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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2024-09-13 11:01:45

It's thunder that scares the hell out of you, but it's the lightning that kills

2024-09-13 09:01:39

The critics were frightened of my grasp of colour.

2024-09-11 20:00:02

Vulgarity, misapprehension and ignorance are old acquaintances

2024-09-11 18:59:59

In my early days back in Toronto, I enjoyed the city immensely. I was a bit of a dandy.

2024-09-11 17:59:57

During the winter in Toronto, I tramped the length of Rosedale Ravine with my snowshoes.

2024-09-11 17:53:25

1916 Pine Cones #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/797gs.jpg

2024-09-11 09:53:19

1915 Backwater http://t.co/J5EY9FBoGK #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bpr7chSCYAA6yHj.jpg

2024-09-11 07:59:32

I don't confront issues. I just eliminate them from my way of living.

2024-09-11 05:59:27

Wind from the east, fish bite the least

2024-09-06 18:54:52

Shannon Fraser's conception of a religious ceremony involves the raising of a rectified spirit @mowatlodge

2024-09-06 18:15:27

1915 Maple Woods Bare Trunks #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/793Ob.jpg

2024-09-06 17:54:50

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

2024-09-06 09:51:51

1917 Spring Break Up #upclose No. 1 #tt1917 http://i.imgur.com/TDGbOl6.png

2024-09-06 08:54:26

My neighbours never thought of my father as a serious farmer.

2024-09-06 05:54:18

Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908

2024-09-06 04:54:15

Jim MacDonald has been branded the most radical artist in Toronto. Nobody wants to buy his art now.

2024-09-05 22:33:16

Paddle to right end of Oxtongue Lake to a river, where three-quarters of an hour's paddle brings you to Ragged Rapids portage.

2024-09-04 10:52:26

Jackson said I had the raw faculties for painting, I just needed to coordinate them all.

2024-09-02 03:14:34

1916 Sun in the Bush http://t.co/J5EY9FBoGK #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhuweRXIUAAG7gN.jpg

2024-09-01 10:26:39

My sketching style evolved quickly because the North demands quick adaptation to its environment.

2024-09-01 09:00:34

Was it death at the hands of Shannon Fraser? #ttfate5 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBeBb9AUwAAtuKc.jpg

2024-09-01 08:30:28

Was it death at the hands of Hugh Trainor? #ttfate4 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBeA7tAU0AE9Dqf.jpg

2024-09-01 07:00:13

Was it suicide? @ttfate2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNsyBFWWwAAJe4W.jpg

2024-09-01 06:30:08

Was it accidental Death? #ttfate1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNs45iIU8AAYwh1.png

2024-09-01 06:26:26

In 1916 I worked with Ed Godin, following the Booth lumber drives down the Ottawa

2024-09-01 05:30:59

Follow the Journal of My Last Spring. http://www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue_images/main_lg/1902.03.jpg

2024-09-01 05:26:24

This place is getting too much like north Rosedale to suit me #ttletter

2024-08-31 05:25:21

If you are to remain true as an artist, you need to remain true to the art you first learned as a craftsmen.

2024-08-31 01:45:42

Follow the mystery #WhoKilledTomThomson https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fTpthUrKgKn-lqfn16o6XKkfY5JLp3vjREX3q82TWNZP=w641-h677-no

2024-08-31 01:25:10

Park Rule: Song birds and nest and eggs of all birds are protected at all times.

2024-08-31 01:05:33

Canoe Lake http://i.imgur.com/KsXL1Ur.png

2024-08-31 00:35:27

Beaver Dam https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ib1C4DRx7mU6kkdQW0GHt_h7vWjs021JqIaqjLEqRxpK=w903-h677-no

2024-08-31 00:30:24

Shoreline https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MXheipNRKijOz7-ZvFpTUcBkG539BDZVIX_MLh2iVNjN=w903-h677-no

2024-08-30 23:25:05

My father was intense but absent-minded

2024-08-30 23:13:57

1915 Smoke Lake #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/797Nr.jpg

2024-08-30 22:25:02

Lismer said that the first night up North with me in Spring 1914*was a turning point in his life.

