1. Thomson
However, there are more than just what is about "Canadian- in his paintings; Thomson leaves the viewer perplexed in a world of purple sky and red trees, overwhelming the viewer within an enigmatic colour world of his perspective. "He began to paint that he might express the emotions the country inspired in him; all the moods and passions, all the sombreness and all the glory of colour, were so felt that they demanded from him pictorial expression. ... Words were not his instruments of expression - colour was the only medium open to him,"" and what Thomson tried to achieve were "truthfulness an...
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