Vendu pour : 145 250 $

PROVENANCE
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Inventory #92025
Private Collection, Toronto
Sale of Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 20, 2019, lot 142

The dramatic, architectural clouds in this impressive canvas combine two important elements of A.J. Casson’s aesthetic: one being a rugged and gestural Post-Impressionist approach, cultivated during his time as a member of the Group of Seven, and the other his mastery of composition, developed during his more than 30-year career as a graphic designer. In combining these influences, Casson developed a distinctive style that sought to present the essence of the natural world via a lens of idealization and stylization.

As expressed here, the huge forms of the cloud bank seem to gallop forward from the approaching storm front, their configurations made all the more solid by strong outlining and skilful modulations of white, grey and green with subtle undertones of pink. This solidness is in turn amplified by the tight, angular applications of cerulean in the sky that provide a contrasting gentle iridescence, mirrored by the rippled water of the lake. It bears noting that a sky such as this one presented by another artist might possibly be frightening or overpowering. As presented by Casson, however, it exudes a beautiful calm.

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