William J. Wood

William J. Wood (May 26, 1877 – January 5, 1954) was a Canadian painter and etcher.

Wood was a close friend of several members of the Group of Seven: Arthur Lismer and A.Y. Jackson. In 1923 at one Group of Seven exhibition Wood is listed as a member of the Group of Seven, replacing Franz Johnston. Much of his work depicts scenes in Midland, Ontario, his hometown. The Huronia Museum, in Midland, Ontario, has an extensive collection of his works.

Career Born near Ottawa, he left his home on a farm on Lake Erie to work on the Great Lakes on its ships. Around 1900 he studied at the Eric Pape School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, then in 1904-1905, studied at the Central Ontario School of Art and Industrial Design, (later OCAD University) with George Agnew Reid, William Cruikshank, Charles Manly and Robert Holmes.

Selected public collections Art Gallery of Hamilton; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Art Museum at the University of Toronto; Huronia Museum, Midland; McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton; McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg;