Short film
West Wind
21 min
A quiet, unhurried look at wild northern landscapes and the brief life of the painter who loved them.
- Directed by
- Graham McInnes
- Starring
- Allan McFee
- Overview
- This short documentary features a visual tour of legendary Canadian painter Tom Thomson's favourite natural landscapes. The film traces Thomson's career, which began in Toronto, where he worked as a commercial artist. Later, Thomson's weekend sketching trips in the country turned into longer journeys farther north, and he finally settled in northern Ontario's Algonquin Park. Thomson spent less than four years as an artist and was barely 40 when a canoe accident ended his life. Fellow artists Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson and Arthur Lismer pay tribute to this genius, who, in Jackson's words, "contributed more to Canadian painting than any other artist."
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Art, nature, memory, death
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Graham McInnes
- Starring
- Allan McFee