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War Art
War art is first publicly shown at the Canadian War Memorials Exhibition. -
Group Of Seven
The first exhibition of the nationalistic Group of Seven takes place at the Art Gallery of Toronto. -
Female Recognition
Mary Riter Hamilton is named Officier de l'Académie Française and receives the purple ribbon of Les Palmes Académiques for her paintings of war-torn France. The Calgary Art Club is founded, only to be expelled from the library meeting room for daring to draw from the figure. Mary Hiester Reid is the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto, albeit posthumously. Elizabeth Styring Nutt organizes an unprecedented "Art Week" in Halifax. -
Art Instruction
The Ecole des beaux-arts in Montréal offers art instruction. The Royal Canadian Academy organizes a competition to foster mural painting. The first woman to earn the Bachelor of Architecture degree in Canada is Jean Hall. Queen's University biology professor Alfred Brooker Klugh begins contributing a monthly photography column to American Photography. -
Watercolour
The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour is formed. -
Emily Carr Receives Worldwide Recognition
Carr becomes the first Canadian woman artist to achieve national recognition when her work is included in Marius Barbeau and Eric Brown's exhibition of Canadian West Coast Art, Native and Modern, in the National Gallery. -
Sculptors Society of Canada
Frances Loring, Florence Wyle, Elizabeth Wyn Wood and others form the Sculptors' Society of Canada. -
Recognition of Indigenous Art
The Canadian Handicrafts Guild fosters interest in native art with an exhibition of Inuit crafts in Montréal. -
Last Exhibition of the Group of Seven
The last official exhibition of the Group of Seven takes place at the Art Gallery of Toronto. -
Canadian Group of Painters
Twenty-eight artists from across the country form the Canadian Group of Painters to succeed the defunct Group of Seven. Although centred in Toronto, the CGP's first show of "art with a national character" is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. -
Contemporary Arts
Lyman founds the Contemporary Arts Society in Montréal to promote greater awareness of international modernism. -
Art Competitions
The Province of Québec begins a series of Artistic Competitions.