The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson
Title | The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson PDF eBook |
Author | George A. Walker |
Publisher | The Porcupine's Quill |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1123408556 |
In master engraver George A. Walker’s newest work, The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson, the circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of the iconic Canadian artist are explored through some one hundred and nine wood engravings, creating a work that eulogizes not only the artist himself, but the struggle of the artist’s attempt to express himself while constrained by society, the reality of the moment, and mortality.
Who Killed Tom Thomson?
Title | Who Killed Tom Thomson? PDF eBook |
Author | John Little |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 2018-08-21 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1510733418 |
Tom Thomson was Canada's Vincent van Gogh. He painted for a period of five years before meeting his untimely death in a remote wilderness lake in July 1917. He was buried in an unofficial grave close to the lake where his body was found. About eight hours after he was buried, the coroner arrived but never examined the body and ruled his death accidental due to drowning. A day and a half later, Thomson's family hired an undertaker to exhume the body and move it to the family plot about 100 miles away. This undertaker refused all help, and only worked at night. In 1956, John Little's father and three other men, influenced by the story of an old park ranger who never believed Thomson's body was moved by the undertaker, dug up what was supposed to be the original, empty grave. To their surprise, the grave still contained a body, and the skull revealed a head wound that matched the same location noted by the men who pulled his corpse from the water in 1917. The finding sent shockwaves across the nation and began a mystery that continues to this day. In Who Killed Tom Thomson? John Little continues the sixty-year relationship his family has had with Tom Thomson and his fate by teaming up with two high-ranking Ontario provincial police homicide detectives. For the first time, they provide a forensic scientific opinion as to how Thomson met his death, and where his body is buried. Little draws upon his father's research, plus recently released archival material, as well as his own thirty-year investigation. He and his colleagues prove that Thomson was murdered, and set forth two persons of interest who may have killed Tom Thomson.
Tom Thomson's Last Paddle
Title | Tom Thomson's Last Paddle PDF eBook |
Author | Larry McCloskey |
Publisher | Dundurn |
Total Pages | 172 |
Release | 2002-07-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780888784308 |
Two preteens, Dani and Caitlin, set out to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of Canadian painter Tom Thomson, while on a camping trip with their fathers in the Ontario wilderness.
Tom Thomson in Purgatory
Title | Tom Thomson in Purgatory PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Jollimore |
Publisher | Exile Editions, Ltd. |
Total Pages | 114 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781550960976 |
Tom Thomson
Title | Tom Thomson PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Murray |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Painting, Canadian |
ISBN | 9781552780923 |
Focuses on one series in his work--trees.
Painting Canada
Title | Painting Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Ian A. C. Dejardin |
Publisher | Philip Wilson Publishers |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-06-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780856676864 |
Published to accompany exhibition organized by Dulwich Picture Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada, in collaboration with the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, and the Groninger Museum.
Inventing Tom Thomson
Title | Inventing Tom Thomson PDF eBook |
Author | Sherrill Grace |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780773527522 |
An examination of Canadian identity through our cultural obsession with iconic painter Tom Thomson.