Tom Thomson: Artist of the North (Quest Biography)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1554887720 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 189 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The shy, enigmatic artist and woodsman's innovative painting style produced such seminal Canadian images as The Jack Pine and The West Wind, while his untimely drowning nearly a century ago is still a popular subject of fierce debate.Originally a commercial artist, Thomson fell in love with the forests and lakes of Ontario's Algonquin Park and devoted himself to rendering the north country's changing seasons in a series of colourful sketches and canvases. Tom Thomson (1877-1917) occupies a prominent position in Canada's national culture and has become a celebrated icon for his magnificent landscapes as well as for his brief life and mysterious death. Dividing his time between his beloved wilderness and a shack behind the Studio Building near downtown Toronto, Thomson was a major in
The shy, enigmatic artist and woodsman's innovative painting style produced such seminal Canadian images as The Jack Pine and The West Wind, while his untimely drowning nearly a century ago is still a popular subject of fierce debate.Originally a commercial artist, Thomson fell in love with the forests and lakes of Ontario's Algonquin Park and devoted himself to rendering the north country's changing seasons in a series of colourful sketches and canvases. Tom Thomson (1877-1917) occupies a prominent position in Canada's national culture and has become a celebrated icon for
"Tom Thomson" according to Alice Perkins. I would have liked to have seen more of his work.But, an interesting story.
Currently, he teaches graduate-level journalism at Concordia University and is the author of A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter and James Wilson Morrice: Painter of Light and Shadow. He lives in Verdun, Quebec.. Wayne Larsen is a Montreal artist, editor, and writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications