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To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.

A. Y. Jackson

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A. Y. Jackson
Age: 91 †
Born: 1882
Born: October 3
Died: 1974
Died: May 5
Painter
Montreal
Quebec
Alexander Young-Jackson
Alexander Young Jackson
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Ignored
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Art
Missions
Country
Arts
Believed
Record
Worth
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