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Year(s): 1914 »
1914.10
Petawawa Gorges: Sketch for 'Petawawa Gorges (Early Spring)"
Alternate title: Sketch for Spring Ice, Petawawa Gorges
Spring 1914
Oil on canvas on paperboard
8 3/4 x 10 9/16 in. (22.2 x 26.9 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., TOM THOMSON

Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, Spring Ice (crossed out) / Petawawa / Gorges / ca. (crossed out) 1914?; c., in graphite, 37 (circled)
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4683)
Provenance
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, c. 1914
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4683). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944
Exhibition History
1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, as Sketch for Spring Ice, Petawawa Gorges.
1945 AGT
1945, no. 131.
1946 Albany
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, Painting in Canada: A Selective Historical Survey, January 10–March 10, 1946, no. 49.
1949 CNE
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Arranged by the Canadian National Exhibition Association and the Art Gallery of Toronto, August 26–September 10, 1949, no. 142.
1955 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Tom Thomson Travelling Exhibition: Sketches and Painting from the National Gallery of Canada Collection, November 10–December 6, 1955. Traveled to: Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, December 13, 1955–January 1, 1956; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, February 2–22, 1956; Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, March 1–8, 1956; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, March 13–25, 1956; University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 3–28, 1956; Regina Public Library, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 5–25, 1956; Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 1–21, 1956; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, July 1–30, 1956; Sarnia Public Library, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, August 1956; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Association, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 8, 1956; Yarmouth Art Society, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 31–November 12, 1956; Colchester Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 15–24, 1956; Louisburg Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), Louisburg, Nova Scotia, November 27–December 6, 1956; Amherst Art Association, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, December 10, 1956–December 24, 1965; Moncton Society of Art, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, January 24–February 2, 1957; Fredericton Art Club, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, February 6–20, 1957; University of New Brunswich, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, February 20–March 6, 1957; Art Centre, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, March 9–20, 1957; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 4–18, 1957; Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 18–May 1, 1957; Glenhyrst Gardens, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, June 22–July 2, 1957; London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, July–September 1957; Willistead Library and Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, October 1–November 5, 1957; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, November 15–December 15, 1957.
1956 Thomson
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson Exhibition, 1877 - 1917, September–October 1956, no. 11.
1957 Thomson London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 24.
1957 Thomson Windsor
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 21.
1958 Los Angeles
National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Cultural Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Tom Thomson, January–March 1958.
1966 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Tom Thomson: Sketches, September 2–25, 1966, no. 21. Traveled to: Memorial Art Gallery, St. John's, Canada, October 7–30, 1966; Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, November 10–December 4, 1966; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, December 16, 1966–January 8, 1967; Sir George Williams University, Montreal, January 20–February 12, 1967; London Art Museum, London, Ontario, February 24–March 19, 1967; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 31–April 23, 1967; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 5–28, 1967; Dartmouth's Canadian Year, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 6–30, 1967 (Separate exhibition catalogue); Confederation Centenary Celebration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 15–November 5, 1967; Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, November 19–December 10, 1967; Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, January 4–28, 1968; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 11–March 3, 1968; Calgary Allied Arts Council, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 17–April 7, 1968; Mendel Art Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 21–May 12, 1968; Brandon Allied Arts Centre, Brandon, Manitoba, May 26–June 16, 1968.
1969 MacCallum
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Jackman Gift of Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some of the Members of the Group of Seven, January 25–February 23, 1969, no. 80, as 1915.
1969 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 14.
1970 NGC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 64, (repr.), as 1916. Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 15, (repr.) Traveled to: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 15–February 3, 1972; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 25–March 31, 1972; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, April 14–May 28, 1972; Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 2–September 5, 1972.
1977 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 5.
1981 Tokyo
National Gallery of Canada, National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Twentieth Century Canadian Painting, July 9–August 2, 1981, no. 24, (repr.), as 1915. Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, August 29–September 20, 1981; Oita Prefectural Art Centre, Oita, Japan, October 1–28, 1981.
1990 Thomson
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 16–September 16, 1990. (repr.)
1998 Algonquin
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Algonquin Gallery, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, Algonquin Memories: Tom Thomson in Algonquin Park, June 25–October 25, 1998, no. 13.
2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 23, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.
2004 St. Petersburg
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 10.
Published References
Saunders 1947
Saunders, Audrey. Algonquin Story. Toronto: Department of Lands and Forests, 1947, p. 172.
Hubbard 1960b
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, pp. 304–305.
Hubbard 1962
Hubbard, R.H. The Gallery of Canadian Art, 2 Tom Thomson. Toronto: Society For Art Publications and McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962, pp. 10–11 as 1916.
Reid 1969
Reid, Dennis. The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. HR. Jackman Gift of the Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some Members of the Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1969. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47.
Reid 1970
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 100–101 (repr.)
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 31, 68 (repr.)
Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 28, 72 (repr. col.)
Thom 1990
Thom, Ian M. Tom Thomson. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, (repr.)
Davis 1998a
Davis, Ann. Thomson, Thomas John (Tom). Vol. 14 1911-1920, Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, p. 998 as 1916.
Reid and Hill 2002
Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 176 (repr. col.)
Remarks

In a letter to Dr. MacCallum, 6 October 1914, Thomson made what seems to be a rough drawing of the sketch. He wrote about it, that if he could get “$10 or 15 for it I should be greatly pleased but if they don’t care to put in so much let it go for what they will give...,” MacCallum Papers, National Gallery of Canada Archives, Ottawa (repr. Reid & Hill 2002, 299).

Record last updated March 3, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Petawawa Gorges: Sketch for 'Petawawa Gorges (Early Spring)", Spring 1914 (1914.10)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=184 (accessed on April 28, 2024).