From Orillia ON
Franklin Carmichael was a Canadian artist, the youngest original member of the Group of Seven.
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Born in 1890 in Orillia, Ontario
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Died in 1945 in Toronto, Ontario
In 1925 Franklin founded the Ontario Society for Painters in Watercolour, along with two other painters: A.J. Casson and F. H. Brigden. Then in 1933, he joined the Canadian Group of Painters.
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Franklin Carmichael. Mirror Lake, 1929
“We have everything out of which to build ideas and traditions, to fail to make use of them would simply be throwing away a priceless heritage of spirit and material.”
A documentary about the Group of Seven
Orillia is located between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Orillia knowns as the “Sunshine City”. The large waterfront attracts tourists, there are a good number of annual festivals.
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