Tom Thomson

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Tom Thomson, a Canadian artist with a colorful life and mysterious death, which is legendary, write books, and the plot is used in the movies (one of them well-known "Murder in Texas", 1981).
Cmert artist has occurred during the First World War. Although his fall from a canoe may be an ordinary accident, no one to believe it would not.
Books about his life and unexpected death of his erected in a number of saints, it is essentially simple habits and hobbies exalted, Tom Thomson has become a hero, explorer, leader of the Canadian people against colonial subjugation. Until now, you can meet people, who assures that they are seen bringing in a canoe on Lake Canoeing. But in all this pisanine about him, about the paintings mentioned only in passing. And only after 60 years of his death were printed with reproductions of his paintings. Today, Thomson is well-known artist and we can even say the best Canadian artist.

1. Autumn Foliage 1916
2. Thunder Cloud 1912
3. Yellow Sunset 1916
4. The Jack Pine 1916-1917
5. Snow-covered Trees fall 1916
6. Petawawa Gorges, Night
7. Moonlight
8. Giant's Tomb, Georgian Bay
9. Frost-laden Cedars, Big Cauchon Lake
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Since the sketches made directly from the canoe, Tom used a small canvas for their work. Many of his paintings and remained at this cartoon, he could not stand them on the canvas of large size, believed that such modifications, spoils the picture, lost a sense of spontaneity.
Most of Thomson's works are in the Art Galleries Ontario, Ottawa in the National gallery,
from four to eight works may be found in private collections, so that there is hope that they will come out at auctions. President of the Canadian Sotheby's promised in this case, the museums first right. But these pictures have been estimated at 5 million dollars.