NO110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canadian Literature, Cultural Imperialism, Margaret Atwood
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Gifted artist and musician drawing and painting. Went on to business school in seattle worked as a commercial artist. Leaves seattle after a failed romance with a younger woman. He proposes, she begins to giggle so he takes it as a no and leaves town back to canada. Back in toronto he attends night school and develops technical skills to become artist, not just commercially. J. e. h macdonald was his mentor at grip ltd. Back from fishing trip, brings back sketches and paintings revealed a vision of expansive wilderness untouched by humanity. 1913/14 a northern lake first major painting, bought by the ontario government for . In 1914, goes back to algonquin park with frederick varley, arthur lismer and. Every spring and every fall, sketching in algonquin summer works as a guide in the park winter returns to toronto. When he dies leaves behind 50 paintings and more than 300 sketches: becomes iconic images of canadian nature.
