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1917.28

Spring Break-up

Spring 1917

Oil on wood panel

8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.4 x 26.7 cm)

Inscription verso: in ink, Given to A. Lismer 1919 by Dr. MacCallum; Painted in Algonquin Park Spring of 1917

Private Collection, Montreal

Provenance

Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto

Arthur Lismer, Toronto and Montreal

Mrs. Esther Lismer, Montreal

Private Collection, Montreal

Exhibition History

1971 Thomson

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 119, (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.

1995 Thomson

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 27.

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.

Published References

Murray 1971

Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 49, 90 (repr.)

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 44 (repr. col.)

Murray 1999b

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 122–23 (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. ""Spring Break-up, Spring 1917 (1917.28)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=664 (accessed on May 10, 2025).