Lot # 281

Robert Wakeham Pilot
CGP OSA PRCA 1898 - 1967 Canadian

Street in Percé, PQ
oil on board
signed twice and on verso signed and titled
12 1/4 x 17 1/8 in  31.1 x 43.5cm

Provenance:
Claire Gormley, Montreal
By descent to the present Private Collection, New York

The influence of the French Impressionists was pervasive, and the beauty and magic of their idyllic, brilliantly lit and richly pigmented atmospheres launched great change in the world of art. One of the last Canadian Impressionists, Robert Pilot absorbed the tenets of this movement during his studies in France from 1920 - 1922. In Canada, he brought a softer approach to Impressionism into his paintings of both Quebec City and the Quebec countryside, painting in the Laurentians, near Piedmont and Saint-Sauveur, and in the summer at Métis. In this delightfully atmospheric painting, Pilot captured the sweet, peaceful mood of rural Quebec.

Estimate: $8,000 ~ $10,000 CAD

Sold For: $15,210.00 CAD (including buyer's premium)