1914.52
The Brook
Alternate titles: Brook-Fall; The Brook-Fall
Fall 1914
Oil on canvas on paperboard
8 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. (22.4 x 27 cm)
Inscriptions recto: l.r., TOM THOMSON
Inscriptions verso: u.r., in ink, Miss Hobson Glen Hobson (?) (illegible); c., in graphite, T.Thomson; c., in graphite, 56; c.r., in graphite, 30 (circled); l.c., in black crayon, 6 (circled); l.c., in graphite, probably 1914 A.Y.J.; l.l., in ink on label, The Brook / 51. / James MacCallum u.c., label, in ink, AGT Dec. 31 / 40 / Dr. MacCallum; u.r., in graphite on label, J.M.MacCallum / T61
Inscriptions verso: u.r., in ink, Miss Hobson Glen Hobson (?) (illegible); c., in graphite, T.Thomson; c., in graphite, 56; c.r., in graphite, 30 (circled); l.c., in black crayon, 6 (circled); l.c., in graphite, probably 1914 A.Y.J.; l.l., in ink on label, The Brook / 51. / James MacCallum u.c., label, in ink, AGT Dec. 31 / 40 / Dr. MacCallum; u.r., in graphite on label, J.M.MacCallum / T61
Provenance
Exhibition History
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 51, as The Brook-Fall, lent by Dr. MacCallum. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.
Sarnia Conservation Committee, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Little Picture Show, March 1923.
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 77, lent by James M. MacCallum.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.
National Gallery of Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Tom Thomson Travelling Exhibition: Sketches and Painting from the National Gallery of Canada Collection, November 10–December 6, 1955. Traveled to: Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, December 13, 1955–January 1, 1956; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, February 2–22, 1956; Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, March 1–8, 1956; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, March 13–25, 1956; University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 3–28, 1956; Regina Public Library, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 5–25, 1956; Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 1–21, 1956; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, July 1–30, 1956; Sarnia Public Library, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, August 1956; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Association, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 8, 1956; Yarmouth Art Society, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 31–November 12, 1956; Colchester Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 15–24, 1956; Louisburg Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), Louisburg, Nova Scotia, November 27–December 6, 1956; Amherst Art Association, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, December 10, 1956–December 24, 1965; Moncton Society of Art, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, January 24–February 2, 1957; Fredericton Art Club, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, February 6–20, 1957; University of New Brunswich, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, February 20–March 6, 1957; Art Centre, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, March 9–20, 1957; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 4–18, 1957; Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 18–May 1, 1957; Glenhyrst Gardens, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, June 22–July 2, 1957; London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, July–September 1957; Willistead Library and Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, October 1–November 5, 1957; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, November 15–December 15, 1957.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson Exhibition, 1877 - 1917, September–October 1956, no. 22.
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 21.
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 25.
National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Cultural Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Tom Thomson, January–March 1958.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Jackman Gift of Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some of the Members of the Group of Seven, January 25–February 23, 1969, no. 67, (repr.)
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 47, (repr.) Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.
Department of New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Seven Plus: A Selection of Work by the Group of Seven Arranged by Department of New Brunswick Museum, June 5–July 30, 1976, no. 13. Traveled to: The Art Gallery, Memorial University Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada, August 15–September 12, 1976 (Exhibition title: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson); Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, September 20–October 17, 1976 (Exhibition title: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson); The Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, December 3, 1976–January 2, 1977 (Exhibition title: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson).
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 8.
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 31, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 14.
Published References
Burgoyne, St. George. "Tom Thomson, Painter of the Wilds, Lost to Canadian Art 20 Years Ago." Gazette (Montreal), 25 September 1937.
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 308.
Reid, Dennis. The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. HR. Jackman Gift of the Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some Members of the Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1969. Exhibition catalogue, p. 45 (repr.)
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, p. 78 (repr.)
Smith, George L. Norman Gurd and the Group of 7: A History of the Sarnia Art Movement. Brights Grove, ON: G.L. Smith, 1974, p. 17.
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, p. 60 (repr.)
Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 119, 127, 184 (repr. col.)
Record last updated March 3, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""The Brook, Fall 1914 (1914.52)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=226 (accessed on May 17, 2024).