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Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero
Joan Murray’s intimate biography details the life and work of Tom Thomson.
126 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 1996
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September 4, 2016
Murray pretty much repeats what she has written in her other books addressing Thomson (particularly The Last Spring, written only four years earlier), with some rephrasing.
Her narration of Thomson's life suffers from some factual errors, but it is really her flamboyant and highly subjective characterization of Thomson's psyche and paintings that I found alienating.
For more on Murray's writing about Tom Thomson, see:
Klages, G. (2016.) The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson: Separating Fact from Fiction. Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press.
Her narration of Thomson's life suffers from some factual errors, but it is really her flamboyant and highly subjective characterization of Thomson's psyche and paintings that I found alienating.
For more on Murray's writing about Tom Thomson, see:
Klages, G. (2016.) The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson: Separating Fact from Fiction. Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press.
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