Tom Thomson

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is named for the iconic Canadian landscape artist Tom Thomson (1877-1917) and houses one of Canada’s largest collections of his work. Thomson, who grew up and is buried in the Owen Sound area, was a maverick, a break-away artist who fused a passion for the wilderness with a new style of skillful and experimental painting.

Works by Tom Thomson – who inspired the formation of the Group of Seven through his transformative portrayal of the natural world - and his contemporaries are on permanent display in the gallery’s intimate Thomson Room. Exhibitions of Thomson’s oil sketches, graphics, memorabilia and archival materials offer unique insight into one of Canada’s most influential artists of the 20^th century.

• Tom Thomson Collection (images)
• A Chronology of Tom Thomson's Life
• Biography of Tom Thomson
• Tom Thomson Biography (podcast)
• Bibliography
• The Jack Pine Quiz - A quick on line quiz about Tom Thomson, courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada
• Death on a Painted Lake: the Tom Thomson Tragedy - A Great Canadian Mysteries website