Monday's post on Edith Lelean Groves was running long, so I never did get to the drawings that feature in her Everyday Children. Numbering thirty-five in total, they were one reason I'd bought the book in the first place.
Or maybe not.
I was more interested that they'd been selected by Arthur Lismer, and had been produced by the children who'd attended his Saturday class at the Art Gallery of Toronto.
(Those with a keen eye will spot The West Wind by Lismer's friend Tom Thompson.)
Most have nothing to do with the poems they accompany. One of the few exceptions is this illustration, which appears to have been inspired by "My Upstairs Brother".
(Those with a keen eye will spot The West Wind by Lismer's friend Tom Thompson.)
The pictures vary wildly and in terms of style and ability. Sadly, not one is credited.
There are drawings of dogs, dolls, policemen and young toughs. Some are similar in terms of subject.
Art school survivors will see evidence of either a bad teacher ("Today, children, we will be drawing a girl struggling with a broken umbrella.") or classroom rivalry ("Watch as I put your picture to shame.").
Children, children, Mr Lismer likes both your drawings.
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