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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For Immediate Release
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Early Works by Group of Seven presented at Kelowna Art Gallery
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Northern Pine: Watercolours and Drawings by the Group of Seven<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">October 24, 2020 to March 7, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">October 21, 2020 – Kelowna, BC:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Okanagan audiences will soon be able to explore a seldom
seen side of Canadian art history at the Kelowna Art Gallery. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Organized by the Gallery to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Group of Seven exhibition in 1920,
<i>Northern Pine: Watercolours and Drawings by the Group of Seven from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection</i> presents sixty-six of the Group’s largely unknown works, including a selection of watercolour studies, graphite sketches, and a rare portfolio of
lithographs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“The works are very accessible,” says Nataley Nagy, Executive Director at the Kelowna Art Gallery. “We hope visitors will be as fascinated as we were to see these stripped-down
working sketches and studies — they truly give us a window into who these seven artists were and how they came to influence the Canadian artistic landscape.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Group of Seven was formed by artists Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and F.H. Varley. They were responsible
for the first major national art movement in Canada and are perhaps best known for their vivid oil paintings showcasing the Canadian landscape.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Before they were recognized as accomplished artists, the members of the Group of Seven plied their trade as draughtsmen and found work as commercial artists, while still
sketching and honing their artistic practices. It is this intimately revealing aspect of their work that visitors will get a chance to see.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ian M. Thom (former Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and McMichael Canadian Art Collection), who has organized over 100 exhibitions
across Canada and published extensively, is the guest curator responsible for the exhibition, hand-picking the art that will be on display, the majority of which was borrowed from the McMichael’s collection in Kleinburg, Ontario.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“The McMichael’s collection of drawings and other works on paper by the members of the Group of Seven is a glory of our museum’s holdings too often hidden from view,” says
Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. “Often accomplished works of art in their own right, these works provide us a backstage pass to the workings of the Group, and they challenge the canonical gravity with which their paintings
have increasingly been viewed. This was a band of upstarts and adventurers after all, and their drawings return us to that fact.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audiences will be treated to a variety of these works, including a 1912-13 sketch by Arthur Lismer of colleague and fellow artist Tom Thomson, and a series of visceral studies
by Lawren Harris of mountainous landscapes that point to some of his future paintings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Northern Pine</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> is guest curated by Ian Thom and organized by the Kelowna Art Gallery, with
the support of Rogers’ Family Charitable Trust, and Pushor Mitchell LLP Lawyers. The exhibition runs from October 24, 2020 to March 7, 2021. It will be accompanied by a 116-page full colour catalogue that features several essays and reproductions of the works
presented in <i>Northern Pine</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in the heart of the downtown Cultural District. For more information, please visit them online at www.kelownaartgallery.com
or call 250-762-2226.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[images]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Arthur Lismer,
<i>Tom Thomson</i>, 1912-1913, ink over graphite on paper, 25.7 x 30.8 cm. Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael. McMichael Canadian Art Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Franklin Carmichael,
<i>Lake Superior</i>, 1926, watercolour on paper, 28.5 x 34.2 cm. Gift of Mrs. R.G. Mastin. McMichael Canadian Art Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">J.E.H. MacDonald,
<i>Northern Pine</i>, 1925, ink over graphite with gouache on paper, 11 x 10.5 cm. Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael. McMichael Canadian Art Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Frank Johnston,
<i>Untitled</i>, gouache on paperboard, 58.8 x 49.2 cm. Gift of Mrs. J.H. Blair. McMichael Canadian Art Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lawren S. Harris,
<i>Untitled (Mountain Sketch)</i>, graphite on paper, 20.5 x 25.4 cm. Gift of Mrs. James H. Knox. McMichael Canadian Art Collection. © Family of Lawren S. Harris.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[online links]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Exhibition Webpage:
<a href="https://kelownaartgallery.com/northern-pine/alumni">https://kelownaartgallery.com/northern-pine/alumni</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Curator’s Talk with Ian Thom:
<a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2116026093393/WN_eEnFQ2_tS7qRgmtKXHAkow">
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2116026093393/WN_eEnFQ2_tS7qRgmtKXHAkow</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Instagram:
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kelownaartgallery">https://www.instagram.com/kelownaartgallery</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Facebook:
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KelownaArtGallery">https://www.facebook.com/KelownaArtGallery</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To arrange for an interview with Ian M. Thom, a tour of the exhibition, for additional high-res images, or for other media enquiries, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Joshua Desnoyers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marketing and Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kelowna Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1315 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">250-762-2226 ext. 305<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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