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Tom Thomson’s The West Wind

14 Saturday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada, Grey Day, Group of Seven, Jack Pine, Songs Without Words, Tom Thomson, West Wind

The West Wind by Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson’s The West Wind (1917) also constitutes a powerful symbol of Canada.  In this respect, it stands next to The Jack Pine.  Tom Thomson loved the North and lived in Algonquin Park.  But both The Jack Pine and The West Wind  express solitude.  Nature encloses man, but man nevertheless stands alone.

14. Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38- No. 2. Allegro non troppo in C minor

Today I am featuring Tom Thomson’s The West Wind as I continue to investigate the 1837-1838 Rebellions, which took place in both Canadas. The Rebellions of 1837-1938 constitute so defining a moment in Canadian history that I need to research these events very carefully.

Please enjoy The West Wind.  Tom Thomson was associated with the Group of Seven‘s art and the Group of Seven’s art is a monument to Canada’s history.

My musical offering for today is Lied number 14 of Mendelssohn’s 49 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words).  It is played by Daniel Barenboim.

I chose the fourteenth Lied to mark an anniversary.  A hundred years ago, on April 14, 1912, the seemingly invincible Titanic sank, reaping the lives of some 1,500 of its passengers.  Ironically, Mendelssohn’s Lied is entitled Lost Happiness.

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Tom Thomson’s Jack Pine

13 Friday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Canada, Canadian, Emily Carr, Grey Day, Group of Seven, Jack Pine, Painting, Tom Thomson

Jack Pine

The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson (1916-1917)
A maple leaf adorns the Canadian flag.  However, the painting to the left, Thomas John Thomson’s The Jack Pine and The West Wind, to be featured in a future blog, constitute powerful symbols of Canada.

13. Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 1. Con moto in E flat (please click on the title to hear the music)

Tom Thomson (b at Claremont, Ont 5 Aug 1877; d at Canoe Lk, Ont 8 July 1917) was not a member of the Group of Seven, arguably the most famous group of Canadian artists, but he is associated with the group, as is Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) who worked on the West Coast. 

Tom Thomson died at the age of forty, in somewhat mysterious circumstances, and he did not leave a large number of paintings for posterity to enjoy, but the Jack Pine, above, and the West Wind are iconic.  Canada has changed, but when Canadians think of Canada, they remember the Jack Pine. 

 

Tom Thomson, artist
With his instinctive technical abilities and his intense love of the North, Thomson had all the elements necessary to become a great painter (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-17399). The Canadian Encyclopedia                              

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