Alfred Joseph Casson , Stamp Designer.

While I was looking for the biographies of stamp designers and engravers on the Canadian Postal Archives site http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/...80601_e.html br /

I was pleasantly surprised to see that Alfred Joseph Casson designed 2 Canadian stamps.
Casson was of course one of the famous Group of Seven painters.

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The themes of the stamps are not exactly what one would expect from
a painter who was known for colourful landscape scenes but
artists have to eat too.

The McMichael gallery in Kleinburg has many of his paintings
on exhibit there and of course from the other Group of Seven
members.
I've visited there a few times and one can spend many
hours viewing the works of art and walking around
the beautiful grounds.

Paper Industry 1956
Scott (Unitrade) 362




Mining 1957
Scott (Unitrade) 373

Very cool, Litho. I never noticed his name on the designs before.
I love the McMichael as well. Of course it's not far for either of us to drive.
Mr Casson is in fact buried in the small cemetery on the grounds, along with other Group members Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer and Fred Varley (who is my personal favourite), as well as Robert McMichael and his wife Signe McMichael co-founders of the gallery.

Great stuff lithograving.
I wonder how many of our stamps are designed by the Group of Seven ..?...I also have 3 prints from those guys in a frame with the exact stamp that is depicted I the painting.

Great info lithograving.

Thanks for sharing