Kenneth Thomson the Collector: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario [With DVD] - (Shields Conal)(Paperback)

Ken Thomson was no mere trophy gatherer. A man of passionate commitment and of wide-ranging cultural curiosity, the late Lord Thomson of Fleet (1923-2006) began a half-century of collecting in 1953 during a visit to Bournemouth, England, and continued to the very end of his life. The Thomson Collection has drawn the respect of museum curators worldwide. Both in terms of quantity and quality, the collections body of Canadian art has no equal; and a number of works, principal among them Massacre of the Innocents, the masterpiece of Rubenss early maturity, are of truly international significance. This book surveys the collection as a whole, exploring the particular character of Ken Thomsons taste, describing and evaluating individual pieces, and setting them in their historical context. The collection features major paintings by Canadian artists from the 19th to the
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