CDNS 2618 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tom Thomson, Canadian Identity, Canadian Art
14 Apr 2018
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Established in 1920, became nation wide but disbanded in 1933. They sketched on wood then painted their canvases in their toronto studios. Shared goals but group had different personalities. styles, and ideals. Group insisted that art had an essential role both in nation building and in daily life. Bright colour, bold brushwork, and design, and relative modernism in their art. Had the most experience of modern french painting. After being in war, his artworks changed from peaceful landscapes devastated war zone. Reflected change in the view of the intervening. Presented canadian identity, sparse trees, bare simplistic. Linked nationalism and canadian identity w/a poetic spirit. Was working in the direction of an impressionist to express the new material to paint. Fattened space, linear design, deep-rich autumn colours. Produced emotionally charged paintings of the war to the years rocks, Left toronto to teach at vancouver school of decorative art. Thought canadian landscape was unique, refused cdn ppl had distinctive character.
