BHG FCA
1898 - 1979
Canadian
East Baldwin Village/ Front Porch (verso)
double-sided oil on board
signed and on verso signed, titled and dated Autumn 1947 on the frame
16 x 18 in, 40.6 x 45.7 cm
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CAD
Sold for: $23,750
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
By descent to present Private Collection, Ontario
Nora Collyer was the youngest member of the short-lived but widely influential association of Montreal artists known as the Beaver Hall Group. Though only formally a group for two years, many of these artists maintained friendships and associations for decades, dating from their early studies under Maurice Cullen and William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal. The added early influence of native Montrealer and Group of Seven artist A.Y. Jackson helped to form Collyer’s style, and encouraged her to pursue art as a career despite the gender stereotypes of the day. The compact yet flowing rhythms and dark-toned, earthy palette of this work lend it an intensity, and are typical of her approach. Notably, this work is a study for a later, larger work entitled Austin, Eastern Townships, PQ, sold by Heffel in November of 2007.
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