Tom Thomson [Autumn Birches] 1916

◧ Artist: Tom Thomson (1877-1917)
◧ Country: Canada

◧ Title: [Autumn Birches]
◧ Painting Size: 21.7 x 26.7 cm (8-9/16" x 10-1/2")

◧ Medium: Oil painting on wood panel

◧ Museum: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

◧ Country of Stamp Issue: Canada
◧ Date of Issue: May 26, 1977
◧ Face Value: 12 Cents
◧ Issued to commemorate the centennial of Tom Thomson's birth

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During Tom Thomson's short career, he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels along with around 50 larger works on canvas. His works consist almost entirely of landscapes depicting trees, skies, lakes, and rivers. His paintings use broad brush strokes and a liberal application of paint to capture the beauty and colour of the Ontario landscape. Thomson's accidental death at 39 by drowning came shortly before the founding of the "Group of Seven" and is seen as a tragedy for Canadian art. (excerpt from Wikipedia)

Here is another 1916 oil painting with the same title, [Autumn Birches].