barbed wit.
Lismer is buried in the small cemetery on the McMichael gallery grounds.
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 Group of Seven - Arthur Lismer
In Toronto Lismer met a group of artists, including Tom Thomson and J. MacDonald, who worked for Grip Limited, a commercial art firm, and who painted landscapes of Canada’s northland.
In 1920 Lismer and other Canadian landscapists from Toronto formed the Group of Seven and began exhibiting their work together.
Lismer painted in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, and Ontario, and in the Rocky Mountains.
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 Arthur Lismer Work Sale Results
Born in England in 1885, Lismer attended the Sheffield School of Art from 1898 to 1905.
Lismer was one of the founding members of the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933, and was President of the group from 1954 to 1955.
Lismer received many honours later in life, such as the Order of Canada, the Greer Memorial Award, a Canada Council Medal and honourary degrees from Dahousie and McGill Universities.
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 National Gallery of Canada - National Gallery of Canada
Born in 1885 in Sheffield, England, Arthur Lismer's youthful artistic talent won him scholarships at the Sheffield School of Art.
Recalling the composition of Tom Thomson's famous West Wind, Lismer focuses on a lone tree in the foreground, presenting it anchored to its little island of rock and swept by brisk September winds.
As in Thomson's Northern River, we are reminded of Lismer's training as a graphic designer: all of the shapes in A September Gale are precisely outlined -- the edges of the rocks, grass, and trees are sharp and clearly defined.
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 Arthur Lismer, artist biography, painting styles, art reproductions, famous painter, oil paintings, history of paintings
Arthur Lismer, artist biography, painting styles, art reproductions, famous painter, oil paintings, history of paintings
Arthur Lismer (June 27, 1885 –; March 23, 1969) was born in England in 1885.
Another artist also associated with the group is Tom Thompson (though technically he died before the group formed), who also worked with the cadre at Grip.
www.reviewpainting.com /Arthur-Lismer.htm   (241 words)

  
 Memories of Arthur Lismer - Art Gallery of Ontario - Art Matters
Arthur Lismer was a very good teacher who loved children.
Image caption: Arthur Lismer Sunlight in a Wood (detail), 1930 oil on canvas bequest of John M. Lyle, Toronto, 1946.
During art class, Arthur Lismer suggested that we draw something we remembered from the parade.
www.artmatters.ca /blog/index.php?/archives/8-Memories-of-Arthur-Lismer.html   (422 words)

  
 Community Events
rthur Lismer was a man of considerable energy - a gregarious, outgoing individual, always ready with a witty or caustic remark.
Lismer emigrated from Sheffield, England in 1911, at the age of 26, and gained employment at the Toronto commercial design firm, Grip Ltd., where he met other future members of the Group.
Lismer was an active promoter of the Group of Seven and the author of many articles on Canadian art.
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 Arthur Lismer
Lismer was born in Sheffield, England on 1911 and also moved to Canada in 1911.
Lismer first worked as a commercial illustrator at Grip Ltd in Toronto.
Lismer also lectured in Australia and in New Zealand, he was also the supervisor at the Art College in Toronto from 1927 to 1938 and last and the Teacher’s College, Columbia University from 1938-1939.
www.edu.pe.ca /belfast/group_of_seven/bio_arthur_lismer.htm   (131 words)

  
 ARTHUR LISMER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
LISMER, ARTHUR (1885-1969) Lismer studied at the Sheffield School of Art, England and Academie des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
After a teaching stint at the Victoria School of Art, Halifax, he moved into the Studio Building in Toronto and joined the boxcar trips to Algoma in the 1920's and the following two decades were spent travellig the world, teaching, and sketching.
In 1946 he was elected member of R.C.A. The Lismers spent their vacations in the 1950's in B.C. Most public collections have examples of his work, along with the rest of the GROUP OF SEVEN.
www.canartist.com /lismer.htm   (165 words)

  
 Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) : Library of Congress Citations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Author: McLeish, John A. (John Alexander Bu Title: September gale : a study of Arthur Lismer of the Group of Seven / John A. McLeish.
Title: A border of beauty : Arthur Lismer's pen and pencil / by Marjorie Lismer Bridges.
Author: Thom, Ian M. Title: The cartoons of Arthur Lismer : a new angle on Canadian art / Ian M. Thom.
www.mala.bc.ca /~mcneil/cit/citlclismer1.htm   (289 words)

  
 Malaspina Great Books - Arthur Lismer (1885-1969)
At first influenced by the Barbizon ("cow") school, Lismer was later deeply moved by the Post-Impressionist works, especially of Van Gogh.
Back in Sheffield,; Lismer struggled as a commercial artist and soon decided to head for Canada, where he had heard commercial artists were doing extremely well.
He was one of the four employees, who later formed the Group of Seven,; to leave work for Rous and Mann printing house in 1912.
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 Musée des beaux-arts du Canada - Programmes et activitiés: Le Groupe des Sept trousse de diapositives: Arthur ...
Musée des beaux-arts du Canada - Programmes et activitiés: Le Groupe des Sept trousse de diapositives: Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) - Une bourrasque en septembre, baie Georgienne
Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) - Une bourrasque en septembre, baie Georgienne
Arthur Lismer est né en 1885 à; Sheffield, en Angleterre.
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 Fine art of Arthur Lismer - Group of Seven Artist. Oil paintings, landscapes, abstracts and original art.
Arthur Lismer celebrated the powerful beauty of the Canadian landscape in his own expressionist style.
Although Lismer painted throughout his life, he devoted the majority of his time to art education.
A gifted teacher, Lismer pioneered the field of child art education across Canada and around the world.
www.groupofsevenart.com /Lismer/Lismer_intro.html   (236 words)

  
 Arthur Lipsett
Arthur Lipsett was born on May 13, 1936 in Montreal.
At this time he received encouragement and instruction from Arthur Lismer, a member of the Group of Seven and a pioneering arts educator.
Arthur Lipsett quoted in Lois Siegel, “Arthur Lipsett: A Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind”, Cinema Canada 44, February 1978, p.
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 Arthur Lismer
This is a picture of an overgrown plants and weeds through Arthur Lismer’s eyes.
The picture is of a tree stump with overgrown weeds, plants and a small pool of water in the background.
But although this picture seems sad it is not because it describes Arthur Lismer’s later life style.
www.edu.pe.ca /belfast/group_of_seven/crit_lismer.htm   (116 words)

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