Franz Johnston was the most prolific and financially successful artist of the original Group of Seven. Yet few people have heard of him. In the mid-1920s and until his death in 1949, Johnston’s paintings were among the most sought after in Canada, appearing in the collections of private patrons and in revered institutions including the National Gallery, the Canadian War Museum, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Among his many accomplishments, he set up an art school on the shores of Georgian Bay. But despite his legacy, Johnston has been largely overlooked in the annals of art history.That is, until now. Author and editor Roger Burford Mason’s A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston is the first biography of the influential artist’s life and work, featuring 16 rich, full-colour reproductions of Johnston’s evocative paintings, along with 25 rare black-and-white photographs.