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Born in 1877 in Claremont, Ontario. He died in 1917 in the province of Ontario. Tom Thomson studied painting mainly independently. In 1905 he joined the company''Legg Brothers''located Toronto, which dealt fototipirovaniem. (Perhaps, at this time Tom Thomson attended evening courses in Art - Industrial School of Central Ontario.) Two years later he took a job as an artist - designer in an advertising agency''''Grip Limited in Toronto, where he met with John Ed. G. MacDonald, Arthur Lizmerom (1911) and Frederick Varley (1912). In 1912, Thompson met with Dr. James Makkallemom, which subsequently provided the patronage of the artist. Thomson, who loved nature and the Canadian forests, got a job in Algonquin National Park ranger and guide, who accompanied the group of fishers. Since that time, he devoted himself entirely to painting. Thomson did in Algonquin Park many studies, which he then used in the studio, working on paintings. In 1917, Tom Thomson died tragically - canoe, in which he sailed on the lake, capsized and he drowned. The exact circumstances of his death have not been established. Despite the fact that the art of Tom Thomson's career was brief - just five years, his art had a tremendous impact on the further development of Canadian painting.