Beamsville, Ontario, Canada - Aerial landscape with a biplane by Frank Johnston
by Franz Frank Hans Johnston
Title
Beamsville, Ontario, Canada - Aerial landscape with a biplane by Frank Johnston
Artist
Franz Frank Hans Johnston
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Beamsville, Ontario, Canada - Aerial view of the lake shore with a patchwork of fields and scattered clouds partially obscuring the landscape.
In 1917–18 Johnston was commissioned by the Canadian War Memorials to record the activities of Canadian flying personnel training for overseas duty, his aviation paintings date form that period.
Frank (Francis) Hans Johnston was one of the founding members of the Group of Seven, an influential art movement of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-33. He left the group in 1922 and changed his name to Franz Johnston in 1927. His landscapes of the Canadian wilderness are exceptionally atmospheric and decorative, he's among the most productive and successful artists of his generation.
More paintings from the members of the Group of Seven available in the collection.
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