Circle of Friends
by Phil Chadwick
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14.000 x 11.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Circle of Friends
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
I painted in the morning at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection with the sun on my back looking at the circle of stones for the Group of Seven. This was officially the McMichael Artist's Cemetery. The McMichael cemetery is the final resting place for six members of the Group of Seven, their spouses, and the gallery's founders, Robert and Signe McMichael. J.E.H. MacDonald suffered a stroke in 1931, and spent the following summer recovering in Barbados. He died in Toronto on November 26, 1932 at the age of 59. He was buried at Prospect Cemetery in Toronto in 1932 long before the McMichael cemetery was established in 1968. Franklin Carmichael died in Toronto on October 24, 1945 and was buried at St. Andrew's and St. James Cemetery in Orillia, Ontario.
In his book, One Man's Obsession, Robert McMichael recalls receiving a letter from Jackson in 1967, in which the artist expressed a hope to be buried near Kleinburg. A few months later, while Jackson and Casson were visiting the McMichaels, the idea of a memorial cemetery for members of the Group of Seven began to take shape. In the spring of 1968, Jackson fell seriously ill and the need for a burial ground on the gallery premises became pressing. The McMichaels had to select an appropriate location for the cemetery that would be accessible, yet quiet and dignified. They soon settled on a small grassy knoll with views of the river valleys, the woods, the Tom Thomson Shack and the distant roofs of the gallery. Later, the McMichaels arranged to have the Department of Highways bring carefully selected slabs of granite, blasted during road building in the artists' beloved north country, to the site. They were carved by Canadian sculptor, E.B. Cox and used as grave markers.
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Comments (3)
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing abstract painting is Featured, in ONTARIO CANADA, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing abstract painting is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Bruce Morrison
Love this painting - AND the story behind this!
Phil Chadwick replied:
Thank you my friend. This brings back some special memories surrounded by friends. Kind of you!