"Of all the members of the Group of Seven, A.Y. Jackson is undoubtedly the one who circulated the most and painted the most in Quebec. “I do not know how many Quebec canvases I have painted,” he wrote in his autobiography. I have worked in villages on the north shore and the south shore of the St. Lawrence. In thirty years, I have only missed one season, the year I taught at the Ontario College of Art. »

Gagnon, F.-M. (1994). A. Y. Jackson, régionaliste québécois? RACAR : Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review, 21(1-2), 60–70. https://doi.org/10.7202/1072665ar

When visiting Québec, A. Y. Jackson was tempted by motifs which are traditionally attributed to the Québec regionalist school. The fact that he drew, on the suggestion of Clarence A. Gagnon, the illustrations of Adjutor Rivard’s (1868-1945) Chez Nous, a regionalist publication if there ever was one, demands explanation. The author’s thesis is that both the Québec regionalists (Clarence A. Gagnon above all) and A. Y. Jackson concurred in a touristic view of Québec. Their common enthusiasm for the Charlevoix region, to which Jackson succeeded in attracting Arthur Lismer, could be compared to Gauguin’s enthusiasm for Pont Aven. Both shared what D. MacCannell has called a “modernistic fascination for the premodern” and should be seen in the same “modernistic” perspective. Even the “direct” style adopted by Jackson seemed to substantiate this rapprochement.- Francois-Marc Gagnon: Gagnon, F.-M. (1994). A. Y. Jackson, régionaliste québécois? RACAR : Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review, 21(1-2), 60–70. https://doi.org/10.7202/1072665ar

Link to Adjutor Rivard's, Chez nous publication: https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/pdf/Rivard-cheznous.pdf

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