Frederick Horsman Varley( a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists), Watercolors

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Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 - 1969) 加拿大七人画派成员之一，水彩，沙漠中骑骆驼的阿拉伯人 Size:10x20cm拍品来源：加拿大资深犹太人收藏家Mr.Michael Frederick Horsman Varley (January 2, 1881 – September 8, 1969) was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.Varley was born in Sheffield, England. in 1881. He studied art in Sheffield and attended Académie royale des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, where he worked on the docks. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 on the advice of another Sheffield native (and future Group of Seven member), Arthur Lismer, and found work at the Grip Ltd. design firm in Toronto, Ontario.Beginning in January 1918, he served in the First World War with C.W. Simpson, J.W. Beatty and Maurice Cullen. Varley came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an "official war artist." He accompanied Canadian troops in the Hundred Days offensive from Amiens, France to Mons, Belgium. His paintings of combat are based on his experiences at the front. Although he had been enthusiastic to travel to France as a war artist, he became deeply disturbed by what he saw:"WeÂ’d be healthier to forget [the war], and that we never can. We are forever tainted with its abortiveness and its cruel drama."Varley's Some Day the People Will Return, shown at Burlington House in London and at the Canadian War Memorials Exhibition, is a large canvas depicting a war-ravaged cemetery, suggestive that even the dead cannot escape the destruction. 加拿大七人画派正式成立于第一次世界大战以后的1920年春，他们基于对加拿大荒野自然的爱，开创了一种区别于欧洲传统画风，运用大胆、夸张的技法，以富于变化的画面突出表现真正的加拿大绘画风格，在世界艺术史上留下了不可磨灭的一章。“七人画派”最初由劳伦斯·哈里斯（Lawren Harris）、詹姆斯·爱德华·赫维·麦克唐纳（J.E.H. MacDonald）、阿瑟·利斯麦尔（Arthur Lismer）、弗雷德里克·瓦利（Frederick Varley）、弗朗西斯·约翰斯顿（Frank Johnston）、富兰克林·卡尔米歇尔（Franklin Carmichael）和亚历山大·扬·杰克逊（A.Y. Jackson）七位艺术家组成，后续陆续有更多艺术家加入。