West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson
Directed by Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont2011 1h 35mDocumentary, History
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On July 8 1917, Thomson died mysteriously on Canoe Lake, just as he was reaching ascendancy in his career. Why does Thomson's life and art fascinate us still? What draws thousands of people each year to his cairn on Canoe Lake and propels his oil sketches into the stratosphere of the Canadian art market?
