A. J. Casson was a Canadian artist. The following is a list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists: Individuals Ran Andrews, 1956-, painter Robert Bateman, 1930-, painter Emily Carr, 1871-1945, painter Alex Colville, 1920-, painter Ken Danby, 1940-, painter Charles Daudelin, 1920-2001, sculptor and painter Paterson Ewen, 1925-2002, painter Marcelle Ferron...
He was one of the later members of the Group of Seven. Unlike the other members of his group, he preferred painting the rural areas around Southern Ontario, though his work still reflected the ideals of the Group. Because he joined later, his style was also.more distinct. For the group of seven industrially advanced nations see G7. ...
Born in Toronto in 1898, he moved around with his family during his childhood, first to Guelph, then Hamilton. He returned to Toronto at 17. L
Carmichael had the greatest influence on Casson as an artist, taking him sketching and camping, and introducing him to members of the GROUP OF SEVEN, including Lawren HARRIS and J.E.H. Along with Carmichael and F.H. Brigden, Casson revived and championed the watercolour medium.
In 1926 Casson was invited to join the Group to replace Franz JOHNSTON who had shown only in the group's first exhibition (1920).
Casson worked for many years as the chief designer for the printing firm of Simpson Matthews, which specialized in screen printing.
AlfredJosephCasson was born in Toronto on May 17, 1898, and for more than eight decades his life was centred in Southern Ontario.
Casson differred from the rest of the group, not only through his late enrollment, but also in the fact that he continued to work as a commercial artist until the age of sixty, when he retired as Vice President and Art Director of Samson-Mathews in Toronto.
Casson's subjects also differ somewhat from those of the rest of the group, for he has never shown much interest in the North Woods landscape of which the others were so fond.
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