Lawren Harris
Northern Painting 25
1924
Oil on canvas
This dramatic, fantastical landscape—filled with sculptured clouds, still waters, and towering trees—depicts a wooded island on the northern coast of Lake Superior in Ontario. The scene inspired Harris, the leading member of Canada’s Group of Seven, to experiment with color and form in a number of related paintings, seeking to give Canada a national artistic identity through depictions of its rugged landscape. This is the first work by Lawren Harris to enter our collection—a gift from Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield in honor of Canada’s sesquicentennial.
Gift of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield
© Family of Lawren S. Harris