Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945) is a Canadian artist. He was the youngest original member of the Group of Seven.

His Life

Franklin Carmichael is born in Orillia, Ontario May 4th 1890. His father is a carriage maker. Carmichael arrived at Toronto when he was 21 years old and entered the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, where he studied with William Cruickshank and George Reid. He was then joined Tom Thomson and other painters who were training to be serious artists. On weekends, Carmichael went sketching trips with other artists. In 1913, Carmichael went to Belgium to study painting but came back to Ontario to rejoin with the rest of the artists. After returning, he painted watercolours and oils of Northern Ontario landscapes. Carmichael was greatly influenced by Tom Thomson and shared space a studio building in 1914. Carmichael married in 1915 and spent a lot of his time with them. He also was on the fringe of the group because of his difference in age and was closely associated with the newer members of the Group of Seven.

Carmichael along with A. J. Casson and F. H. Brigden founded the Ontario Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1925. He also founded the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933. He taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1932 to 1945.

Many of his paintings are about small towns in Ontario. He was famous for his watercolour painting and was influenced by other Group of Seven artists.

His Works

Here are some of Carmichael's works:

• Autumn Hillside - 1920
• The Valley - 1921
• October Gold - 1922
• The Glade - 1922
• Snow Clouds - 1926
• North Shore - 1927
• Mirror Lake - 1929
• Northern Tundra - 1931
• Bay of Islands - 1931
• Grace Lake - 1933