Nature’s Influence On The Great Canadian Artists 

More waldemar plz

I'd never heard of Tom Tomson or the Group of Seven. I don't think I've heard of any Canadian artists, which is how publicity works, I suppose. I'm now slightly in love and need to go find out more. Thank you.

I get a Van Gogh-like vibe coming through THOMSON's work, as well as Varley. Thomson's painting, "Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay" is a stunning example of Impressionist painting.

While I enjoyed the information about the gallery, I was watching for a delve into Tom Thompson. He was a side note. Please put more appropriate titles on the documentaries.

I wasn’t familiar with these artists by name before I watched this, stunning works of art.

I was nt familiar with any of these artists whom i found extraordinary ,thank you for the discovery.

It looks like the film company that produced it left the research to the resident High School Intern. Not that any of the information was terribly incorrect ( although Tom was never a "Artistic Superstar" while he was alive. All that happened long after he was gone), but the whole thing seemed to be dumbed-down for an audience that has the attention span of an adolescent . They said when they dug up Tom's grave, the found the body of a "Native American" ? Why did they think he was American? It's too bad it was put together like it was. The people they were interviewing were all experts in their fields, which meant we could have learned so much more. Instead we had 52 minutes of very repetitive video that seemed to be aimed more at the audience that watches shows about Ancient Aliens, as opposed to people with a genuine interest in art. Frankly, by the time most Canadian kids finish High School, they know more about Tom Thomson & the Group of 7 than this video told us. The McMichael though is by far the nicest and most interesting gallery I have ever been to. If I lived closer, I would be there any free time I had. Spectacular Gallery, Crap Video.

A good 20 minute documentary about the McMichael Collection and Tom Thomson - unfortunately it’s 55 minutes

Just CALL it a documentary about a nice rich couple's log cabin home, which has been turned into a museum. To house their collection. At some great expense. With modern methods and materials. Insulation. Dark glass. UV protection. High-tech lath. Art preservation. I am interested in a few of these subjects. I didn't think I was going to learn much about Tom Thompson and his art, beyond the repeated showing of a few of his paintings, old photos & newspaper clippings. I left the program two thirds in. I'll go look for him elsewhere. My time is valuable. To me.

Thank you, guys.

Thankyou, very inspiring! About the buildings longevity, there needs to be a secondary roof running from the roof crown to about 2 feet up on the center of the roof side of chimney. So water isn't leaking through

I used to love cycling from our Etobicoke suburban home to Kleinburg to visit the gallery when I was a boy. Wonderful place, wonderful art, and a lovely memory. Like others, though, I found this a frustrating documentary which never could decide what it was really about. Pity.

This was quite the Click Bait, I ended watching a documentary about the McMichael Art Collection and Building, just short passages about Tom Thomson. Excuse me but this was disappointing. As great as the Collection and Museum is, this was very much in the line of gotcha you to click. At least I have my books about Tom.

Glad to hear these treasures are safe

Great paintings... the two of them had a good eye. But this story smells to me like scam of Barnes foundation and art :D

This looked like it might be a good documentary - and it had good moments - but my God, it was ruined by all the tedious detail about the damn humidity and moisture, the temperature, the shrinking and expanding of the logs, the plaster, the bad insulation. It was mentioned 3 times early on and then returned to at boring length. Pity.

well Tom Thomson came paddling past, I'm pretty sure it was him....

I think these is the same group who did a video on an art heist that wasn’t really the focus at all. Very disappointing. I would love to see more of the art and a history of the artists and collectors They need to title them “ Details of Small Canadian Art Museums”

The title is misleading -- you spent more time discussing the museum than you did Tom Thompson. I wish you had discussed his pigments and techniques in depth as that would have been noteworthy. Thank you.

My spelling of Mr Thomson's name, in my previous comment, came from the title of this weird mash-up. The video's been up for 3 days. You really should fix that.

And it's Thomson, not Thompson :)

click bait, this isnt an accurate title this is just an ad for the McMichael Art Collection and Building

I'm a Canadian and I've watched many docs on Tom Thomson, and basically though they always mention his natural talent, being an expert outdoorsman and canoeist, all of which I have mad respect for - they very rarely if ever touch on the fact that he was a womanizer. On that basis alone, the murder theory makes perfect sense. Coshing him over the head like you would a fish, then entangling his legs in fishing line and drowning him is, to me, the work of at least one very angry spouse, not only getting revenge but also making a mockery of his expertise. And to echo many other commenters....make this doc about the struggling painter and the Group of Seven, not about rich people leaving behind a museum in the wilderness. Big misstep there.

Title has inaccurate spelling of Thomson. LOL

Volume please

Enjoyed parts of it. Could have left out so much info on the building itself if you weren’t going to tell us it was already standing and was dug out the ground. That’s clear and evident from the pictures you’ve shown. Also, I’m pretty sure he was murdered.

He is not the father of Canadian art. My family knew him very well and how/why he died.

The documentary tells you exactly how he died. Yet it’s mysterious!?

Robert Henri please.

the background muzak is superfluous and spoils both the imagery and the comments

Tom who ? ok the father of english Canadian art.

Too many commercials couldn’t enjoy it

The documentary gives no reason to think Thompson was murdered.

Definitely foul play involved

He only painted for a few years before he was murdered.

This is so boring and redundant I had to stop watching it at 31:30 after the 75k time they said Thom Thompson omg

Never heard about him.

But he did impressionism.. So that is a French influence.. I have seen the AGO gallery on the group of 7.. Excellent.. I think they should shut down that place and move the art..

Oh my goodness, this is cringe worthy. Algonquin Park is 45.83 N, 90 % of Canada's border is at 49 N. He was hardly going into Northern Canada. lol The "natural wilderness" yep, not to be confused with the unnatural wilderness. Spoiler alert... Mother Nature did it, in the park, with water.

Who edited this? Awful

Group of seven are legend but they only represent a fraction of the talents of First Nations. Just my opinion.

Well take that money you make from charging people and buy a new building. Or put an insulated building around that one. I don't feel sorry for you or the art. You make plenty of money. Fix it. Hell, it isn't even pretty art.

Art historians are the worst.

what a waste of a documentary.. Talking about all this stuff other than the artists themselves.

What disappoints me about these paintings depicting the wilderness is that there are no depictions of animal life - such an important part of any wilderness. No birds, bears, deer, or even fish!!!

If he was such a great man why didn't he fight beside his brothers?

third-rate impressionism... pass.

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