1915-1916.02
Spring Ice
Winter 1915–16
Oil on canvas
28 3/8 x 40 1/4 in. (72 x 102.3 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., TOM THOMSON
Exhibition History
Ontario Society of Artists, Art Museum of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Society of Artists Forty-fourth Annual Exhibition, March 11–April 15, 1916, no. 124.
Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Paintings by Canadian Artists, Loaned by the National
Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, February 26–December 1917, no. 26. Traveled to: Saint John Art Club Studio, Saint John, New Brunswick, January 30, 1918.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Thomson, February 13–29, 1920, no. 4.
1922.
British Empire, Fine Arts Galleries, Wembley Park, London, British Empire Exhibition, Canadian Section of Fine Arts, May 9–October 1925, E.E. 26. Traveled to: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, November 26–December 23, 1925 (as Exhibition of Canadian Art); York City Art Gallery, United Kingdom, January 16–February 13, 1926; Corporation Art Gallery, Bury, United Kingdom, February 20–March 20, 1926 (as Exhibition of Canadian Art); Blackpool, United Kingdom, March 27–April 24, 1926; Corporation Art Gallery, Rochdale, United Kingdom, May 1–29, 1926 (as Exhibition of Canadian Art); Corporation Art Gallery, Oldham, United Kingdom, June 12–July 10, 1926 (as Exhibition of Canadian Art); Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford, United Kingdom, July 17–August 14, 1926; Queen's Park Branch Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, August 28–October 9, 1926 (as Exhibition of Canadian Pictures); Sheffield, United Kingdom, October 15–December 11, 1926; Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, United Kingdom, January 12–February 12, 1927.
Musée & du Jeu de Paume, Paris, Exposition d'art canadien, April 10–May 10, 1927, no. 235.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Imperial Economic Conference, July 18, 1932–January 23, 1933, no. 1.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1668 - 1948, February 16–March 20, 1949, no. 72.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Forty Years of Canadian Painting: From Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven to the Present Day, July 14–September 25, 1949, no. 92.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Canadian Painting: An Exhibition Arranged by the National Gallery of Canada, October 29–December 10, 1950, no. 80. Traveled to: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, January 5–30, 1951; Fine Arts Society of San Diego, San Diego, February 1951; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, March 1951; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, April 4–May 6, 1951; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 15–June 11, 1951.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Exhibition of Canadian Painting to Celebrate the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, June 2–September 13, 1953, no. 66.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Group of Seven, March 29–April 25, 1954, no. 67.
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 11, (repr. col.)
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, Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, May 12–September 17, 1967, no. 194. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 20–November 26, 1967.
National Gallery of Canada, Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Traditional Landscape Painting in Canada, September 5–29, 1968, no. 15. Traveled to: Sir George Williams University, Montreal, October 11–November 3, 1968; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, November 15–December 8, 1968; St. Catharines and District Arts Council, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, December 20, 1968–January 15, 1969; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, January 29–February 23, 1969; Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, March 7–30, 1969; Memorial University, St. John's, Canada, April 11–May 4, 1969; Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 16–June 8, 1969; London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, October 28–November 23, 1969; Students' Union, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, January 21–February 15, 1970; Glenbow Foundation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 6–29, 1970; Glenbow Foundation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 6–29, 1970; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, April 17–May 10, 1970.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 63, (repr.) Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 78, (repr.) 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.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 39, l.
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 1, Pl. 8 (repr. col.) Traveled to: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, January 29–May 13, 2012; The Groninger Museum, Groninger, the Netherlands, June 3–October 28, 2012.
Published References
Ball, Helen. "Trying to Understand Artists and Their Arts." Toronto Daily News, 11 March 1916.
Brown, Eric. "Landscape Art in Canada." In Art of the British Empire Overseas, Charles Holme, ed. London: The Studio Ltd., 1917, p. 33 (repr.)
"Memorial Exhibition to Artist of North." Toronto Daily Star, 18 February 1920.
National Gallery of Canada. Press Comments on the Canadian Section of Fine Arts, British Empire Exhibition,
1924-1925. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1926, pp. 64, 70.
Brown, Eric. "Canada's National Painter." Studio 103, no. 471 (June 1932), p. 319 (repr. col.)
Robson, Albert H. Canadian Landscape Painters. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1932, p. 149 (repr. col.)
Lismer, Arthur. Outline for Picture Study: Spring Ice. Series 1, no. 3. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1932.
Davies, Blodwen. A Study of Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for
Truth in the Wilderness. Toronto: The Discus Press, 1935, p. 37 (repr. col.)
Buckman, Edward. "With Canadian Pioneers." Magazine of Art 30, no. 9 (September 1937), p. 570 (repr.)
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, pp. 28–29 (repr. col.)
Buchanan, Donald W. "The Story of Canadian Art." Canadian Geographical Journal 17, no. 6 (December 1938), p. 289 (repr.)
McInnes, G.C. A Short History of Canadian Art. Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1939, (repr. col.)
Buchanan, Donald W. Canadian Painters from Paul Kane to the Group of Seven. Oxford & London: Phaidon Press, 1945, fig. 45 (repr.)
Buchanan, Donald W. "Tom Thomson - Painter True North." Canadian Geographical Journal 33, no. 2 (August 1946), p. 99 (repr. col.)
Saunders, Audrey. Algonquin Story. Toronto: Department of Lands and Forests, 1947, p. 170.
Buchanan, Donald W. The Growth of Canadian Painting. London and Toronto: Collins, 1950, p. 31.
McInnes, G.C. Canadian Art. Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1950, p. 55 (repr. col.)
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 294 (repr.)
Hubbard, R.H. The Gallery of Canadian Art, 2 Tom Thomson. Toronto: Society For Art Publications and McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962, pp. 10, pl. 2 (repr. col.)
Hubbard, R.H. The Development of Canadian Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1963, pp. 91, pl. 155 (repr.)
Davies, Blodwen. Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for Truth in the
Wilderness. Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1967, page facing 9 (repr.col.)
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, pp. 40, 43, 50, 79 (repr.)
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, p. 99 (repr.)
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 41, 80 (repr.)
Ostiguy, Jean-René. Un siècle de peinture canadienne, 1870-1970. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1971, pp. 31, fig. 56 (repr.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 28–29, 70, 71 (repr. col.)
Boulet, Roger. The Canadian Earth: Landscape Paintings by the Group of Seven. Toronto: Prentice-Hall, 1982, pp. 204–205 (repr. col.)
Burnett, David. Masterpieces of Canadian Art from the National Gallery of Canada. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1990, pp. 84, 85 (repr.)
Murray, Joan. Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1994, p. 59 (repr. col.)
Newlands, Anne. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson: An Introduction. Willowdale, ON: Buffalo, New York, 1995, pp. 26–27 (repr. col.)
Davis, Ann. Thomson, Thomas John (Tom). Vol. 14 1911-1920, Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, p. 998.
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. 135–137, 235 (repr. col.), 316.
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, pp. 212, 238 (repr. col.)
Lehto, Neil J. Algonquin Elegy. New York, Lincoln, Shanghai: iUniverse, 2006, cover (repr. col.)
King, Ross. Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2011, pp. 190, 201.
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 14, 15, 71 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 7 (detail), 90–91, (repr. col.)
Remarks
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, 11 June 1939, Dr. James M. MacCallum Papers, Library and Archives, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, writes that the title Spring Ice does not give the idea of the picture - “It is not spring ice at all - it is the opening of the waters.”
Record last updated March 2, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Spring Ice, Winter 1915–16 (1915-1916.02)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=413 (accessed on April 24, 2024).