CAC RCA
1881 - 1942
Canadian
Trapper with His Dog
gouache on paper on board
signed and on verso titled on the gallery labels
19 x 12 in, 48.3 x 30.5 cm
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CAD
Sold for: $15,000
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection, England
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
Peter Ohler Fine Arts Ltd., Vancouver
Arthur Leggett Fine Art & Antiques, Toronto
Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 2, 2002, lot 53
Private Collection, Calgary
An Important Private Canadian Collection
LITERATURE
Paul Duval, A Vision of Canada: The McMichael Canadian Collection, 1973, page 123
Clarence Gagnon, a prominent French-Canadian painter associated with early 20th-century Canadian modernism, is widely known for his vivid depictions of rural Quebec and his innovative treatments of snow, light, and atmosphere. His works, as seen here, frequently integrate the rhythms of daily life into a broader vision of the Canadian wilderness, positioning human presence within a vast, carefully observed natural world.
Paul Duval comments: “Clarence Gagnon was the pictorial bard of rural Quebec. The life and the land of the habitant inspired him to some of the most engaging paintings ever made of the Canadian scene.”
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