Showing posts with label Canada's group of seven artist Tom Thomson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada's group of seven artist Tom Thomson. Show all posts

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Canada's group of seven artist Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson is one of my favorite Group of Seven artists. The mystery surrounding his death on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park is a topic of conversation among artists even to this day. It is said that his body was found tangled in a fishing line and the fly on his trousers was open. He had been in a canoe. Did he simply stand up in his canoe to relieve himself, accidently tip it and fall over, hit his head and drowned? We'll never know but I feel it's a strong possibility. Whatever happened, in his short lifetime he left us some beautiful paintings. My favorite is The West Wind. I have a print of it hanging framed on the wall.