AAM CGP CSGA CSPWC G7 OSA RCA
1885 - 1969
Canadian
Gaspé
oil on board
signed and on verso signed, titled and dated 1927
9 x 12 in, 22.9 x 30.5 cm
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CAD
Sold for: $28,125
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto
Angus and Cathy MacNaughton, California
In 1927, Arthur Lismer left his position of vice-principal at the Ontario College of Art and began to teach at the Art Gallery of Toronto. He continued to paint, and that same year he went on a sketching trip to the picturesque Gaspé area of Quebec, traveling on a CNR rail pass that his friend Eric Brown, director of the National Gallery of Canada, had obtained for him.
This oil sketch is a fine example of the vigour of Lismer’s landscapes from this classic Group of Seven period. The gestural brushwork in the sky is particularly striking, dramatically delineating the forward thrust of the dark cloud formations, contrasted by luminous clouds above them, into the rich turquoise sky. This painting is a tour de force of atmospheric effects, such as the localized sheets of rain that cascade downward, caught by the light streaming from the right that then bounces and sparkles across the water, defined by bright daubs of paint. Lismer uses bold brush-strokes to depict the boats lying offshore and pulls the viewer’s eye up into the sky with the vertical movement of their masts. Lismer has compressed the exhilarating energy of this Gaspé scene into this oil sketch with great finesse.
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CAD
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