Spring Ice

Spring Ice
ArtistTom Thomson
YearWinter 1915–16
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions72.0 cm × 102.3 cm (28.3 in × 40.3 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Accession1195

Spring Ice is a 1915–16 oil painting by Canadian painter Tom Thomson. The work was inspired by a sketch completed on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park. The completed canvas is large, measuring 72.0 cm × 102.3 cm (28.3 in × 40.3 in). Painted over the winter of 1915–16, it was completed in Thomson's shack behind the Studio Building in Toronto. The painting was produced as he was in the peak of his short art career and is considered one of his most notable works. While exhibited in a show put on by the Ontario Society of Artists, the work received mixed to positive reviews. In 1916 it was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and has remained in the collection ever since.