the latest Post-Impressionist style, the love for pure Impressionism never died. In fact, Impressionism spread around the world, heralding the beginning of modern art. Artists like Charles Condor, Lovis Corinth, Walter Sickert, Mary Cassatt, Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida, and many others painted Impressionist works all over the world.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Impressionism found its way into Australia, Italy, Spain, Russia, America, Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, and Austria. Some of these artists formed groups like Britain’s Camden Town Group, America’s The Ten, and - perhaps most famously - Canada’s Group of Seven.

“Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling.” - Lawren Harris

The Group of Seven, formed in Canadarabbit hole of research, but this artist’s end will likely remain just as mysterious as it did at the beginning of your investigation. So, here are two paragraphs of conspiracy - then it’s back to the main topic for us!

Tom Thomson was an en Plein air artist as well as an experienced woodsman, canoe man, swimmer, and guide through the wilds of Canada. Thomson died while fishing in a relatively placid lake. His canoe was found empty of his body, his kit bag, his fishing rod, and his provisions. His body was discovered nine days after his canoe was found, his fishing line wrapped around his left ankle and broken off. Further examination found that Thomson had a bruise over his left eye and that his ear had