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TT [Tom Thomson] [graphic material]

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Date:

2001.

Reference:

R12527-0-4-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3821840

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TT [Tom Thomson]
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Date(s):

2001.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting : oil on masonite panel ; 81.8 x 66.2 x 5.0 cm. (framed).
Frame 81.800 x 66.200 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a portrait of Tom Thomson, 2001 by Gordon Rayner.

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Monk, Lorraine
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Artist: Rayner, Gordon, 1935-2010

Thomson, Tom, 1877-1917
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Rayner, Gordon, 1935-2010 : Gordon Rayner was born in 1935 in Toronto into a family of commercial artists. He is a prominent visual artist and jazz musician. Rayner began his painting career in abstraction and in constructions using found objects. He has had many solo exhibitions, including a major retrospective organized by the McLaughlin Gallery in 1979 which travelled across Canada. His works are in collections such as the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since 2001 he has been interested in portraiture. He has done two series entitled Portraits of Great Artists, for which he painted portraits of major European and North American artists, such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francisco Goya and Tom Thomson, using various sources for his images. These were shown at the Moore Gallery in Toronto in 2002 and 2003. He was invited by a gallery in Mexico (Galeria La Mano Magica) to continue the Great Artists series with portraits of Mexican artists. The exhibition was held in 2004 and included portraits of Frida Kahlo and David Siqueiros among others.

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General note:

This portrait is part of a series by artist Gordon Rayner on historical artists he admires. Here Rayner brings together different symbols representing iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson. Based on a well-known photograph of Thomson, the portrait includes two Thomson landscapes and the TT stamp that identifies the artist's sketches.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Double Take: Portraits of Intriguing Canadians / Volte-face: Portraits de Canadiens fascinants. Curator: Caroline Cook. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 2012.03.31 - 2012.09.03.

Further venue: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario; 2012.09.22 - 2013.02.24.

Further venue: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec; 2013.03.21 - 2013.10.14.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Titled, signed and dated at the right center in black oil in three lines: TT / Rayner / 2001
Titled, dated and signed on the reverse of the panel in black marker in 5 lines: PORTRAIT OF / TOM THOMPSON [sic] / OIL/2001 / GORDON RAYNER / [signature] Rayner
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Portraits

Artists Canada

Paintings
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2008-00440-6
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assitance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R12527]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Gordon Rayner, Library and Archives Canada / archival reference number R12527-1 / e008300066
Copyright: Estate of Gordon Rayner
Restrictions on use: Nil

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