ARCA BCSFA CGP OSA P11
1897 - 1960
Canadian
Untitled, Marine Scene
watercolour on paper
signed, dated 1945 and inscribed "D." and on verso titled on the gallery labels
10 x 14 in, 25.4 x 35.6 cm
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD
Sold for: $6,250
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PROVENANCE
Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto
Masters Gallery Ltd., Vancouver
Private Collection, Calgary
LITERATURE
Michelle Jacques, Linda Jansma and Ian M. Thom, editors, Jock Macdonald: Evolving Form, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2014, page 39
Artist and educator Jock Macdonald was a pioneer in the development of abstract art in Canada. In the mid-1940s, he met British Surrealists Dr. Grace Pailthorpe and Reuben Mednikoff, and received a crucial introduction to automatic art. The automatic process requires the artist to suppress conscious intention, allowing for totally unconscious creation. Automatic art was a revelation to Macdonald. In 1946, MacDonald wrote to Dr. Pailthorpe:
“Never can you know how indebted I am to you both for the awakening and releasing of my inner consciousness. Your coming to this distant outpost has been an initiation for me, into the higher plane of creative understanding – one of the most marvelous enrichment in my life. Definitely, for me, an eternal awakening in experience which my soul was seeking for so many years.”
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