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Tom Thomson

1877 - 1917

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Thomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877 – July 8, 1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career, he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 larger works on canvas. His works consist almost entirely of landscapes, depicting trees, skies, lakes, and rivers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Thomson has received more than 1,066,774 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tom Thomson is the 1,551st most popular painter (down from 1,372nd in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 403rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Painter.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Tom Thomson ranks 1,551 out of 1,421. Before him are Alfred Manessier, Boris Grigoriev, Julian Fałat, Walter Leistikow, Edward Ruscha, and Andrei Kolkoutine. After him are Christian Albrecht Jensen, Otto Sinding, László Paál, Albín Brunovský, Peter Blake, and Elena Guro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Tom Thomson ranks 130. Before him are Maurice Costello, Otto Herschmann, Andrejs Upīts, Miltiadis Gouskos, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Norman Brookes. After him are Filippos Karvelas, Elena Guro, Charles Collignon, Roelof Klein, Abelardo Olivier, and Johannes Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1917, Tom Thomson ranks 88. Before him are Oswaldo Cruz, Eduardo Pondal, Teoberto Maler, Yevgeni Bauer, Sergei Zubatov, and Stéphane Javelle. After him are Viktor Madarász, Carlo Oriani, John W. Foster, Émil Goeldi, James Dwight, and José Manuel Pando.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Tom Thomson ranks 352 out of 1,350. Before him are Samuel Cunard (1787), Terry Jacks (1944), Dean Butler (1956), Lucile Watson (1879), Arthur Meighen (1874), and Chief Dan George (1899). After him are Kristin Kreuk (1982), Katherine DeMille (1911), Mort Sahl (1927), Michel Tremblay (1942), Wyndham Lewis (1882), and Étienne Desmarteau (1873).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Tom Thomson ranks 8. Before him are Emily Carr (1871), Jeff Wall (1946), Agnes Martin (1912), Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), Philip Guston (1913), and John McCrae (1872). After him are Rob Gonsalves (1959) and Maurice Prendergast (1858).

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