Canadian and Indigenous Art Flashcards
True or False? There were many exhibitions of Canadian Art by 1910.
FALSE
True or False? A.Y. Jackson kept returning to the quanit villages in Québec to do his painting.
TRUE
True or False? The art of the Group of Seven evolved from a love of the land.
TRUE
True or False? Thomson, MacDonald, Lismer, Varley, Johnston, and Carmichael all started their careers as graphics designers.
TRUE
True or False? Portraits were the most common topic of the Group of Seven’s paintings?
FALSE
True or False? Emily Carr was a member of the Group of Seven.
FALSE
True or False? A.Y. Jackson drowned in Canoe Lake under mysterious circumstances.
FALSE
True or False? Casson resigned from the Group of Seven in 1926.
FALSE
True or False? A.Y. Jackson was Carmichael’s apprentice.
FALSE
True or False? Photorealism meant painting so realistically that it looked like a photograph.
TRUE
True or False? Thomson had a cabin in Algonquin Park.
TRUE
True or False? Emily Carr asked Harris to join the Group of Seven.
FALSE
True or False? The Group of Seven disbanded in 1930.
TRUE
True or False? Woodland painting includes ovoids and black outlines.
TRUE
True or False? Daphne Odjig was a founding member of the Indigenous Group of Seven.
TRUE
Name the original members of the Group of Seven.
Harris, MacDonald, Carmichael, Jackson, Johnston, Varley, and Lismer
Who was the driving force behind the formation of the Group of Seven?
Lawren Harris
Which member of the Group of Seven was an artist in residence at the Kleinburg Gallery?
Answer was wrong on test, please fill in accordingly.
Which member of the Group of Seven later used the technique of photographic realism after leaving?
Frank Johnston
What two vehicles did Harris use to take the Group on painting exhibitions?
Caboose, two-seater plane
Which art exhibition was the inspiration to create a solely Canadian art?
Scandinavian
Who painted totem poles as a part of the Canadian national identity?
Emily Carr
Which two members of the Group of Seven joined only a year or two before the disbandment?
Edwin Holgate and LeMoine Fitzgerald
Who resigned from the Group of Seven and later was known as “Franz”?
Frank Johnston
Who drowned in Canoe Lake?
Tom Thomson
Who was associated with the Group of Seven, but never a member?
Emily Carr
Who was the youngest member of the original Group of Seven?
Franklin Carmichael
Which Indigenous community later became an artist cooperative?
Kingait/Cape Dorset
Which artist was 57 when they exhibited their work in the National Gallery of Canada?
Emily Carr
What region of Canada did Emily Carr incorporate into her landscapes?
Indigenous communities in British Columbia
What were the two subjects of Emily Carr’s paintings?
Indigenous culture and Canadian landscapes
What was the subject matter of the Group of Seven’s paintings?
Canadian landscapes
Which print of Kenouak Ashevak later became a Canadian postage stamp?
Enchanted Owl
Name three Inuit artists.
Pootoogook, Ashuna, Pitsulak
Describe five stylistic techniques of “The Enchanted Owl”.
Highly stylized, negative space, simplifed forms, two-toned colour scheme, crisp and confident lines
Describe Daphne Odjig’s mural “Indians in Transition”.
“Indians in Transition” is a painting showing the history of Indigenous peoples. ON the far left, it starts out with illustrations of prosperity of Indigenous people, then moving towards the right the progression of their history is depicted. Daphne painted scens showing the arrival of the Europeans, the dominance of the Church, and the residential schools having a negative impact on their communities. Near the far right, scenes of reconciliation are shown where the Indigenous pople are reclaiming and embracing their culture after making a stand.
What was the inspiration for the art of Norval Morriseau?
Stories, myths, and legends passed down orally from the Woodlands and Ojibwa cultures.
Treaty
Agreement between two parties
Autumn Peltier
Water activist
Woodland Style
Ovoids and black outlines are a characteristic of this.
Fracking
A form of resource extraction that impacts the ecology of the environment.
Shaman
A healer
Triptych
A series of 3 panels that tella story
Photorealism
Painting an image as realistically as possible.
Remediation
Fixing areas where resources have been extracted.
Theophant
Finding God/spirituality in the landscape.
Turtle Island
The name given to “North America” in Indigenous Creation stories.
