For over three decades following their marriage in 1929, Kathleen Daly and George Pepper crisscrossed Canada, capturing its people and its landscapes in paintings and drawings. Like the Group of Seven—whose influence can be seen in their sense of line and compositional rhythm—they were interested in the unique character of the country, but Daly and Pepper emphasized its people and their ways of life, rather than an idealized wilderness. Both artists were known for the empathy of their portraits of Canada’s inhabitants, and a concern for social issues common to many prominent artists working in the 1930s.

George Pepper (1903-1962)
Tobacco Patch, 1933
oil on board, 30.4 x 35.5 cm
Gift of the Estate of Kathleen Daly, Toronto,
Ont., 1994
CAG 94.5.10