LeMoine Fitzgerald
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Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald (March 17, 1890-August 7, 1956) was a Canadian artist, a member of the Group of Seven.
He was born in Winnipeg in 1890 and studied art in Winnipeg, Pittsburgh and New York City. In 1924, he began teaching at the Winnipeg School of Art; he was principal of the school from 1929 to 1947. He exhibited works in two shows with the Group of Seven in 1930 and was invited to become a member of the Group in 1932 when J. E. H. MacDonald died. He was a founding member of its successor, the Canadian Group of Painters.
He died of a heart attack in Winnipeg in 1956.
In 2003, the Royal Canadian Mint produced a gold coin based on Fitzgerald's 1929 work Houses.
| Group of Seven |
| Original members: Franklin Carmichael | Lawren Harris | A. Y. Jackson | Frank Johnston | Arthur Lismer | J. E. H. MacDonald | Frederick Varley |
| Other members: A. J. Casson | Edwin Holgate | LeMoine Fitzgerald | Tom Thomson |
