1915-1916.05
In the Northland
Alternate titles: Autumn in Algonquin Park; Birches; In the North Land; Landscape; October, Algonquin Park; October-Algoma
Winter 1915–16
Oil on canvas
40 1/16 x 45 1/16 in. (101.7 x 114.5 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., TOM THOMSON '15
Provenance
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. 123, as Birches.
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, December 1917.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Thomson, February 13–29, 1920, no. 18, as October, Algonquin Park.
Winnipeg Gallery of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Canadian Art of Today, October 15–December 10, 1921, no. 80, as October-Algoma.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Special Exhibitions: Pictures and Sketches by Tom Thomson, Illustrations to the "Book of Job" and Dante's "Inferno" by William Blake, February 11–March 31, 1922, as Autumn in Algonquin Park.
Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, Art Association of Montreal: Thirty-ninth Spring Exhibition, March 21–April 15, 1922, no. 294, as Landscape.
British Empire, Fine Arts Galleries, Wembley Park, London, British Empire Exhibition, Canadian Section of Fine Arts, May 9–October 1925, no. 21, as In the North Land, no. E.E. 22 as October, Algonquin Park. 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. 229.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Imperial Economic Conference, July 18, 1932–January 23, 1933, no. 7.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, Canadiana: An Exhibition of Historical Prints, Water-Colour Drawings, Oil Paintings and Maps, April 6–18, 1942, no. 279.
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Inaugural Exhibition, December 1953–January 1954, no. 53.
Arts Centre of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, The Group of Seven, February 15–27, 1955, no. 1.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson Exhibition, 1877 - 1917, September–October 1956, no. 35.
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, Canada on Canvas, June 22–September 14, 1963.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 62, (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. 83, (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.
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 77, (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.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Expanding Horizons. Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918, June 6–September 27, 2009. Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 17, 2009–January 17, 2010.
Published References
Fairbairn, Margaret L. "Some Pictures at the Art Gallery." Toronto Daily Star, 11 March 1916.
"Ontario Artists Do Daring Work." Mail and Empire (Toronto), 11 March 1916, as The Birches.
Ontario Society of Artists. Ontario Society of Artists Forty-fourth Annual Exhibition. 1916. Exhibition catalogue.
"Canadian School is Well Represented at the Art Exhibition." Montreal Herald, 25 March 1922.
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, p. 9.
Tonnancour, Jacques de. "Exposition de la 'Contemporary Artist Society." Le Quartier Latin 23, no. 9 (29 November 1940).
Ayre, Robert. "Toronto Honors Memory of Artist; Exhibition of Thomson Paintings Includes Loans of Principal Work." Montreal Standard, 1 February 1941, (repr.)
Atherton, Ray. "The Man in a Canoe." The Man in a Canoe. Canadian Art 5, no. 2 (Christmas 1947), p. 56 (repr. col.)
Steegman, John H. Catalogue of Paintings. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1960, p. 41.
Hubbard, R.H. The Gallery of Canadian Art, 2 Tom Thomson. Toronto: Society For Art Publications and McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962, p. 16 (repr.)
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, p. 83.
Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, p. 210 (repr.)
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 98, no. 62.
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 42, 82, 94 (repr.)
Ostiguy, Jean-René. Un siècle de peinture canadienne, 1870-1970. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1971, pp. 31, fig. 55 (repr.)
Reid. Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine. 5, Masterpieces in the National Gallery of Canada, The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: 1975, pp. 14–17 (repr.)
Murray, Joan. The Best of the Group of Seven. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1984, p. 40 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1994, pp. 62, 63 (repr. col. dust jacket).
Newlands, Anne. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson: An Introduction. Willowdale, ON: Buffalo, New York, 1995, pp. 32–33 (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. 134–37, 230–31 (repr. col.)
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, (repr. col. dust jacket on back).
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, pp. 268, and dust jacket on back (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, p. 190.
Des Rochers, Jacques (ed). Quebec and Canadian Art: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' Collection. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2011, pp. 174–175 (repr. col.)
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. ""In the Northland, Winter 1915–16 (1915-1916.05)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=416 (accessed on April 26, 2024).