2024-08-30 15:00:04

1916 Autumn Birches #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/bQiQc.jpg

2024-08-30 14:00:55

1916 Autumn #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/bQjkM.jpg

2024-08-30 08:24:24

Jim MacDonald has been branded the most radical artist in Toronto. Nobody wants to buy his art now.

2024-08-30 07:24:21

My sketching style evolved quickly because the North demands quick adaptation to its environment.

2024-08-30 07:13:45

1916 Petawawa Gorges #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfPoiuGIEAAzbO1.jpg

2024-08-30 06:24:19

Look for the specifics of nature to find its higher beauty

2024-08-30 05:24:16

Early in 1916 I made a trip to the north end of Algonquin Park. That's where I painted the West Wind.

2024-08-30 04:24:14

As artists, we were all influenced by the Art Nouveau movement: lines, loops and whorls.

2024-08-29 23:13:39

1916 Summer Clouds http://t.co/J5EY9FBoGK #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bub27QKCcAALSJI.jpg

2024-08-29 23:00:08

1916 Autumn Foliage #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/794zK.jpg

2024-08-29 22:30:03

1916 Autumn Algonquin Park #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/bQizh.jpg

2024-08-29 22:23:59

I started working at Grip in 1908. That's where I met Jim MacDonald.

2024-08-29 22:00:55

1916 Autumn Algonquin Park #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8oVOA.jpg

2024-08-29 21:23:56

I never studied art, but I briefly attended business college.

2024-08-29 20:23:53

It's always a mistake to pursue a theory too far.

2024-08-28 19:22:46

All the fishing there is up in the north country is pike and they are so thick there is no fun in it. #ttletter

2024-08-28 19:00:07

1914 Autumn Foliage. #tt1914 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu2j_GbCUAAYodI.jpg

2024-08-28 18:30:59

1913 Autumn, Algonquin Park #tt1913 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8qHAY.jpg

2024-08-28 17:30:50

1913 Autumn Evening Burnt Land #tt1913 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/793bc.jpg

2024-08-28 17:22:40

I feel like it is my duty to paint canvases but my real joy is sketching my boards,

2024-08-28 17:00:45

1913 Autumn Algonquin #tt1913 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhHFCi3IUAAuPAi.jpg

2024-08-28 15:22:35

I was frequently prey to the doubts of being an artist, but I loved the life.

2024-08-27 03:21:01

You work with your mind not with your hands

2024-08-27 03:12:51

1915 Wild Cherries, Spring #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8oZjP.jpg

2024-08-27 02:20:58

Jackson said I had a knack for simplifying, eliminating and reorganizing a scene.

2024-08-27 01:50:01

Tom Thomson at the Cairn https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oHY71f99kFhzIByBra_brL8-fB6uvwMxxZ6Uow_IsiA=w508-h677-no

2024-08-27 01:45:58

Tom Thomson overlooking Leith pier https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k7LUvqK4bPQB_dR1WjczIGxTOSko4rji0JuTSru4tA4=w903-h677-no

2024-08-27 01:40:56

Aldersyde: Tom and Elizabeth Harkness Farm https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c4ty08RlZA5juYyYA2jppzFVaVqSTb97wyDNkYQUOos=w903-h677-no

2024-08-27 01:35:51

Near Owen Sound https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tdfd8jfmgtQUTG6llMpjz8mgANK1jLhMKU8t0PUfses=w903-h677-no

2024-08-27 01:20:55

Second-hand ideas about Impressionism mixed in the with brittle air of the North - that's never been done.

2024-08-27 00:20:53

Some say my colours are exaggerated, but that was the very colour in the light of the moment.

