Alexander Young Jackson CC CMG (1882 - 1974)

Born 3 Oct 1882 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Died 5 Apr 1974 at age 91 in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

A. Y. Jackson CC CMG is Notable.

A.Y. (Alexander Young) Jackson was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. As well as his work with the Group of Seven, he served as a war artist during the First World War and taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts, from 1943 to 1949. In his later years he was artist-in-residence at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg, Ontario.

Born in Montreal in 1882, he was the son of Henry Jackson, an unsuccessful businessman, and his wife Elizabeth Young. ^[1][2][3]After his father abandoned the family, Jackson worked as a teenager at a lithography company and attended art classes at the Art Association of Montreal. In the early 1900s he also studied in Chicago and Paris.

He moved to Toronto and in 1914 shared a studio with Tom Thomson. After the war, he moved into the Studio Building and worked there until 1955. From 1920 on, he exhibited with the Group of Seven. In 1955 he relocated to Manotick near Ottawa, but in 1968 ill health forced him to move again, this time to Kleinburg.^[4]

Jackson died on April 5, 1974 in Kleinburg and was buried in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Burial Grounds.^[5] A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in Toronto is named in his honour.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW59-LFS : 3 August 2016), Alex Jackson, St Antoine Ward, Montréal Centre, Quebec, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148209.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHPB-RKD : 23 February 2021), Alexander Jackson in household of Hergery Jackson, Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBW-K9L3 : 16 March 2018), A Y Jackson in entry for Mrs Henry Jackson, 1911; citing Census, Hochelaga Sub-Districts 31-51, Quebec, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,549.
4. ↑ National Gallery of Canada: A.Y. Jackson
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2020), memorial page for A.Y. Jackson (3 Oct 1882–5 Apr 1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #10486, citing McMichael Canadian Art Collection Burial Grounds, Kleinburg, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Find A Grave

See also:

• Canadian Encyclopedia: A.Y. Jackson
• Wikipedia: A.Y. Jackson