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“Through our own creative experience we came to know that the real tradition in art is not housed only in museums and art galleries and in great works of art; it is innate in us and can be galvanized into activity by the power of creative endeavour in our own day, and in our own country, by our own creative individuals in the arts.”

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Lawren Harris, born on October 23, 1885, and died on January 29, 1970, was a Canadian painter known for his paintings of the Canadian north. His work, characterized by cold tones and geometric abstraction, has had a profound impact on the Canadian art scene. more

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