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Catalogue entry
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
Estate of artist
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1922.179). Gift of Friends of the Museum, Dr. Francis J. Shepherd, Sir Vincent Meredith, Drs. Lauterman and W. Gardner and Mrs. Hobart Molson, 1922
Exhibition History
1916 OSA
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.1917 Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1917, no. 147, as October, Algonquin Park.1917 Thomson
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, December 1917.1920 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Thomson, February 13–29, 1920, no. 18, as October, Algonquin Park.1921 Winnipeg
Winnipeg Gallery of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Canadian Art of Today, October 15–December 10, 1921, no. 80, as October-Algoma.1922 NGC
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.1922 AAM
Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, Art Association of Montreal: Thirty-ninth Spring Exhibition, March 21–April 15, 1922, no. 294, as Landscape.1925 Wembley
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, 1927.1927 Paris
Musée & du Jeu de Paume, Paris, Exposition d'art canadien, April 10–May 10, 1927, no. 229.1932 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Imperial Economic Conference, July 18, 1932–January 23, 1933, no. 7.1938 Tate
Tate, London, A Century of Canadian Art, October 15–December 15, 1938, no. 210.1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.1942 New York
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, Canadiana: An Exhibition of Historical Prints, Water-Colour Drawings, Oil Paintings and Maps, April 6–18, 1942, no. 279.1953 Hamilton
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Inaugural Exhibition, December 1953–January 1954, no. 53.1955 Victoria
Arts Centre of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, The Group of Seven, February 15–27, 1955, no. 1.1956 Thomson
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson Exhibition, 1877 - 1917, September–October 1956, no. 35.1963 Stratford
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, Canada on Canvas, June 22–September 14, 1963.1970 NGC
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, 1970.1971 Thomson
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, 1972.2002 Thomson
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, 2003.2009 Montreal
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 1916
Fairbairn, Margaret L. "Some Pictures at the Art Gallery." Toronto Daily Star, 11 March 1916.Mail and Empire 1916
"Ontario Artists Do Daring Work." Mail and Empire (Toronto), 11 March 1916, as The Birches.OSA 1916
Ontario Society of Artists. Ontario Society of Artists Forty-fourth Annual Exhibition. 1916. Exhibition catalogue.Montreal Herald 1922
"Canadian School is Well Represented at the Art Exhibition." Montreal Herald, 25 March 1922.Chatelaine 1936
"In the Northland by Tom Thomson." Chatelaine 9, no. 2 (February 1936), (repr.)Robson 1937
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, p. 9.Montreal Standard 1938
"To be Exhibited in London." Montreal Standard, 10 September 1938.Tonnancour 1940
Tonnancour, Jacques de. "Exposition de la 'Contemporary Artist Society." Le Quartier Latin 23, no. 9 (29 November 1940).Ayre 1941
Ayre, Robert. "Toronto Honors Memory of Artist; Exhibition of Thomson Paintings Includes Loans of Principal Work." Montreal Standard, 1 February 1941, (repr.)Canadian Nature 1944
Canadian Nature (November-December 1944), (repr. col.)Canadian 1945
[unknown title]. Canadian Geographical Journal (October 1945), (repr. col.)Atherton 1947
Atherton, Ray. "The Man in a Canoe." The Man in a Canoe. Canadian Art 5, no. 2 (Christmas 1947), p. 56 (repr. col.)Steegman 1960
Steegman, John H. Catalogue of Paintings. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1960, p. 41.Hubbard 1962
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 1969
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, p. 83.Mellen 1970
Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, p. 210 (repr.)Reid 1970
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 98, no. 62.Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 42, 82, 94 (repr.)Ostiguy 1971
Ostiguy, Jean-René. Un siècle de peinture canadienne, 1870-1970. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1971, pp. 31, fig. 55 (repr.)Ayre 1972
Ayre, Robert. "Thomson's Vision." Montreal Daily Star, 6 May 1972.Reid 1975
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 1984
Murray, Joan. The Best of the Group of Seven. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1984, p. 40 (repr. col.)Murray 1994b
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 1995
Newlands, Anne. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson: An Introduction. Willowdale, ON: Buffalo, New York, 1995, pp. 32–33 (repr. col.)Davis 1998a
Davis, Ann. Thomson, Thomas John (Tom). Vol. 14 1911-1920, Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, p. 998.Reid and Hill 2002
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 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, (repr. col. dust jacket on back).Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, pp. 268, and dust jacket on back (repr. col.)King 2010
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 2011
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 May 7, 2024).