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1916.152

Autumn Foliage

Fall 1916

Oil on wood

10 1/2 x 8 7/16 in. (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp

Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, NG ; u.c., in graphite, 1916

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1544)

Provenance

Estate of artist

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1544). Purchased 1918

Exhibition History

1922 Thomson NGC

1922.

1922 Thomson Owen Sound

1922.

1924 Wembley

British Empire, Palace of Fine Arts, Wembley Park, London, British Empire Exhibition, Section of Fine Arts, April 23–October 31, 1924, no. 242. Traveled to: Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, November 12–December 12, 1924; Kelvingrove Art Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, December 1924–January 17, 1925; City of Birmingham Municipal Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom, January 30–March 31, 1925.

1927 Saskatoon

Nutana Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 11–12, 1927.

1930 Canoe Lake

Camp Ahmek, Canoe Lake, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, August 13, 1930.

1932 Thomson

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Imperial Economic Conference, July 18, 1932–January 23, 1933, no. 6.

1941 Thomson

Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.

1970 NGC

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 65, (repr.) Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.

1975 Thomson

National Gallery of Canada, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine, September 12–October 5, 1975, no. 10. Traveled to: Nova Scotia Museum of Arts, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 20–November 2, 1975; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, March 31–April 25, 1976; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 28–June 20, 1976; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 5–December 5, 1976.

1990 Thomson

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 16–September 16, 1990.

1999 Mexico City

National Gallery of Canada; Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Museo de Arte Moderno de México, Mexico City, Tierra salvaje: La pintura paisajistica canadiense y el Grupo de los Siete, August 26–October 31, 1999, no. 67, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Prins Eugens Waldemarsudd, Stockholm, February 10–April 2, 2000 (Title: Terre sauvage: Kanadensiskt landskapfmaleri och Group of Seven); Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 15–June 12, 2000 (Title: Terre sauvage: Canadisk landskapsmaleri og The Group of Seven,); Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway, July 29–September 23, 2000 (Title: Terre sauvage: Canadisk landskapsmaleri og Group of Seven); Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborgs, Sweden, October 14–December 3, 2000.

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. 117, (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. 50.

Published References

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, p. 298.

Reid 1970

Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, p. 102.

Reid 1973

Reid, Dennis. A Concise History of Canadian Painting. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1973, pp. 144, pl. XXI (repr.)

Town & Silcox 1977

Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 27.

Town 1977a

Town, Harold. "Tom's Work." Toronto Life (September 1977), p. 178.

Burnett 1990

Burnett, David. Masterpieces of Canadian Art from the National Gallery of Canada. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1990, pp. 82–83 (repr.)

Thom 1990

Thom, Ian M. Tom Thomson. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue.

Porcelain Artist 1994

Porcelain Artist (May/June), p. 32 (repr. colour).

Murray 1999b

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 106–107 (repr. col.)

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, pp. 138, 272 (repr. col.)

Silcox 2003

Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, pp. 211, 267 (repr. col.)

Record last updated June 14, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Autumn Foliage, Fall 1916 (1916.152)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=592 (accessed on May 1, 2025).