Tom Thomson
(1877 - 1917)
Previously Sold Works
TOM THOMSON
Petawawa Gorges
oil on panel
Estate stamp lower right; Estate stamp and inscribed with title, dated “1916” and “M. Thomson” on the reverse
8.25 x 10.5 ins ( 21 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000,000.00 - $1,500,000.00
Price Realized $2,220,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
TOM THOMSON
Ragged Oaks, 1916
oil on panel
Estate stamp lower right; Estate stamp and inscribed “M. Thomson”, “134” and “23” on the reverse; inscribed with title, “Not for Sale” and “16” on a label on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000,000.00 - $1,500,000.00
Price Realized $1,800,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
TOM THOMSON
Evening, Pine Island
oil on panel
Estate stamp lower right; Estate stamp and inscribed with title and dated “1914” on the reverse
10.5 x 8.5 ins ( 26.7 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900,000.00 - $1,200,000.00
Price Realized $1,680,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
TOM THOMSON
Nocturne
oil on panel
estate stamp lower left; titled, dated 1916, estate stamp and inscribed “Beatrice” on the reverse; catalogue raisonné no. 1916.82
8.25 x 10.5 ins ( 21 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900,000.00 - $1,200,000.00
Price Realized $1,500,000.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
TOM THOMSON
Giant's Tomb, Georgian Bay, Summer 1914
oil on composite wood-pulp board
signed lower right; catalogue raisonné no. 1914.23
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $500,000.00 - $700,000.00
Price Realized $888,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
TOM THOMSON
Spring, Algonquin Park
oil on board
artist estate stamp lower right; catalogue raisonné no. 1914.45
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $700,000.00 - $900,000.00
Price Realized $720,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
TOM THOMSON
Road Near Leith
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1908 lower right; catalogue raisonne number 1918.04
8.25 x 13.5 ins ( 21 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $100,300.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019
TOM THOMSON
Fallen Timber (Algonquin)
oil on canvas, laid down on paperboard
inscribed “Gordon Harkness” and signed and inscribed by Thoreau MacDonald on the reverse; catalogue raisonne number 1912.02
6 x 9.25 ins ( 15.2 x 23.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Price Realized $125,000.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
TOM THOMSON
Daydreaming (Portrait of Thoreau MacDonald)
oil on panel
a pencil sketch of a boy on the reverse, inscribed on the reverse “Drawing and oil by Tom Thomson, looks about 1913-14, Thoreau MacDonald”; circa 1914
7.5 x 11.5 ins ( 19.1 x 29.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200,000.00 - $250,000.00
Price Realized $172,500.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
TOM THOMSON
Near Owen Sound
oil on board
6.75 x 10 ins ( 17.1 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $80,000.00 - $140,000.00
Price Realized $80,500.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
TOM THOMSON
Northern Lights
silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada” printed in the margin; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse, unframed
19.75 x 25 ins ( 50.2 x 63.5 cms )
TOM THOMSON
Portage Ragged Lake; Aura Lee Lake
two sampson matthews silkscreens
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
TOM THOMSON
Northern Lights
sampson matthews silkscreen
Please note, this work has been trimmed from its original state (total reduction of 1/2 of an inch from the height; 1 1/2 inches from the width)
19.5 x 24.5 ins ( 49.5 x 62.2 cms )
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T. Thomson Biography
(1877 - 1917)
Tom Thomson was born near Claremont, Ontario and grew up in Leith, near Owen Sound. After moving to Toronto, his early career was spent as a commercial artist at Grip Ltd., the commercial design firm where he first met MacDonald, Harris, Jackson, Lismer and others. By 1911, Thomson was making regular sketching trips to areas north of Toronto and, in 1912, he made the first of many trips to Algonquin Park.
As well as being an artist, Tom Thomson was an avid outdoorsman and Algonquin Park soon became his favourite place to paint. His enthusiasm for its quiet, untouched landscape with its changing moods and bright fall colours inspired other artists to explore the region. After 1914, Tom Thomson spent most of his time painting in Algonquin, except during the coldest winter months. It was during this period that he produced the bulk of his paintings of this rugged northern landscape. Thomson's brief, but prolific, career as an artist came to a premature end when he drowned in Canoe Lake in 1917, just three years before the Group of Seven held their first exhibition. His artistic achievement was to remain an inspirational force to other Group members.
