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Church by the Sea (1924), |
Canada Post commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven’s first art exhibition with a set of stamps issued on the May 7, anniversary date of that exhibition held in 1920 in Toronto, Ontario. Each stamp depicts a painting by one of the artists.
Bryon sent one of them on the back of a postcard depicting another MacDonald's work:
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Artist's Home and Orchard (1927), by J.E.H. MacDonald |
It even get a big round cancellation from Tornhill, Ontario, where the artist lived since 1911:
I must say that I didn't know about the Group of Seven until last year, when I received this postcard from Rosemary:
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| Falls, Montreal River, 1920 by J.E.H. MacDonald |
That is quite a nice postmark!
ReplyDeleteIt is. A lovely series. More posts to come!
DeleteMacDonald isn't my favourite of the Group of Seven, but I live near the art gallery that is dedicated to them, and seeing the original paintings has given me a new appreciation.
ReplyDeleteI knew little about these painters before I started to get the postcards & stamps. Now I'd like to see the paintings in person!
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