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Talmage, Algernon (British, 1871–1939)
A British Impressionist painter, etcher, and portraitist, Talmage was also an official war artist for the Canadian government alongside Augustus John during the First World War. He was an early influence on Emily Carr as a teacher at the Cornish School of Landscape, Figure and Sea Painting in St. Ives, England, encouraging the development of her forest paintings.
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Thauberger, Althea (Canadian, b.1970)
A multi-media artist, filmmaker, and educator, Thauberger considers complex power relations in social, political, and institutional life in her art, and her practice involves research-intensive and collaborative projects with different communities. An assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Thauberger was a participant in the Canadian Forces Artists Program in 2009, travelling to Kandahar, Afghanistan. See artwork by this artist.
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Thomas, Jeff (urban-Iroquois, b. 1956)
Photographer and curator whose work is informed by the absent identity of the “urban Iroquois.” Thomas seeks to create an image archive of his experiences as an Iroquois man living in cities and to place Indigenous peoples in contemporary urban contexts, sometimes with a wry tone. His series Indians on Tour adopts a street photography aesthetic to capture plastic Indigenous figurines within city scenes. See artwork by this artist.
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Thomson, Tom (Canadian, 1877–1917)
A seminal figure in the creation of a national school of painting, Thomson is known for a bold vision of Algonquin Park—aligned stylistically with Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau—that has come to symbolize both the Canadian landscape and Canadian landscape painting. Thomson and the members of what would in 1920 become the Group of Seven profoundly influenced one another’s work. See artwork by this artist.
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Tinning, George Campbell (Canadian, 1910–1996)
Born in Saskatoon, Campbell Tinning moved to Montreal in 1939 to work as an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. An official Canadian war artist during the Second World War, he later turned toward abstraction. See artwork by this artist.
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Titian (Italian, c.1488–1576)
Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian in English, was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian Renaissance, whose formal innovations in brushwork and colour signalled the rise of a new aesthetic in Western art. Patronized by royalty, Titian enjoyed a formidable reputation throughout much of Europe. His work influenced later painters, including Diego Velázquez and Peter Paul Rubens.
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Todd, Barbara (Canadian, b.1952)
An interdisciplinary artist, Todd creates politically and socially engaged fibre art, such as her notable series Security Blankets, 1992–95, that connects Cold War technological warfare with everyday patriarchal structures. Born in Ontario, Todd divides her time between Montreal and Troy, New York.
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Topham, Thurstan (Canadian, 1888–1966)
An English immigrant to Montreal in 1911, Topham served in the 1st Canadian Siege Battery during the First World War, where he produced drawings and watercolours on the front lines. His sketches are considered some of the first to depict tanks in action and to record the 1916 Battle of the Somme as it happened. See artwork by this artist.
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Tosh, Bev (Canadian, b.1948)
Trained at the University of Saskatchewan, the Alberta College of Art and Design (now the Alberta University of the Arts), and the University of Calgary (MFA), Tosh has spent two decades portraying Canadian war brides in a variety of media. The daughter of a New Zealand air force pilot and a Canadian war bride, Tosh has created over 200 war bride portraits. See artwork by this artist.
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About the Author
Laura Brandon was the Historian, Art and War, at the Canadian War Museum from 1992 until 2015.
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