Tom Thomson

contributions by Charles Hill; Andrew Hunter; Robert Stacey; John Wadland; Sandra Webster-Cook; Anne Ruggles & Joan Murray, edited by Dennis Reid

tagged: canadian, landscapes, monographs

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Called "the art book of the year" and "a triumph of publishing" by the Sun Times, Tom Thomson is now available in paperback. Tom Thomson is one of the first major multi-authored books on this subject, and it has a critical edge that has been missing in the mostly celebratory, decorative works that have come before. The picture that emerges from the essays is complex, contradictory, sometimes even confused, but it's what is needed right now." (Globe and Mail)

In this lavishly illustrated, "comprehensive and compelling account of Tom Thomson's life and times" (Toronto Sun), six expertly written essays reveal the iconic Canadian artist and colleague of the Group of Seven from many different perspectives from his biography and work to the context of the period in which he lived.

This book was published in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ontario.

About the Authors

Charles Hill

Charles C. Hill, Curator of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada, studied at McGill University and the University of Toronto.

Dennis Reid, the Director of Collections and research at the Art Gallery of Ontario and a professor at the University of Toronto, has been a curator at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He is a Member of the Order of Canada.

Andrew Hunter is a freelance curator, artist, writer, and educator. Hunter was previously the Frederik S. Eaton Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, where he produced major exhibitions and publications including Every Now Then: Reframing Nationhood, In the Ward: Lawren Harris, Toronto & the Idea of North, and Colville.

Born in Hamilton and a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Hunter has held curatorial positions across Canada, including at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. He has taught at the Ontario College of Art and Design University and the University of Waterloo and lectured on curatorial practice across Canada, the United States, England, China, and Croatia. He is a member of the advisory board for the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery at NSCAD.

Robert Stacey, an independent curator, art historian, writer and editor, has published extensively on Canadian art historical subjects.

John Wadland, Professor of Canadian Studies at Trent University, was Editor of the Journal of Canadian Studies and Director of the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies.

Sandra Webster-Cook, is a Conservator of Paintings at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Anne Ruggles is Conservator of Paintings at the Art Gallery of Canada.

Joan Murray, an independent curator and art historian, is considered one of the most accessible of Canadian art writers and has studied and exhibited Tom Thomson for four decades. Since the late 1960s, she has been a curator of several institutions, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, and director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa (1974-99) and the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery in Kleinburg (2005-6). Murray was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1992 and has been honoured with the Senior Award from the Association of Cultural Executives, the Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries and the Order of Ontario. She lives in Toronto, Ontario

Editorial Reviews

"The art book of the year...a triumph of publishing"

— Sun Times

"Comprehensive and compelling account of Tom Thomson's life and times"

— Toronto Sun

"Tom Thomson is one of the first major multi-authored books on this subject, and it has a critical edge that has been missing in the mostly celebratory, decorative works that have come before." "

— Globe & Mail

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Tom Thomson

contributions by Charles Hill; Andrew Hunter; Robert Stacey; John Wadland; Sandra Webster-Cook; Anne Ruggles & Joan Murray, edited by Dennis Reid

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