A painter dedicated to a Canadian nationalist art tradition, Tom Thomson worked in a painterly style that combined impressionism and abstract expressionism. He earned his living as a designer and illustrator, but his reputation continues for his boldly executed paintings, often forest scenes.
By nature, he was a loner who did not begin to paint seriously until he was in his mid-thirties. He died young, which some attribute to him being lionized or romanticized a bit more than his talents (showing 500 of 1177 characters). |
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