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<strong>Tom</strong> <strong>Thomson</strong><br />
Life & Work by David P. Silcox<br />
Key Exhibitions<br />
Memorial exhibitions of <strong>Thomson</strong>’s work following his death were organized in Montreal,<br />
Ottawa, and Toronto. Thereafter his works were usually shown in group or survey<br />
exhibitions, the most important of which were the British Empire Exhibitions at Wembley<br />
Park, London, in 1924 and 1925, and Painting Canada: <strong>Tom</strong> <strong>Thomson</strong> and the Group<br />
of Seven at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 2011–12. The first ambitious<br />
retrospective was organized by Joan Murray at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, in<br />
1971. Thirty years passed before the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and the Art<br />
Gallery of Ontario, collaborated on a major travelling retrospective in 2002, an exhibition<br />
that provided much new research by a phalanx of curators.<br />
Installation view of Canadian Section of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembely<br />
Park in 1924, <strong>Thomson</strong>’s The West Wind, 1916–17, Northern River, 1914–15, and<br />
The Jack Pine, 1916–17, were prominently featured<br />
Installation view of The Art of <strong>Tom</strong> <strong>Thomson</strong>, organized by the Art Gallery of<br />
Ontario, Toronto, in 1971<br />
1913<br />
1914<br />
1915<br />
1916<br />
1917<br />
April 5–26, 1913, Ontario Society of Artists, 41st Annual Exhibition, Art Museum of Toronto. <strong>Thomson</strong><br />
exhibited for the first time at this exhibition, and his painting Northern Lake, 1912–13, was purchased by the<br />
Government of Ontario for $250.<br />
March 14–April 11, 1914, Ontario Society of Artists, 42nd Annual Exhibition, Art Museum of Toronto. From<br />
this exhibition the National Gallery of Canada purchased Moonlight, 1913–14, for $150, its first of several<br />
purchases during <strong>Thomson</strong>’s lifetime.<br />
March 13–April 10, 1915, Ontario Society of Artists, 43rd Annual Exhibition, Art Museum of Toronto. The<br />
National Gallery of Canada bought Northern River, 1914–15, from this exhibition for $500.<br />
March 11–April 15, 1916, Ontario Society of Artists, 44th Annual Exhibition, Art Museum of Toronto. The<br />
National Gallery of Canada purchased Spring Ice, 1915–16, from this exhibition for $300.<br />
December 1917, <strong>Tom</strong> <strong>Thomson</strong>, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto.<br />
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