Tom Thomson

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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

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2024-11-17 03:32:45

The O.S.A. Spring Exhibition was a public disaster for us, - you should be fighting in the trenches, was the comment

2024-11-17 02:32:42

I never married.

2024-11-17 01:32:40

The critics were frightened of my grasp of colour.

2024-11-17 00:32:37

Jackson knew how to draw out my talent rather than hammering in me technique.

2024-11-17 00:07:56

1910 Forest Branches http://i.imgur.com/y95YPBm.jpg

2024-11-12 11:15:35

Nov 12 1916: Temperatures for today, HIGH 30F LOW 18F

2024-11-11 08:26:30

Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema.

2024-11-10 11:15:11

Nov 10 1916: Temperatures for today, HIGH 48F LOW 20F

2024-11-10 10:25:29

I never thought of becoming a professional painter until I met Harris and MacDonald

2024-11-10 09:25:26

I burnt much of my work but an impressive amount remains

2024-11-10 08:25:23

I embrace solitude

2024-11-10 08:06:03

1916 Cliffs Near Petawawa #tt1916 https://i.imgur.com/DPcoB5r.jpg

2024-11-10 05:25:14

@WinnieTrainor was 28 when I first met her. Shannon Fraser @mowatlodge referred to her as the Spinster of Canoe Lake.

2024-11-08 15:23:29

Jackson said of Bill Beatty, 'He is so soaked in monochrome that mild things excite him.'

2024-11-08 05:23:02

Jackson said that the Park was full of decoratif motifs. I said it was full of trees

2024-11-08 04:22:59

In 1914 the Hot Mush School of Painting got publicity but at the expense of Jackson.

2024-11-08 04:05:28

1916 Twilight #tt1916 #upclose4 http://i.imgur.com/3utw1gy.png

2024-11-08 03:40:46

Did he die of natural causes? Was it an accident? Was he murdered? Follow the final months and days of Tom Thomson in the revealing and intriguing pages of his journal. http://i.imgur.com/pFI5nZi.png

2024-11-08 03:35:43

A century has gone by since Tom Thomson disappeared in Algonquin Park on July 8, 1917. Eight days later, a body was found, rising up from the waters of Canoe Lake. What really happened, to this day, remains a mystery. http://i.imgur.com/pFI5nZi.png

2024-11-08 03:22:57

I spent many hours standing behind Jackson, puffing my pipe.

2024-11-08 03:20:39

Tom Thomson, as the famous Canadian landscape artist, gave Canada its most enduring icons, The Jack Pine and The West Wind. But Tom Thomson, as a private man, remains an enigma. Little is known about the man and even less is known about his personal thoughts and feelings.

2024-11-08 02:22:53

@mowatlodge - where the living is cheap and the sketching is good.

2024-11-08 00:22:47

There's no place for a sketch outfit when you’re fire ranging.

2024-11-08 00:05:25

1916 Sandbanks with logs #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bdzhi30IcAAKNJG.jpg

2024-11-07 23:22:45

When back in the city, I can never get Algonquin Park out of my head.

2024-11-07 12:15:18

Toronto World: Nov 7 1916: MACKENSEN RETIRES BEFORE ALLIES IN DOBRUDJA

2024-11-07 12:05:18

1914 Split Rock Island #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/qkcVSZO.png

2024-11-07 11:22:10

I'm happy when I come through with my sketches, despondent when I don't

2024-11-07 01:05:55

@WinnieTrainor was suspicious of Shannon Fraser's role @mowatlodge in the swift burial. #ttfate5 #ttclue

2024-11-07 00:05:09

1916 Moonlight #tt1916 Oil on wood 8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/bZDXV.jpg

2024-11-07 00:00:20

Mysterious Fates of Tom: Hugh Trainor? #ttfate4 #ttclue http://wp.me/p2YBXq-Nf

2024-11-06 21:15:59

Mysterious Fates of Tom: Accident? #ttfate1 #ttclue http://wp.me/p2YBXq-Nf

2024-11-05 03:19:36

Carmichael and I were opposed to the War but the spectre of enlistment grew more and more.

2024-11-03 07:17:31

I played the violin with Fred Varley accompanying me on the piano

2024-11-03 04:17:26

Look for the specifics of nature to find its higher beauty

2024-11-02 06:16:23

Dr MacCallum tried to find out animal-like shapes in our brushstrokes. It annoyed us.

2024-11-01 12:06:00

Ross Rifle challenges in Toronto Sunday World Nov 1, 1916 tt_article_adfads.png

2024-11-01 11:15:29

Those who go a-borrowing go a-sorrowing.

2024-10-30 16:13:27

I was a compulsive but sporadic reader - Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler I kept with me always

2024-10-30 15:13:24

No need to shout at the Almighty, he won't listen

2024-10-30 00:12:41

The O.S.A. Spring Exhibition was a public disaster for us, - you should be fighting in the trenches, was the comment

2024-10-29 11:02:50

1916 Chill November #ttcanvas https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcBA9GcIEAAaqFz.jpg

2024-10-26 14:08:44

I found the social atmosphere at Go Home Bay too much. I liked being alone

2024-10-26 11:01:59

1908 Camp in the Woods. Oil on canvas 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. http://i.imgur.com/17ORQ9h.png

2024-10-25 04:07:17

I was accused of painting 'diseased trees'

2024-10-24 20:06:57

Mississauga is considered the finest canoe trip in the world. #ttletter

2024-10-22 18:04:49

In 1915 I spent over $500 on paint. Almost enough to buy a new car.

