Tom Thomson



The Birth of the Modern: Post-Impressionism in Canada 1900-1920
Joan Murray

Through an fascinating mix of historical documentation, critical reviews and personal correspondence, Murray tracks the tumultuous emergence of this "New Art" , the Canadian artists who championed it and the critics who fought it at every turn. John Lyman, David Milne, Lawren Harris, Tom Thomson and Emily Carr lept at the chance to escape outworn convention but the art they produced was slightly out-of-place in the evolution of world Post-Impressionism. Theirs was an interpretation marked by lyrical intensity and by an attachment to Canada's savage physical environment. Through a potent and unique combination of foreign influence and local naturalism, they invented not only a new art form but a vision of Canada that remains with us today. Nineteen artists' biographies, personal correspondence from John Lyman, Emily Carr and Anne Savage, an extensive bibliography and 40 colour plates complete this important contribution to the understanding of Canadian culture. The cover illustration is of a newly discovered Emily Carr. Joan Murray is the author of numerous publications on Canadian art, specifically on the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson.

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (2001) 160 pages 10x8 in. 40 col. ill. hardcover with full-colour dustjacket 0921500483 $35.00 (Can./U.S.)



Stand by Your Man or Annie Crawford Hurn: My Life with Tom Thomson
Andrew Hunter

Hunter's ability to spin tales of fact and imagination into a kind of national Canadian narrative has been seen before as in Billy's Vision, a story of the dustbowl Prairies. Now he turns to a Canadian icon and gives us a soulful dialogue about events leading up to Thomson's never-resolved disappearance. Conceived as part of a touring installation, the publication is presented in storybook form and interspersed with reproductions of the paintings of Tom Thomson along with images from the author.

Art Gallery of Hamilton (2001) 48 pages, 50 ill. 11x9 in. hardcover 0889501270 $15.00 (Can./U.S.)


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