Tom Thomson Reading List
These are some of the books that introduced me to Canadian painter and national icon Tom Thomson (1877-1917). They run the gamut from scholarly examinations of his life and art to murder mysteries to plays and poems. The depictions of Thomson run the gamut as well: innocent nature boy; reticent genius; drunken philanderer; and everything in between. As Sherrill Grace suggests in Inventing Tom Thomson, there are as many Tom Thomsons as there are artists who write about him. These are some of my favourites.
Real Mystery of Tom Thomson, The
His Art and His Life
Northern Light
The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson and the Woman Who Loved Him
The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson
Tom Thomson
The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter
Tom Thomson's Last Paddle
Tom Thomson
Trees
Earth Day in Leith Churchyard
Poems in Search of Tom Thomson
Viewing Tom Thomson
A Minority Report
The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
A Treasury of Tom Thomson
The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson
Separating Fact from Fiction
Inventing Tom Thomson
From Biographical Fictions to Fictional Autobiographies and Reproductions
Tom Thomson 2018
Bilingual (English/French)
The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
An Introduction
Who Killed Tom Thomson?
The Truth about the Murder of One of the 20th Century's Most Famous Artists
Painting Canada
Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Tom Thomson
Artist of the North
Passion over Reason / la passion avant la raison
Tom Thomson & Joyce Wieland
The Artist and the Moose: A Fable of Forget
A Like Vision
The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
Go Home Bay
Colours In The Storm
Images of Nature
Canadian Poets and the Group of Seven
Defiant Spirits
The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven