Tom Thomson’s paintings capture the essence ... He died mysteriously at age 39 on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, but his influence still resonates more than a century later.

Two rare Tom Thomson paintings will be on display in Calgary for a four-day preview of a major auction of Canadian art.

Becoming Tom Thomson is about an actor researching a character for an upcoming feature film that is inspired by Canadian wilderness painter Tom Thomson who died mysteriously in Algonquin Park in 1917.