13 Facts About Canadian art

Canadian art refers to the visual as well as plastic arts originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada.

The nature of Canadian art reflects these diverse origins, as artists have taken their traditions and adapted these influences to reflect the reality of their lives in Canada.

The Canadian government has sponsored four official war art programs: the First World War Canadian War Memorials Fund, the Second World War Canadian War Records, the Cold War Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artists Program, and the current Canadian Forces Artists Program .

Indigenous Canadian art traditions are often organized by Canadian art historians according to cultural, linguistic or regional groups, the most common regional distinctions being: Northwest Coast, Northwest Plateau, Plains, Eastern Woodlands, Subarctic, and Arctic.

One thing that distinguishes Indigenous Canadian art from European traditions is a focus on Canadian art that tends to be made for "utilitarian, shamanistic or decorative purposes, or for pleasure", as Maria Tippett writes.

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Canadian art returned to Montreal in 1781 after studying sculpture in London and Paris.

Canadian art immigrated to North America from Europe, perhaps Saxony, and completed several important portraits of leading figures.

Art historian J Russell Harper believes this era of Canadian art was the first to develop a truly Canadian character.

Works of most early Canadian art painters were heavily influenced by European trends.

In 1880, the Royal Canadian art Academy was founded and it, too, is still active today.

Canadian art helped fund many of the group's northern excursions beginning 1919 by having a box car outfitted with sleeping quarters and heat, then left at prearranged train track locations to be re-located when the group wanted to move or return.

Today, particularly with the work of Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and Emily Carr, Canadian art is reaching new highs in the Canadian auction market.

Since the 1930s, Canadian art painters have developed a wide range of highly individual styles and painted in different regions of Canada.