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Arthur Charles
Erickson was born in Vancouver, June 14, 1924, the older of two sons
of Oscar Erickson and Myrtle Chatterson, second generation
Canadians. Oscar Erickson loved painting and was an accomplished
watercolourist. On many outdoor painting excursions, his wife and
children would accompany him painting, often though just exploring.
Arthur Erickson recalls other nature explorations with his
grandmother, listening to her many stories whilst searching for
mushrooms and pebbles. At the age of sixteen, he held an exhibition
of watercolour paintings that attracted the attention of Lawren
Harris, the painter and founder of the Group of Seven. Lawren Harris
and his wife became close friends of the Ericksons and influential
figures in Arthur's
development.
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