How did Arthur Lismer become an artist?

Arthur Lismer was born in 1885 in Sheiffield, England. At the age of thirteen he developed his painting skill at a photo-engraving company and he was awarded a scholarship. In 1898 until 1905, Lismer attended the night classes for Sheffield School of Arts. In 1905 he moved to Belgium to study art at the Academie Royale. Lismer settled in Toronto, Canada in 1911.

that where he met the rest of the members of the group of seven and in 1919 he was officially declared as one of the members. Technically he became an artist the moment he developed his skill which was at the age of thirteen.