Background
Carl Schaefer, a Canadian art teacher born in Hanover, Ontario, April 30, 1903. Deceased since May 21, 1995. Studying under the Group of Seven painters, Arthur Lismer, and J.E.H. MacDonald from 1921-24 at the Ontario College of Art. In 1926, he went on a trip to the ‘Pickerel’ and ‘French Rivers’ during the ‘Great Depression’, he relocated to Hanover; Which is where he started using the watercolour medium. During WW2 1943-46 he became an official war artist and worked alongside 'Royal Canadian Air Force'. In the 1950’s he returned to painting the countryside’s of Hanover and Wellington/Waterloo counties. Carl Schaefer, an art scholar who earned fame returned to the place he learned how to paint; the Ontario College of Art.
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Carl Schaefer, a Canadian art teacher born in Hanover, Ontario, April 30, 1903. Deceased since May 21, 1995. Studying under the Group of Seven painters, Arthur Lismer, and J.E.H. MacDonald from 1921-24 at the Ontario College of Art. In 1926, he went on a trip to the ‘Pickerel’ and ‘French Rivers’ during the ‘Great Depression’, he relocated to Hanover; Which is where he started using the watercolour medium. During WW2 1943-46 he became an official war artist and worked alongside 'Royal Canadian Air Force'. In the 1950’s he returned to painting the countryside’s of Hanover and Wellington/Waterloo counties. Carl Schaefer, an art scholar who earned fame returned to the place he learned how to paint; the Ontario College of Art.
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