{"id":11837,"date":"2012-08-28T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=11837"},"modified":"2012-08-28T07:00:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T07:00:48","slug":"art-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.co.nz\/blog\/2012\/08\/28\/art-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and Nature, Canadian Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art and nature have long been bedfellows. Stepping outside it’s easy to see why. Taking one step further and escaping into the wilderness unveils a veritable buffet of inspiration to feed off of. If you can honestly capture even a fraction of the essence of what\u2019s right in front of you, often that\u2019s enough to make a great artwork.<\/p>\n

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Trees In The North by Lawren Harris<\/p><\/div>\n

As a setting for creating art, nature has not gone unnoticed by many great artists who have chosen to live and create within it. Inspiration comes both from nature\u2019s peaceful and tranquil emotions – such as the calm of the water on the lake before dawn – as well as it its raw intensity such as in bouts of merciless weather or the powerful, dynamic interaction of animals.<\/p>\n

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The Little Falls by J. E. H. MacDonald<\/p><\/div>\n

Many artists have become transfixed with nature, making it the main focus of their careers. A Canadian group of landscape painters called The Group of Seven<\/a> were one such cohort. Otherwise known as the Algonquin School<\/a>, they painted throughout the 1920\u2019s and into the early 1930\u2019s. Primarily painting the Canadian landscape, these artists left us with iconic images of one of Canada’s greatest assets \u2013 the land itself.<\/p>\n

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Fred Varley - Stormy Weather Georgian Bay<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mirror Lake by Franklin Carmichael<\/p><\/div>\n

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Berry Patch, 1920 by Frank Johnston<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brink Of Falls Moon River,1930 by Arthur Lismer<\/p><\/div>\n

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Maple And Birches by A.Y. Jackson<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2010, \u2018\u2019Bylot Island I\u2019\u2019, an oil-on-canvas by Group of Seven Artist Lawren Harris sold for $ 2,808,000. It was the second Harris piece to sell for over $1 million at that auction, and one of the most expensive works ever sold by a Canadian artist.<\/p>\n

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"Bylot Island I," by Canadian artist Lawren Harris<\/p><\/div>\n

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