Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971. Traveled to: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 15–February 3, 1972; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 25–March 31, 1972; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, April 14–May 28, 1972; Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 2–September 5, 1972.

Published References

Dulmage 1963

Dulmage, Paul. "Toronto Shrine to Receive Donation." Swift Current Sun (Saskatchewan), 6 September 1963, (repr.)

Duval 1967

Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, (repr.)

Duval 1970

Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr.)

Murray 1971

Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 16 (repr.)

Duval 1973

Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, p. 169 (repr.)

Murray 1991

Murray, Joan. , p. 19 (repr.)

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 23 (repr.)

Remarks

The setting is reminiscent of Telfer’s Creek in Leith, Thomson’s favourite place to fish. Thomson and Burke were good friends, beginning with their time as roommates in Toronto on Gerrard Street when Burke attended college, in 1909. Burke was the model for this work and owned four other works by Thomson now in the McMichael: Fairy Lake, 1912 (1912.05), Sailboat, c.1906 (1906.06), Girl Looking in Mirror, 1903 (1903.01), and Head of a Woman, 1907 (1907.01) as well as Design for a Stained-Glass Window, Havergal College, c.1908 (1908.07) (AGO 81/132) (see Dulmage, 1963).

Record last updated March 28, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Young Fisherman, c.1905 (1905.05)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=18 (accessed on April 28, 2024).