2024-10-18 10:59:39

1917 Melting Ice #tt1917 http://i.imgur.com/EntnG7Q.png

2024-10-18 08:00:15

Someone once observed that I like art better than women.

2024-10-16 21:14:44

1916 Summer Clouds #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHu0uEAUsAEaDD6.png

2024-10-14 05:13:59

1917 West Wind ##ttcanvas http://i.imgur.com/N1KUrzB.png

2024-10-14 04:31:43

I never truly realized what I had, but others did.

2024-10-14 02:31:38

I have my own way of dealing with self-inflated people.

2024-10-13 16:31:12

MacDonald made his first visit to Algonquin in March 1914. Jackson had been there a month.

2024-10-13 11:15:30

Toronto World: Oct 13 1916: ITALIANS INCREASE GAINS TOWARD TRIESTE

2024-10-13 10:30:57

There's no place for a sketch outfit when you’re fire ranging.

2024-10-13 07:30:50

The Studio Building was great for painting large canvases. The Shack - even better.

2024-10-13 04:30:42

It was in the spring of 1912 that I fell in love with Algonquin Park.

2024-10-11 09:28:49

The difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts longer - Oscar Wilde.

2024-10-11 08:28:47

Lawren Harris said I was a fine companion - direct, straightforward, and naturally at home in the lakes and woods.

2024-10-11 02:28:31

All the pretty girls are at Cache Lake.

2024-10-11 01:56:00

Storm Clouds, Algonquin Park vfavavam.jpg

2024-10-08 19:26:05

A good portrait can be peed into the snow.

2024-10-08 10:25:42

Lismer went up with me to Canoe Lake in the Spring of 1914. It was a thrilling revelation for him.

2024-10-08 09:25:39

Someone once observed that I like art better than women.

2024-10-08 09:12:22

1904 Tom Thomson Business Card #tt1904 http://i.imgur.com/HqIRqQJ.png

2024-10-08 06:25:32

At times I would not sketch at all, being quiet and moody for days

2024-10-08 05:25:29

I was more than once drunk in the Studio Building.

2024-10-08 05:12:19

1915 White Birches Round Lake #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgzHosXIcAAdaWK.jpg

2024-10-06 13:11:50

1913 Snow in the Woods @NatGalleryCan #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/qJ6ykf1.jpg

2024-10-06 10:23:40

I am restless under restraints and conventions. I am angry at injustices.

2024-10-06 10:15:57

Oct 06 1916: Temperatures for today, HIGH 78F LOW 35F

2024-10-06 09:23:38

There's no place for a sketch outfit when you’re fire ranging.

2024-10-06 06:23:30

I am always getting excited when there is no cause for it,

2024-10-06 05:23:27

Electric light of the city does look beautiful - when refracted through filthy air.

2024-10-06 05:11:45

1916 Campfire #tt1916 #upclose 1 of 4 https://i.imgur.com/FEGs5EG.png

2024-10-06 03:23:22

I like red maples but I like dislike red tape

2024-10-06 02:23:20

I burnt much of my work but an impressive amount remains

2024-10-05 22:23:09

MacDonald made his first visit to Algonquin in March 1914. Jackson had been there a month.

2024-10-05 19:23:01

I enjoy walking, I once walked 20 miles in a blizzard to Meaford and then back.

2024-10-05 18:22:58

I didnt analyze. I worked from my inside feeling and let that govern my work.

2024-10-05 17:35:17

Tom Thomson and friends c. 1914 http://goo.gl/5lR7w9

2024-10-05 17:30:14

Some artefacts found at the site of old @mowatlodge DSCN6768.JPG

2024-10-05 17:11:37

1914 Pine Island @TheAGH #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/CvP4npk.png

2024-10-05 07:22:30

It is better to be true to yourself than be a groomed puppet of insincerity and falsehood

2024-10-05 01:25:35

Near Owen Sound DSCN5651.JPG

2024-10-05 01:20:32

Looking at the @WinnieTrainor Cottage DSCN6733.JPG

2024-10-05 01:00:23

My palettes 09-DSCN5591.JPG

2024-10-02 16:19:38

Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour.

2024-10-02 15:19:36

Back in Toronto I lived in various boarding houses on Yonge and Elm Street.

2024-10-02 14:19:32

Art critic Carl Ahrens said it was the European Gestalt embraced by the Canadian artists led to the War.

2024-10-02 13:19:30

In the city, one loses connection with the sun and sky

2024-10-02 12:19:27

Jackson showed me how to drag wet paint over previously dried paint.

2024-10-02 11:50:33

1916 Career Opportunity http://i.imgur.com/v4IbTHp.png

2024-10-02 06:19:11

I began my career as a painter in 1906 by copying others.

2024-10-01 14:05:23

1913 Lake in Algonquin Park @gallerydotca #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/smx7M1o.jpg

2024-10-01 13:30:14

1913 Autumn, Algonquin Park #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/wVJ0cPU.png

2024-10-01 13:18:24

Americans think we are like the British. The British think we are like Americans

2024-10-01 13:00:06

1913 Algonquin Park #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/IMP02uB.png

2024-10-01 12:45:02

1912 Moose at Twilight, Algonquin Park #tt1912 http://i.imgur.com/cHBp3QQ.png