The Eastern Group of Painters was a group of Canadian artists formed in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec for exhibition purposes and showing together as a group till 1950. It included Montreal artists whose common interest was painting and an art for art's sake aesthetic, not the espousal of a nationalist theory as was the case with the Group of Seven or the Canadian Group of Painters.
The Eastern Group of Painters was a collective of Canadian artists established in 1938 in Montreal, Quebec, primarily for exhibition purposes. The group included painters from Montreal who shared an interest in painting and art for its own sake rather than promoting a nationalist theory like the Group of Seven or the Canadian Group of Painters.