In less than a decade as a painter, Tom Thomson produced around fifty canvases and four hundred or more small sketches on a variety of boards and panels, none much larger than 21.6 x 26.7 cm. Today they are regarded as some of Canada’s strongest and most popular images of the North, even if the sites Thomson painted constituted much less pristine wilderness than is usually acknowledged. Many other artists lived longer and created more works than he did, yet achieved much less.
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Burns’ Blessing 1906
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Drowned Land 1912
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Northern River 1914–15
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Sunset 1915
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Pine Trees at Sunset 1915
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Fire-Swept Hills 1915
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Approaching Snowstorm 1915
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Opulent October 1915–16
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Nocturne: Forest Spires 1916
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Autumn, Algonquin Park 1916
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First Snow in Autumn 1916
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Cranberry Marsh 1916
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The Pointers 1916–17
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The West Wind 1916-17
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The Jack Pine 1916–17
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After the Storm 1917
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About the Author
David P. Silcox has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the arts; most recently he was president of Sotheby’s Canada for twelve years.
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Acknowledgements
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