William Brymner (1855–1925) ✽ Canadian painter

Thanks for watching and comments! ✽ All the best! Regarded as the father of modern Canadian art, Scottish-born William Brymner (1855–1925) was an enthusiastic traveller who was known for landscapes that depict places in Canada and Europe. This deceptively simple painting of girls sitting on a hillside making a wreath of flowers was created during Brymner’s visit to Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, from May to November 1884. A Wreath of Flowers was a critical success for Brymner and a turning point in his early career as an artist. At the time, he described this work as his “magnum opus.” Today, many consider A Wreath of Flowers his best-known painting. A man ahead of his time, William Brymner (1855–1925) is the father of modern Canadian painting. A.Y. Jackson and Arthur Lismer credited him with transforming art in Montreal, and the Canadian Impressionist movement and the Beaver Hall Group would not have taken root without Brymner’s influence. Just as Canada was establishing itself as a n