GEORGE THOMSON, O.S.A.
(1868-1965)
Born near Clairmont, Ontario, on February 10, 1868, George Thomson
was an elder brother of Tom Thomson, the famous artist who painted
out of Algonquin Park and inspired the formation of The Group of
Seven. George was fine painter in his own right. He spent his early
years in Leith, Ontario. He studied law at the University of Washington,
Seattle, 1901. For a time he ran a business school in Seattle. Thomson
took up painting in 1906, he studied at the Art Students League,
NY, and at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Thomson lived in New Haven from
c.1908-26. He submitted and sold paintings through the Royal Canadian
Academy from 1918-1950. In 1926 he returned to Canada, and went
to live in Owen Sound, Ontario and continued to paint mostly landscapes
in oil, until his death in 1965.
Margaret Thomson
(1884-1979)
Margaret Thomson was born on Rose Hill farm near Leith, Ontario.
The Thomson family was musical; everybody played an instrument.
Margaret, named after her mother, painted as well as her brothers,
George, Henry, Tom, Ralph and Fraser.
She was a noted artist who continued to paint until she passed away
in Toronto in 1979.
