Huntsville, Ontario - Who Is The Man In The Picture? The Reveal
In My Post Who Is The Man In The Picture? with this week end being the 25 Annual Uxbridge Studio Tour I thought it might be fitting to see if any one could tell me who this man is and where this likeness can be found.
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You will find his paintings in art galleries museums,and private collections. His work has been displayed in the National Gallery Of Canada. His paintings have fetched over a million dollars at auction. Tom Thomson He Spent A lot of time in Algonquin Park in central and north central Ontario . He painted for about 1/6 of his life and only 3 Years full time. Most of his work was never signed and he produced less than 50 canvasas While many believe he was a member of The Group of Seven he was not. The Group Of Seven Consisted of Varley, Jackson, Harris, Johnston, Lismer, MacDonald Carmichael |
Ontario has a rich artistic history
Tom Thomson and Emily Carr were associated with the Group of Seven, but were never official members
Juli Vosmik Did Her Homework she figured out who he was and where the pictures were taken. While I did not ask she like many thought he was a member of the group of seven. He was part of the group prior to WW1. Thompson died in 1917 and the remaining group started calling themselves the Group of Seven in 1919.
This Likeness is in front of the Huntsville Civic Center
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Hi Kathy - I had initially thought along the lines of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson when I saw your original post but your post was talking about the Uxbridge Studio Tour and I couldn't think of any association of the Group of Seven in Uxbridge. I didn't have any time to do research earlier.
Now, Huntsville certainly can narrow it down to Tom as would Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park. I have enjoyed the Group of Seven's paintings for many years.
We had studied the Group of Seven, Tom and Emily way back in elementary school (or perhaps junior high) and had gone on a field trip to the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario at the time. Of course, there is also the Varley Gallery on Main Street Unionville. I should do a post on it one day.
Kathy, so my guess that it was Jacques Plante, the famous Montreal Canadian goalie was wrong? Jacques was a painter and smoked a pipe! lol
Ty
Marc - the clue for you would have been
"Ontario has a rich artistic history of which this man is a part."
As for a connection to Uxbridge there are pictures of him at Lake Scugog in Port Perry and he was "Born born in Claremont, Ontario, in a home on R.R. # 5, the sixth of ten children of John Thomson" source A Chronology of Tom Thomson's Life
both just outside of the Township of Uxbridge as it is today
It was more about the rich art history in Ontario than his connection to Uxbridge
Ty - But was he famous for his art work or his hockey ..... The air on your flight home must have gotton a little thin ;-)))
Kathy,
That's very interesting. I had a client who cleaned up the artist studio for the Group of 7 when they were in Toronto.
He was given numerous paintings. He sold many far too early before they became as famous as they are today.
Brian
Hi Kathy, I particularly like Tom Thompson and A.Y. Jackson's paintings, but of course the Victoria artist was Emily Carr!
Brian - why is it when artists are alive many struggle to make a living at art but after they are gone their work escalates in value
David - indeed she was
Kathy,
My client sold most of his Group of 7 in the 60's before they really took off.
However, he took the money and bought a nice house in the right part of the city, so I don't think he lost out.
Brian
Brian - art, for many, is a luxury they can live without ..... a home they can live within