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What is the significance of the Group of Seven?
- Canada's representation in the G7 international economic forum
- A group of Canadian landscape painters active in the 1920s who developed a distinctive Canadian style
- A group of seven provinces that negotiated Confederation
- Seven Indigenous chiefs who signed major land treaties
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Active primarily in the 1920s, the Group of Seven were a collective of Canadian artists who rejected European artistic conventions and instead painted the rugged wilderness of Canada, especially the Canadian Shield. Their bold, distinctive style helped establish a uniquely Canadian visual identity.