Tom Thomson developed an artistic language that captured the unique qualities of the Canadian landscape - dazzling in color and in tune with the subtle changing of the seasons. After his untimely death, Thomson's friends organized a memorial exhibition, and followed this up by forming probably the most famous artistic force in Canadian art history: the Group of Seven. Lawren Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, Arthur Lismer, Frederick Varley, Frank Johnston, Franklin Carmichael, and A.Y. Jackson created - along with Thomson - a landscape style that to this day influences the way Canadians visualize their own country.

Highly revered in Canada, these great artists are virtually unknown outside. This spectacularly illustrated book, arranged according to the geographical areas depicted, with scholarly essays investigating different aspects of the painters' craft, aims to redress that imbalance.

Ian A.C. Dejardin is an art historian and executive director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

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Anna Hudson is a professor of Canadian art history and curatorial studies at York University.

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Curator Katerina Atanassova, MA, joined the Varley Art Gallery team in 1999 as the education/program co-ordinator. Her research on Fred Varley and William Berczy has led to several key exhibitions for the Varley Art Gallery, including Towards the Spiritual in Canadian Art in the summer of 25.

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