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Thomas John "Tom" Thomson (August 5, 1877 – July 8, 1917) was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as being a member of the group itself. Thomson died under mysterious circumstances.
Thomas John "Tom" Thomson was born near Claremont, Ontario to John and Margaret Thomson and grew up in Leith, Ontario, near Owen Sound. In 1899, he entered a machine shop apprenticeship at an iron foundry owned by William Kennedy, a close friend of his father. He was fired from his apprenticeship by a foreman who complained of Thomson's habitual tardiness. Also in 1899, he volunteered to fight in the Second Boer War, but was turned down because of a medical condition. Thomson was reputed to have been refused entry into the Canadian Expeditionary Force for service in the First World War also. He served as a fire ranger in Algonquin Park during this time. In 1901, he enrolled in a business college in Chatham, Ontario, but dropped out eight months later to join his older brother, George Thomson, who was operating a business school in Seattle. There he met and had a brief summer romance with Alice Elinor Lambert. In 1904, he returned to Canada, and may have studied with William Cruikshank, 1905–1906. In 1907, Thomson joined Grip Ltd., an artistic design firm in Toronto, where many of the future members of the Group of Seven also worked.
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Plot: 1918. Civilian artist Tom Thomson has drowned up north. His uniformed friends are back from the World War I and holding a wake. Jackson, Varley and Lismer. All will become famous painters. Now they're drunk-and shocked when Claire Logan appears. Revealed as Tom's lover, Claire ignites passions. Was Tom a great artist who rose above the war? Or a coward who fled his duty by painting pretty pictures? We flash back to Tom's sensual affair with Claire. Then Varley and Jackson square off, raging over his loss. When Claire opens up, we grasp something of Tom's legacy. And of passion. Duty. Love.
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