Collection: Tom Albert Stone

Tom Albert Stone (1896-1978) OSA

Thomas Albert Stone was born in Fownhope, England in 1897. Stone arrived in Edmonton, Alberta in 1914 in his late teens and enlisted in the military, where he spent four years overseas during the First World War. By 1921, Stone was living in Toronto and studying at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD), taking courses with G.A. Reid, Arthur Lismer, J.W. Beatty, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Frederick Horseman Varley. Following his studies, Stone departed for Europe, working and studying in Paris at several academies. Stone established a studio in Caledon, Ontario, where he produced oil paintings of landscapes throughout the seasons. Stone would become known for his winter landscapes and his depictions of light on water. Stone also portrayed villages, hunting camps, and portraits at the beginning of his career. He also produced etchings, dry points, and lithographs. In 1928, Stone and fellow Toronto artist Charles Goldhamer published Lithographs of Ontario. Each portfolio comprised fifteen monochrome lithographs in brown or grey ink. Stone’s lithographs show a range of rural subjects, including a dock and boats in Tobermory, a rhythmic composition of a predominant tree and horses in a field in Ontario Pastorale, a winter landscape with a sleigh in Winter Road, and sunlight playing across rolling hills and modest dwellings in Parry Sound. In 1951, Stone and his wife Marion moved to Cataract, Ontario. He died there in 1978. 

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