1915-1916.08
October
Alternate titles: Hardwood Bush, September; Hardwoods; Maple Woods, Bare Trunks; October Birches; October, Algonquin Park; The Hardwoods
Winter 1915–16
Oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 34 1/4 in. (81 x 87 cm)
Private Collection, by descent
Provenance
Private Collection, by descent
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. 126.
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Thirty-eighth Annual Exhibition, November 16–December 16, 1916, no. 223, as The Hardwoods.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Central Canada Exhibition Fine Arts, August 1917, no. 147, as October, Algonquin Park.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Tom Thomson, February 13–29, 1920, no. 18, as October, Algonquin Park?, as October, Algonquin Park.
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, Painting in Canada: A Selective Historical Survey, January 10–March 10, 1946, no. 50, as October Birches, c. 1916, lent by Dr. F.O. MacCallum, London, England.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Commonwealth Arts Festival: Treasures from the Commonwealth, September 17–November 13, 1965, no. 333, as October Birches.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 80, (repr.), as October. 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.
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 5, pp. 60-61 (repr. col. det.), Pl. 6 (repr. col.), as Maple Woods, Bare Trunks. 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
Buchanan, Donald W. Canadian Painters from Paul Kane to the Group of Seven. Oxford & London: Phaidon Press, 1945, fig. 42 (repr.)
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 41, 81 (repr.)
McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 326.
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 60–61 ( repr. col. det.), 69 (repr. col.), 81.
Remarks
On Martin Baldwin’s list of 7 May 1937, no. 30 as “Seen June 1936 - other possible titles Hardwoods - Hardwood bush, September” and owner Dr. MacCallum. Baldwin records the work by mistake as being in Thomson 1920 as no. 42 Hardwood Bush, September - Loaned by Mrs. U. Ogden.
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. ""October, Winter 1915–16 (1915-1916.08)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=419 (accessed on May 19, 2024).