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Tom Thomson

Painter · 1877-1917

Painted Algonquin Park on cigar-box panels for five years and drowned there at 39.

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Life story

1. August 5, 1877 · Leith, Ontario
   Born at Claremont, Ontario, raised near Owen Sound
2. 1907 · Toronto
   Working as a commercial artist in Toronto alongside future Group of Seven members
3. 1912 · Algonquin Park, Ontario
   First canoe trip into Algonquin Park, which became his only subject
4. March 1917 · Toronto
   Finished The Jack Pine and The West Wind in his Toronto shack
5. July 8, 1917 · Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park
   Disappeared on Canoe Lake; his body was found eight days later

In the timeline

• 1920 — The Group of Seven exhibit

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Tom Thomson
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia