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Catalogue entry
1916.177
Snow-Covered Trees
Alternate titles: Snow on the Pines; Woods in Winter
Fall 1916
Oil on wood
8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.6 x 26 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: Rainbow, a sketch of a rainbow over hills in summer or early autumn; l.r., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, 1916
Inscription verso: Rainbow, a sketch of a rainbow over hills in summer or early autumn; l.r., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, 1916
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Alice and Vincent Massey, Toronto, 1918
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (15547r). Bequest of Vincent Massey, 1968
Exhibition History
1926 AGT Canadian
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, no. 72, as Snow on the Pines.1934 Massey
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Contemporary Paintings by Artists of the United States, Canadian Paint¬ings, the Collection of Hon. Vincent and Mrs. Massey, and in the Print Room Scissor Cuts by René Kulbach, December 1934, no. 201, as Woods in Winter.1968 Massey
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Vincent Massey Bequest: The Canadian Paintings, September 20–October 20, 1968, no. 80, (repr.)1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 105, (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, 1972.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 120, (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. 51.Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 44, 86, 96 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 176, 180 (repr. col.) verso 114, 119 (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. 138–39, 275 (repr. col.)Remarks
The sketch is related to the canvas Snow in October, Winter 1916–17 (1916-1917.06) (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4722).
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. ""Snow-Covered Trees, Fall 1916 (1916.177)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=617 (accessed on May 2, 2025).