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PROVENANCE
The PSBGM Cultural Heritage Foundation

LITERATURE
Walter Klinkhoff, A.Y. Jackson Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., 1990, listed, unpaginated

EXHIBITED
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal, A.Y. Jackson Retrospective Exhibition, September 10 - 22, 1990, catalogue #16

In March of 1931, A.Y. Jackson was sketching on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River with Dr. Frederick Banting and Randolph Hewton, and painted Cap-aux-Oies, located between the villages of Sainte-Irenée and Les Éboulements. The string of villages leading up to Baie-Saint-Paul were noted for their picturesque qualities, and Jackson knew this “painting trail” on the North Shore intimately. This fine Quebec oil sketch displays Jackson’s characteristic compositional elements and sparkles with vitality. The diagonal line of the snake fence leads the eye straight to the iconic horse and sleigh, then to the rustic town arrayed at the base of the hill. The scene is flooded by early spring sun, which lights up the piles of snow shrinking at their edges from the increased warmth. Jackson’s colour palette is rich, from the houses painted with both warm and cool colours to the bright blue tones in the shadows on the snow and the brilliant sky. Jackson’s affection for Quebec villages is palpable – he walked their back roads, knew their people and captured their essence in fresh, on-the-spot oil sketches like Cap-aux-Oies, Que.

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