(1895-1960)
By the turn of the century, most of the early senior painters had died and the younger ones had been relocated to rapidly expanding metropolitan centres like Hamilton and Toronto. The dynamism of the former era quickly disappeared. The drain was aided by the disruptions of two World Wars and the Great Depression which further handicapped much local artistic effort. Another brief spirit of artistic growth did begin in the Twenties and several new painters emerged to reactivate the community. They combined forces with the Western Art League and the Women's Canadian Club to lay the groundwork for this institution in 1940. Again their work was stymied by the war but slow growth did continue later with the advent of the "Baby Boom". Careful building by the old guard and new recruits returning from the last war prepared the scene for a second magnificent artistic flowering in the 1960s.
This section contains artists: Herb Ariss, Clare Bice, Eva Bradshaw, Mackie Cryderman, Edward Glen, Mary Healey, James Kemp, William "St. Thomas" Smith, Marjorie Spenceley and Albert Templar.
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