Fall along the Oxtongue River

"Red Maple" by A.Y. Jackson

In February of 1914, Tom Thomson introduced Jackson to the wilderness along the Oxtongue River. Jackson had this to say about Thomson: “he taught me to camp, light a fire, and stay alive in the wilds, something I would put to use during the rest of my life.” #Art #Nature #Oxtongue #landscape

Hog Trough on the Oxtongue River

"Spring on the Oxtongue River" by Lawren Harris

It was here beginning in 1912, along the Oxtongue Waterway in Ontario, that Tom Thomson, along with future Group of Seven members Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Frederick Varley and A.J. Casson, began to paint the Canadian Landscape. #Art #GroupOfSeven #Oxtongue #Ontario