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AY jackson was born in Montreal, Quebec
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Alexander Young Jackson left school at the age of twelve and began work at a Montreal printing firm.
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Group of Seven founding members Harris and MacDonald were sufficiently impressed by Jackson's work that, in 1913, they invited him to move to Toronto. The following year, he shared space with Thomson in the Studio Building on Severn Street, remaining there until 1955, when he re-located to the Ottawa area.
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Lithography originally used an image drawn into a coating of wax or an oily substance applied to a plate of lithographic stone as the medium to transfer ink to a blank paper sheet, and so produce a printed page. Wikipedia
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He exhibited with the Group of Seven from 1920. In addition to his work with the Group of Seven, his long career included serving as a war artist during World War I
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The Studio Building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was the home and working studio of several of the Group of Seven painters
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A.Y. Jackson died at the age of 91 and buried in the small cemetery on the McMichael gallery grounds.
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Altho jackson has past we will always admire his art
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