All Alexander Young Jackson's oil paintings



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91935 Cathedral at Ypres, Belgium Cathedral at Ypres, Belgium 1917, oil on academy board Height 21.6 cm, Width 26.8 cm. cjr

Alexander Young Jackson
(October 3, 1882 ?C April 5, 1974) was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. As a young boy, Jackson worked as an office boy for a lithograph company, after his father abandoned his family of six children. It was at this company that Jackson began his art training. In the evenings, he took classes at Montreal's Monument-National In 1905, Jackson worked his way to Europe on a cattle boat, returning by the same means and travelling on to Chicago. In Chicago, he joined a commercial art firm and took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. He saved his earnings and, by 1907, was able to visit France to study Impressionism. In France, Jackson decided to become a professional painter, studying at Paris' Acad??mie Julian under J.P. Laurens. . Related Artists to : | Longpre, Paul De | abraham sehopfer | CORNEILLE DE LYON | Pavel Chistyakov | Elliott Charles Loring |