Group of seven graves

As I passed through the stone gates of the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario, paintbrush in hand, I followed a well-kept, tree-lined walkway for several minutes until I reached the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Burial Grounds—known to many as the Group of Seven Cemetery. Here lie six members of the Group of Seven and their […]

When Tom Thomson was two months old, his parents moved to a farm in Leith, on the Bruce Peninsula. This is where my journey began on my return visit from Manitoulin Island. With a framed, numbered print of Tom Thomson’s and a paintbrush in hand, I arrived at Leith United Church in the small hamlet […]

Toronto-born Robert McMichael and his Danish-born wife, Signe, shared a deep passion for art and Canadian landscape painting. Together, they not only ran Robert McMichael Studios in Toronto and Travel Pak Ltd. in New York, but also became the quiet champions of what would become one of Canada’s most treasured art collections. In 1951, the […]

A Reunion Among the Pines: Honouring J.E.H. MacDonald and Franklin Carmichael On my recent walk through Prospect Cemetery in Toronto and St. Andrew’s and St. James’ Cemetery in Orillia, I visited the final resting places of two members of the Group of Seven — J.E.H. MacDonald and Franklin Carmichael. Though buried in different towns, they […]

Six members of the Group of Seven are buried in the historic cemetery on the McMichael Canadian Art Collection grounds, together with Founders Robert A. McMichael and his wife, Signe. J.E.H. MacDonald is buried at Prospect Cemetery, Toronto and Franklin Carmichael is interred at St. Andrew’s and St. James’ Cemetery in Orillia, Ontario. Also the […]