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https://spacing.ca/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/10/A._Y._Jackson_-House_of_Ypres-CROP.jpg600401It was 1916. The First World War was in full swing. And while men were dying in the trenches all around him, A.Y. Jackson was about to save his own life by painting a portrait. This was back before Jackson was famous. In fact, none of the painters in the Group of Seven was famousContinue reading