2024-08-26 23:30:30

Canoe Lake https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/A1tcklaA5eZ5MO7bc0IESbkfhT6evrrKN14R_pNgTwc=w424-h677-no

2024-08-26 12:25:51

Mowat Lodge, Canoe Lake https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NJ1DCMIIyX69pEbRGI6SqIcyoA93QaLgXe4hRjPrCPU=w802-h677-no

2024-08-26 12:20:48

Highland Inn, Algonquin Park https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w-ujurHqu08JeDzq4E90UzGbgymqQLI8M2zGMSRKL7w=w1019-h650-no

2024-08-26 12:20:21

When people put pressure on me, I get restless and want them to disappear.

2024-08-26 12:15:45

Tent City, Algonquin National Park https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OHnxoNZkD8a0HK8sNv82uCl-cRRpr1LWSMKmJe2IRK0=w1071-h677-no

2024-08-26 12:00:41

1905 Motor Car #tt1905 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8oWeN.jpg

2024-08-26 11:20:17

It's hard to be a radical when you have a family to support. Better to be single and alone.

2024-08-26 11:12:40

1917 Spring #upclose No. 1 #tt1917 http://i.imgur.com/VRPd3v2.png

2024-08-26 10:20:15

Sometimes I paint as if my life depended upon it. Sometimes I fail.

2024-08-26 09:20:12

My hair falls in a shock over my forehead

2024-08-26 08:20:10

Painting beside Jackson in the Winter of 1914 was exhiliariating for me.

2024-08-26 05:20:02

The only way to be economical is to keep going with what you have.

2024-08-24 11:18:15

I am not a philosophner, nor a mystic, just an inspired man struggling against heavy odds.

2024-08-23 01:16:47

If you try to paint every twig the sketch becomes tight and photographic - uninteresting.

2024-08-23 00:16:45

A moment is a hard thing to capture.

2024-08-22 23:16:42

I was quiet, modest and never understood by many people.

2024-08-22 23:11:41

1915 Sunset #tt1915 #upclose 4 of 4 https://i.imgur.com/q9M0Z96.png

2024-08-22 21:16:37

In 1915 I had to adapt to Toronto - I would go out when only necessary during daytime and exercise by walking at night.

2024-08-22 20:16:35

The thorns in Prime Minister Borden's flesh: Duke of Connaught and Sir Sam Hughes. Both gone by 1916

2024-08-21 06:14:59

Harris, MacDonald, Beatty, Heming, Williamson, Jackson and me: first tenants of Studio Bldg.

2024-08-21 05:14:56

Gilmour Company closed its operation on Canoe Lake in 1900

2024-08-21 04:14:54

I am cordial, untamed, moody, exuberant - all at the same time.

2024-08-21 03:14:51

An admiration of my sketch would prompt me to give it away.

2024-08-21 03:11:07

1914-15 Pines Byng Inlet Oil. on canvas 28 1/8 x 30 1/16 in. #tt1914 @mcacgallery http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/bZcRE.jpg

2024-08-21 02:14:48

Drawing inspiration from artistic predecessors does not mean servility to tired masters

2024-08-21 01:14:46

When I first arrived in Algonquin Park in 1913 it was a quiet place. Few lumbermen, fewer tourists.

2024-08-21 00:14:44

Lismer said that the first night up North with me in Spring 1914*was a turning point in his life.

2024-08-20 22:14:38

In May of 1916 I reported for work in Achray as a fire ranger in the Park

2024-08-20 12:14:13

People refused to believe I was painting real trees. Finally, Jackson had to say 'Yes, what Tom is painting is really there'

2024-08-20 11:14:10

By 1904 I was back in Toronto. I lived in numerous boarding houses for 10 years

2024-08-20 09:14:05

Without a pipe of tobacco and a good drink nothing can be done.

2024-08-20 08:14:03

In Seattle is where I started watercolours, designing and poring over art magazines.

2024-08-20 07:14:00

The essence of life is creative but our manner of living is not creative.