Canadian Art and Cultureof the 1920s

Art

• The Group of Seven– Members travelled in groups to Northern Ontario

and painted rugged northland in an interpretive style, using strong, deep colours.

– This ‘impressionism’ was unusual for the time, because people were used to seeing realistic paintings, not interpretation.

Group of Seven Art

Group of Seven Art cont’d

Not Group of Seven Art

Literature

• Stephen Leacock– Wrote humorous books

• Mazo de la Roche• Morley Callaghan• Leslie McFarlane

– Wrote the Hardy Boys

Sports

• ‘Canada’s Golden Age of Sports’– Canadian athletes won medals and trophies all around the

world.– The racing schooner Bluenose was fastest boat of its time.

(it is on our dime)– Hockey league (NHL) extremely popular and expanded

into the US.