In the foreground of this painting, the nude torsos of two women block the view of the landscape in the background. The work combines the genre of the nude with the landscape tradition of the Group of Seven, showing how the earlier wilderness renderings of the Group could be adapted. The most controversial work in Brooker’s oeuvre, it was removed from a 1931 show at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario).
Cosmic Consciousness: The Art of Bertram Brooker
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Bertram Brooker, Figures in a Landscape, 1931
Oil on canvas, 60.9 x 76.2 cm, unlocated