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Town, Harold Barling was born on June 13, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Harry and Ellen (Watson) Town.
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With over seventy new reproductions of never-before-published paintings and new essays, Tom Thomson is the most comprehensive collection of the artist’s work ever published. The original edition in 1977 commemorated the 100th year of Thomson’s birth and the 60th of his untimely death. Tom Thomson: The Silence and The Storm was an instant classic. Thomson’s brief, brilliant life, and his mysterious death in a canoe accident, quickly gained him mythic status. The book became a legend in its own right and a perennial favourite among Canadian art fans and collectors. This newly designed and greatly expanded edition revives a classic, adds many new images, and offers new insights into Thomson’s work, his techniques and his enduring appeal. Candid in its assessment of one of twentieth-century Canada’s biggest art stars, Tom Thomson stands out for its original approach and thoroughness. Thomson’s sketches and finest works are reproduced in colour, at approximately the same size as the originals. This stunning new edition is a fitting tribute to a great and beloved Canadian artist.
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Tom Thomson did it better than anyone else. He stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of The Group of Seven, Thomson created paintings that shaped the way Canadians view their land. The mystery of his death continues to stir speculation and spin off theories, but the emotional response to his paintings is stronger than ever. Although he died before he was forty, Thomson's compelling works ignited a powerful national art movement and create lasting icons for a young country. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm contains the most extensive collection of his work ever published, 177 paintings in vivid color and many more in black and white. Nearly 80 of his brilliant sketches are reproduced to their actual size, giving them an immediacy almost equal to the originals. This is the only book that reproduces over 140 paintings that had never been reproduced in color before. The accompanying texts, by artist Harold Town (1924-1990) and art historian David P. Silcox, provide an aesthetic commentary and full biographical chronicle. This special 25th Anniversary edition of Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm marks the 125th Anniversary of the birth of Canada's most popular and beloved artist and the 85th anniversary of his death.
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( Tom Thomson did it better than anyone else. He stands ...)
Tom Thomson did it better than anyone else. He stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of The Group of Seven, Thomson created paintings that shaped the way Canadians view their land. The mystery of his death continues to stir speculation and spin off theories, but the emotional response to his paintings is stronger than ever. Although he died before he was forty, Thomson's compelling works ignited a powerful national art movement and create lasting icons for a young country. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm contains the most extensive collection of his work ever published, 177 paintings in vivid color and many more in black and white. Nearly 80 of his brilliant sketches are reproduced to their actual size, giving them an immediacy almost equal to the originals. This is the only book that reproduces over 140 paintings that had never been reproduced in color before. The accompanying texts, by artist Harold Town (1924-1990) and art historian David P. Silcox, provide an aesthetic commentary and full biographical chronicle. This special 25th Anniversary edition of Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm marks the 125th Anniversary of the birth of Canada's most popular and beloved artist and the 85th anniversary of his death.
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Town, Harold Barling was born on June 13, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Harry and Ellen (Watson) Town.
Graduate, Ontario College Art, 1944; Doctor of Letters (honorary), York University, Toronto, 1966.
Board Governors Ontario College Art.
( With over seventy new reproductions of never-before-pub...)
( Tom Thomson did it better than anyone else. He stands ...)
( Tom Thomson did it better than anyone else. He stands ...)
Member Toronto Art Dirs. Club, Royal Canadian Academy.
Married Trudella Carol Tredwell, September 7, 1957. Children— Heather Allison, Shelley Catherine.