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Tom Thomson - (Quest Biography) by Wayne Larsen (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • About the Author: Wayne Larsen is a Montreal artist, editor, and writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications.
  • 192 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Artists, Architects, Photographers
  • Series Name: Quest Biography

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About the Book



Tom Thomson holds a prominent position in Canada's culture and has become an icon for his landscapes, his brief life, and mysterious death. Dividing his time between the wilderness and a shack behind the Studio Building near downtown Toronto, Thomson was an inspiration to his friends who eventually formed the Group of Seven.



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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. 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. Dividing his time between his beloved wilderness and a shack behind the Studio Building near downtown Toronto, Thomson was a major inspiration to his painter friends who, not long after his death, went on to change the course of Canadian art as the influential - and equally controversial - Group of Seven.



About the Author



Wayne Larsen is a Montreal artist, editor, and writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications. 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.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Artists, Architects, Photographers
Series Title: Quest Biography
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Wayne Larsen
Language: English
Street Date: January 18, 2011
TCIN: 1011490264
UPC: 9781554887729
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-1486
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Q: Who is the author of this biography?

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Q: What type of art did Tom Thomson primarily create?

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