Did You Know?
-Many of the men were poor and could barely afford paint supplies.
-Tom Thomson used wood from old orange crates to paint on, sometimes he used both sides because he couldn't afford anything else.
-The group would rent out paintings in order to make money.
-Lawren Harris was the only man to attend university
-Jackson enlisted in World War 1 but wounded his hip and returned home.
-Thomson's painting career only lasted 5 years but has become one of Canada's best known artists.
-MacDonald designed a stamp to mark every sketch left in Tom's studio after his drowning. This helps experts to identify which paintings were the originals.
-Varley identified his paintings with his fingerprint
-Once their paintings became famous, the group grew rich. An average family at this time could survive on 16$ a week, their paintings would sell for almost 300$. Today the price would be almost 1000 times that
-Tom Thomson used wood from old orange crates to paint on, sometimes he used both sides because he couldn't afford anything else.
-The group would rent out paintings in order to make money.
-Lawren Harris was the only man to attend university
-Jackson enlisted in World War 1 but wounded his hip and returned home.
-Thomson's painting career only lasted 5 years but has become one of Canada's best known artists.
-MacDonald designed a stamp to mark every sketch left in Tom's studio after his drowning. This helps experts to identify which paintings were the originals.
-Varley identified his paintings with his fingerprint
-Once their paintings became famous, the group grew rich. An average family at this time could survive on 16$ a week, their paintings would sell for almost 300$. Today the price would be almost 1000 times that