In the 1930s, members of the Group of Seven decided to enlarge the club and formed the Canadian Group of Painters, made up of 28 artists from across the country. Founded in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec, t...In the 1930s, members of the Group of Seven decided to enlarge the club and formed the Canadian Group of Painters, made up of 28 artists from across the country. Founded in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec, the Eastern Group of Painters included Montreal artists whose common interest was painting as a means to create art for art’s sake, as opposed to the espousal of a nationalist theory (which was the case with the Group of Seven).
