Formed in 1920, the Group of Seven revolutionized Canadian art. Mostly commercial artists working in an Ontario art firm, this small band of painters was inspired by a colleague, Tom Thomson. An avid outdoorsman, Thomson started Tom Thomson, (1877–1917) making trips in 1912 into the wilderness of northern Ontario to produce dozens of brightly colored, impressionistic sketches. (daha fazla…)
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Scotland. Bell’s mother was deaf, and, as a child, he became fascinated by speech and communication. In 1870, Bell and his family moved to Ontario. (daha fazla…)
The island’s most famous author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born in Cavendish in 1874. Nearby Green Gables House became the setting of her internationally best-selling novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), set in the late 19th century. (daha fazla…)
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