ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA RSA
1882 - 1974
Canadian
St-Malo
oil on panel, circa 1913
signed and on verso signed, titled, inscribed "T" / "15" / "25" / "129" and stamped The Paris American Art Cie, 125 Boul. Du Montparnasse, 2 rue Bonaparte, Paris
8 1/2 x 10 5/8 in, 21.6 x 27 cm
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CAD
Sold for: $25,000
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PROVENANCE
Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Newfoundland
LITERATURE
Wayne Larsen, A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter, 2009, page 27
“All right-minded Montreal artists aspired to go to Paris and most of them wanted to study at the Académie Julian,’’ wrote a young A.Y. Jackson, describing his and many of his peers’ ambitions. He accomplished exactly that when he embarked on the Sardinian, arriving in Paris on September 20, 1907. For a young painter, being in Paris in the early 1900s was the definition of being at the right place, at the right time. It was the thriving art centre of the world, and the cradle of Impressionism, a movement that revolutionized the art world. After studying at the prestigious Académie for six months under professor Jean-Paul Laurens, Jackson traveled back and forth across Europe over the following two years; he went to Italy, Bruges, Amsterdam and numerous small towns in France.
After a brief stint back home in Canada, Jackson returned to Europe in 1911, this time with Albert Robinson. They stayed in the small town of Saint-Malo in Brittany where they boarded with the Garnier family. Saint-Malo, which happened to be one of James Wilson Morrice’s favourite painting places in the region, provided much drama for the two artists with its coastal weather, as they sketched en plein air. This beautiful panel takes inspiration from the Impressionists interest in atmosphere with its soft billowing clouds and scintillating reflections on the water. Applying his paint in swift and short brush-strokes, Jackson deftly conveys the soft diffused light typical of the area. St-Malo is a charming work, and represents a rare occasion to own an early European Jackson panel.
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