A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter

Speaker: Wayne Larsen
When: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
       288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A4
Lecture in English, followed by a bilingual question period

This illustrated presentation follows one of Canada’s most beloved characters, from his impoverished Montreal childhood to national recognition as an outspoken champion of modern Canadian art. Best known as a founding member of the Group of Seven and Beaver Hall Group, A. Y. Jackson spent nearly 70 years travelling across Canada to paint its vastly different landscapes, battling harsh weather and hostile art critics along the way.

Wayne Larsen is a Montreal-based artist, writer, musician, university professor, and a past director of Canada’s Institute for Investigative Journalism. Concurrent to a 20-year career on Concordia University’s Journalism faculty, he has been a features, opinion, and humour writer for The Montreal Gazette and Toronto Star, and a copy editor at Reader’s Digest Canada. From 2000 to 2012, he was editor-in-chief of the award-winning Westmount Examiner. He has written four books on Canadian art, including biographies of James Wilson Morrice and Tom Thomson. His 2009 book, A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter, was a Globe & Mail bestseller.

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