| Description |
1 online resource (109 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits |
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Preface; 1. Ties that Bind; 2. Footloose and Fancy Free; 3. Toronto: Opportunity Knocks; 4. Northern Chronicles; 5. 1914: Formation of the Algonquin Park School; 6. Philosophy of Art: 1915-16; 7. Blazing the Trail: 1916; 8. Algonquin Spring: The Diary of 1917; 9. Death and Resurrection: 1917; 10. In Memoriam; 11. Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This is an intimate biography of an artist who became a legend after his death, but who in his private life stands revealed as a troubled man who was, in many ways, his own victim. Joan Murray's new biography is part detective work, too: she investigates his beliefs, and the origins of his great masterpieces, and provides a convincing description of the possible circumstances of his death. The art of Tom Thomson represents one of the high points of Canadian modernism, which flourished in the first two decades of this century. During his brief career, lasting just five years, Thomson evolved a hi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Thomson, Tom, 1877-1917.
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| SUBJECT |
Thomson, Tom, 1877-1917 fast |
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Painters -- Canada -- Biography
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ART -- History -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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Painters
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Canada
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Electronic books
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e-books.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Livres numériques.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554883691 |
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1554883695 |
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9781459720459 |
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1459720458 |
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1459722418 |
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9781459722415 |
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9786611969776 |
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6611969772 |
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