Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974) was a Canadian painter and important member of the Group of Seven. He gained an interest in art at the young age of twelve while he worked at a Montreal lithography company. As he matured, he continued to take art lessons and study landscape painting. Jackson was enlisted during World War I and served as a war artist. He spent a fair amount of time traveling and honing his craft. During the 1940s, Jackson taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts. Jackson remains an important figure in Canadian art history for his contributions to Canadian landscape painting.

Paintings by A.Y. Jackson in Chronological Order:

The Edge of the Maple Wood, 1910	Terre Sauvage, 1913	Frozen Lake, Early Spring, Algonquin Park, 1914
The Red Maple, 1914	Entrance to Halifax Harbour, 1919	First Snow, Algoma Country, 1920
Maple Woods, Algoma, 1920	March Storm, Georgian Bay, 1920	October Morning, Algoma (Wartz Lake), 1920
Night Pine Island, 1921	The Winter Road, Quebec, 1921	Early Spring, Quebec, 1923
Barns, 1926	North Shore, Lake Superior, 1926	Skeena Crossing, 1926
Indian Home, 1927	Grey Day, Laurentians, 1928	The Beothic at Bache Post, Ellesmere Island, 1928
River St. Urbain, 1930	The Road to St. Fidele, 1930	Nellie Lake, 1933
Valley of the Gouffre River, 1933	Winter Morning, Charlevoix County, 1933	Houses, St. Urbain, 1934
Algoma in November, 1935	Smart River (Alaska), 1945	Spring, Caribou Country, 1949, 1949
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 1951	Hills at Great Bear Lake, 1953	Wilderness, Deese Bay