What Makes The 1920's In Canada Unique

Natasha Schartner

Mr. Bults

CHC2D

03/29/2018

What Makes The 1920’s In Canada Special The 1920’s in Canada were special. They were all about having fun and making up for lost time. In Canada the war effected many people, everyone had their own story and wanted a happy ending. To do this people dressed up and tried new things to make things better and good again. The 1920’s in Canada were special because of the advanced way of transportation, called the automobile, the new generation of young woman, named the flappers, and lastly, the Canadian landscape painters, known as the Group of Seven. The automobile was a significant part of the 1920’s in Canada. The advanced technology allowed people to get places faster and save time doing it. It

They were the new breed of women. They had a very distinct style, short hair, and short skirts. The Flappers were known for having a good time, they smoked, drank, danced and partied. Flappers were seen by the older generations as having no morals and no honour. This may be true but there was more to it than that. Because the Flappers were so daring and free will, they pushed women’s rights forward substantially. If they had not acted as they did, woman may not be where they are today. F Scott Fitzgerald described the ideal flapper as "lovely, expensive, and about nineteen”. H.L. Mencken defines the Flapper as “a somewhat foolish girl, full of wild surmises and inclined to revolt against the precepts and admonitions of her elders.” Both are fair statements of the Flappers, they describe both sides of the Flapper stereotype. At the end of the 1920s, the stock market crashed and the world was plunged into the Great Depression. Crazy and recklessness was forced to come to an end. However, many of the flapper's changes remained. The Flappers were an inspiration and their impact effects every woman

For the first time a group of Canadian painters got together and decided to paint their interpretations of the Canadian landscape. They preferred to paint in the European impressionist style that was more concerned about colour and interpretation of the subject rather than realism. The group consisted of 7 members, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson, was included in this circle of friends, but since he died in 1917, he never became a member of the Group. The original seven members, were gathered from all over Canada. Though various members came and went, and events such as World War I separated the Group of Seven, each member was encouraged and inspired by the others. Officially together for only slightly more than a decade, the influence of the Group of Seven was great, and remains so.The work of this talented group is still much sought-after today, and originals and prints are shown in major museums and galleries across