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1917.16

April in Algonquin Park

Spring 1917

Oil on wood panel

8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.5 x 26.6 cm)

Inscription verso: in ink, Donated by Geo. Thomson to the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery. March 16, 1964; in graphite, painted by Tom Thomson 1917 / April in Algonquin Park / Owned by Geo. Thomson

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (967.121)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

George Thomson, New Haven, Connecticut and Owen Sound

Gift of George Thomson to the Grey County Historical and Art Society, 1964

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (967.121). Transferred to the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, 1967

Exhibition History

1957 Thomson London

London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 10.

1967 Thomson

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, May 27–June 11, 1967, no. 13.

1968 Owen Sound

Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, First Anniversary Exhibition, May 24–June 9, 1968, no. 8.

1969 Thomson

Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 21.

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. 55.

1995 Thomson

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 14.

Published References

Sun Times 1964

"Two Thomson Originals For Art Gallery." Sun Times (Owen Sound), 24 March 1964.

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 36 (repr. col. pl. 10).

Murray 1998

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, p. 80 (repr. col.)

Record last updated February 16, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""April in Algonquin Park, Spring 1917 (1917.16)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=652 (accessed on April 29, 2024).