Английская Википедия:Drowned Land
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Drowned Land is a 1912 oil sketch by the 20th-century Canadian painter Tom Thomson.
The work was painted in the fall of 1912, possibly on the Mississagi River. It depicts an area desolate and damaged due to flooding via damming. It was purchased by the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto in 1937 and has remained in the collection ever since. It was produced near the beginning of Thomson's short art career, just as he was beginning a transition from commercial art into full-time painting.
Background
In 1912 after Thomson's initial experience of visiting Algonquin Park, he and his colleague William Broadhead went on a two-month expedition up the Spanish River and into Mississagi Forest Reserve (today Mississagi Provincial Park).Шаблон:Sfnb Representative of typical Canadian attitudes towards the environment at that time,Шаблон:Sfnb an article in the Owen Sound Sun reporting on Thomson's visit to the forest reserve wrote that "technology gave value to the landscape"[1] and placed emphasis on the mineral, forest, water-power, and fish and game resources rather than on any scenic beauty the land possessed.[2]
Thomson's transition from commercial art towards his original style of painting began to be apparent around this time.Шаблон:SfnbШаблон:Sfnb Much of his artwork from this trip, mainly oil sketches and photographs, has been lost due to two canoe spills experienced during the trip,Шаблон:Sfnb the first spill being on Green Lake in a rain squall and the second in a series of rapids.Шаблон:Sfnb In a letter to his friend M. J. (John) McRuer, Thomson wrote:
Analysis
Thomson's art director while at Grip Ltd., Albert Robson, identified Drowned Land as being painted on the Mississagi Forest Reserve canoe trip.[3] Art historian David Silcox has suggested that it was perhaps painted on Lake Scugog or near Owen Sound.Шаблон:Sfnb It was painted with oil on paper, which was further embossed with canvas texture, all mounted on plywood. A similar support was used for View Over a Lake: Shore with Houses.Шаблон:Sfnb
The painting came right as Thomson was transitioning from commercial art into fine art and indicates his innate talent.Шаблон:Sfnb It is similar to a sketch from the previous year, Near Owen Sound, in terms of colour, drawing and texture.Шаблон:Sfnb On display is a "camera-like precision" and his incredible attention to detail in capturing scenes.Шаблон:Sfnb Indeed, David Silcox has speculated that Drowned Land as well as other paintings may have been completed with a photograph as a memory aid given their "uncanny precision".Шаблон:Sfnb The painting is especially notable for its skill of composition and precision, especially when compared with some of Thomson's other work from this period, such as The Canoe and Old Lumber Dam, Algonquin Park. These early sketches show how he had not yet established his own form of expression, being particularly dark and dreary compared to his later work.Шаблон:Sfnb The subject of desolation was uncommon for the time, having not been seen in Canadian painting since the works of topographers in the early-nineteenth century.Шаблон:Sfnb
The painting, like others from this period, depicts ideal fishing territory that Thomson likely would have enjoyed.Шаблон:Sfnb Many of his paintings were overt in their depictions of the lumber industry, including dams, pointers, alligators and drives,Шаблон:Sfnb the presence of industry being on his mind from early on.Шаблон:Sfnb Drowned Land however is more subtle as it does not directly display any logging equipment. Instead, it presents the damage caused by logging operations and flooding due to damming. A hopeful recovering growth is apparent in the distance behind the skeleton of trees in the foreground.Шаблон:Sfnb
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Old Lumber Dam, Algonquin Park, Spring 1912. Sketch. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
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The Canoe, Spring or fall 1912. Sketch. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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Mississagi, 1912. Sketch. Private collection
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View Over a Lake: Shore with Houses, Summer 1912 or 1913. Sketch. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
View Over a Lake: Shore with Houses, Summer 1912 or 1913. Sketch. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Provenance and exhibition
The painting was purchased by the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1937 from Mellors Fine Arts in Toronto and has remained in the AGO's collection ever since. It has been on display in several exhibitions since its purchase.[4]Шаблон:Efn
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External links
- Drowned Land 1912, a chapter on the painting from Art Canada Institute
- Drowned Land on the Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné
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