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Artist Name: Franklin Carmichael
Years: from 1890 to 1945
History Period: General Information Links
Biography:
The youngest founder of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael was born in Orillia, Ontario in 1890. His father was a carriage maker. Carmichael arrived at Toronto when he was 21 years old and entered the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, where he studied with William Cruickshank and George Reid. In, 1911 he began working as an apprentice at Grip Ltd. for $2.50 a week. He was then joined Tom Thomson and other painters who were training to be serious artists. On weekends, Carmichael went sketching trips with the other artists. In 1913, Carmichael went to Belgium to study painting but came back to Ontario to rejoin with the rest of the artists. After returning, he painted watercolours and oils of Northern Ontario landscapes. Carmichael was greatly influenced by Tom Thomson and shared space with him at a studio building in 1914. Carmichael married in 1915 and spent a lot of his time with his family. He was also on the fringe of the group because of his difference in age and was closely associated with the newer members of the Group of Seven.
Carmichael along with A. J. Casson and F. H. Brigden founded the Ontario Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1925. He also founded the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933. He taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1932 to 1945.
Many of his paintings are about small towns in Ontario. He was famous for his watercolour painting and was influenced by other Group of Seven artists.
His works
North Shore - a painting done by Frank CarmichaelHere are some of Carmichael's works:
Autumn Hillside - 1920
The Valley - 1921
October Gold - 1922
The Glade - 1922
Snow Clouds - 1926
North Shore - 1927
Mirror Lake - 1929
Northern Tundra - 1931
Bay of Islands - 1931
Grace Lake - 1933
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