Tom Thomson, artist and art
Born August 4 1877, Birth Claremont, Ontario, Canada.
Died July 8 1917 deathAlgonquin Provincial Park, Canada.
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Thomson’s painting of birch trees in autumn is not a typical landscape. The artist’s style is somewhat abstract, as he has simplified many elements of the forest. Notice how he has divided the forest floor into bright, fall-coloured sections, almost resembling a patchwork quilt…
The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery has the third largest collection of Thomson’s drawings and paintings
The Birch Grove, Autumn
His brief but brilliant career was profoundly influenced by the landscape. In Algonquin Park he would often disappear for days, having discovered the perfect site for a sketch already formulated in his mind…
