Monday Night at the Movies special screening of West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thompson at Galaxy Cinemas, Orangeville is in association with the Headwaters Arts Festival.
Famed for his strikingly lyrical paintings of the Canadian
landscape, Tom Thomson is one of the key figures in the history of
Canadian art and a shaping influence on our national mythology — and
something of a myth himself after his mysterious death at the age of
thirty-nine, at a time when his art was reaching its peak. Thomson went
missing in Ontario's Algonquin Park on July 8, 1917, his body
discovered eight days later floating face down in Canoe Lake; the exact
cause of death has never been determined.
In this rich and exhaustive new documentary, Peter Raymont and
MichèleHozer explore Thomson's enduring legacy and mystery through
never-before-seen works by the artist and evocative footage of the
landscapes that inspired him.
Here's the trailer:
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