NO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canadian Art, Algonquin Provincial Park, Margaret Atwood
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Learned the basics of drawing and painting at home. Still went to business college in seattle, washington. Became a commercial artist as a result of the studies he did. Left seattle for a romance with a woman. Whilst proposing to her, he takes her incessant nervous giggling as a no and leaves the city and comes back to owen sound. Attended night school to become an artist. Macdonald was his mentor in art that helped him to establish his technique. In 1912, thomson returns to toronto after a fishing trip. Both worked for grip in toronto. Brings back a series of sketchings and paintings from algonquin park. Really illustrated an expansive wilderness that is untouched by humanity. His first major painting: a northern lake (1913/4) Bought by the ontarian gov"t for . In 1915, goes back to algonquin park with some of his friends (frederick varley, arthur.
