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Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

Henry Ford and Thomas Edison camping in 1916 https://youtu.be/S1qXzrwNoTo

It was in May of 1912 when I first camped in Algonquin.

1916 Algonquin Evening #tt1916

Eaton's Catalogue Men's Fashions c. 1916

Lift it up, bring it out.

Follow the Journal of My Last Spring https://youtu.be/qcsR8DJuv3M

Harris was scared of usng bright colours.

Many of my forest ranger pals lived in South River. I would visit often as I could.

To paint a good scene you need to recognize the overall design in nature.

1905 Margaret Thomson

Camp Petawawa in 1915 was filled with interned Austrians and Hungarians, bankers and muscians, mostly.

Don't think you are better because you can praise far-off things and sneer at your neighbour's clumsiness

I was accused of going to the Dufond Indian Farm whenever I wanted to do the Rain Dance.

October 1914, Jackson met up with in the Park. That fall, the colours were their finest.

1917 Cold Spring #tt1917

Shall I not be real as the things I see?

Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908

I spent many hours standing behind Jackson, puffing my pipe.

Jackson gladly shared with me the finer points of rendering the North of canvas.

1916 Petawawa Gorges #tt1916