AT HOME IN OUR OWN COUNTRY: GROUP OF SEVEN WORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

Central Gallery2008At Home in Our Own Country: Group of Seven Works from the Permanent CollectionGroup of Seven

Jan 20

A.Y. Jackson
Fred Varley
Arthur Lismer
Franklin Carmichael

Central Gallery
January 20 to March 16, 2008

To complement the feature exhibition, Art and Society, the Gallery’s curatorial staff has selected several delightful works by Group of Seven members A.Y. Jackson, Fred Varley, Arthur Lismer, and Franklin Carmichael for display in the north corridor. All the works are from the Kamloops Art Gallery’s permanent collection, and represent the beautiful landscapes of Interior British Columbia and Ontario. “The great purpose of landscape art is to make us at home in our own country,” wrote the members of the Group of Seven. This intimate exhibition takes a look at our own home through the eyes of four of Canada’s most famous artists.

Over the years, these works were acquired for the permanent collection either through purchase or donation. Of special note is Quesnel River by A.Y. Jackson. One of the first works of art in the KAG collection, it was donated as a bequest from the estate of former mayor of Kamloops J.E. Fitzwater. He specified in his will that the work be held “on loan and in trust until such time as Kamloops shall have an Art Gallery of its own.”