JACKSON, Alexander Young (1882-1974)Maple and BirchSerigraph by Sampson Matthews Ltd., circa 1940-50Signed lower right in the plate: A.Y. Jackson74x99cm - 29x39"Price upon request
Under the guidance and supervision of the Group of Seven, members A.J. Casson and A.Y. Jackson came together during World War II to create a unique war effort art project. At the request of the Government of Canada and in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, some of the finest and most inspiring works of these artists have been selected and meticulously reproduced under the name SilksCreens Oil by Sampson-Matthews Limited, the principal company of Canada's color production in the mid-mid 20th century. These works were originally produced for Canadian troops overseas who used them to decorate their barracks, ships, hospitals and messes, to boost morale and remind them of their homeland and what they were fighting for. . At the same time and in the decades following the war, these works were also hung in schools, libraries, banks, government offices, embassies, consulates and corporate offices in Canada and abroad. the stranger. Today, they are widely recognized for their defining contribution to the way Canadians see their nation. They reinforced the group's motherhood role of seven in Canadian art history and popularized landscape imagery as a primary Canadian visual motif. All works in this collection are original serigraphs produced between 1943 and 1957 under the supervision of A.J. Casson of the Group of Seven.