Around 1912 a loosely knit group of artists began to paint Canada as they saw it. Sketch boxes in tow, they journeyed all over the country to paint the wilderness with bold colours and a broad, decorative style. Despite the death of mentor Tom Thomson in archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-68-754/arts_entertainment/group_of_...
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Franklin Carmichaels artistic talent was evident at an early age sufficiently so, that his mother enrolled him in both music and art lessons. www.mcmichael.com/collection/seven/carmichael.cfm
When Carmichael arrived in Toronto in 1911, he was hired as an office boy by Grip Ltd. The head designer was one of the most prominent men in his field at the time, J.E.H. MacDonald. www.mcmichael.com/collection/seven/carmichaeldesign.cfm
Plaque Text An outstanding Canadian artist, Carmichael was born at Orillia, and studied at the Ontario College of Art and L'Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts at Antwerp. www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_STU/Plaque_Simcoe18.html