Vendu pour : 46 800 $

PROVENANCE
Roberts Gallery, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Ted Herriott, Sunday Mornings with Cass: Conversations with A.J. Casson, 1993, page 121

EXPOSITION
The Art Gallery of Toronto, Women's Committee, Sale of Canadian Art, catalogue #34

As a young artist working in Toronto, A.J. Casson looked forward to weekends when he could venture by train to his favoured destinations of Ontario villages and rural landscapes. His passion for painting the splendour and simplicity there was at the heart of these journeys. While this sketch’s location is not specifically indicated, we recognize the attributes of the Ontario landscape. The farming communities of Ontario were often English, Scottish and Irish, and their buildings were practical and sturdy. Casson captured a subtle feeling of nostalgia for the serenity of this settled countryside. In Settler’s Cabin, the backdrop of a mesmerizing sky adds a striking element to the stillness of the farm and the surrounding land. The artist’s passion and commitment for documenting the landscape continued throughout the course of his career. Casson’s explorations, Ted Herriott wrote, “recorded ~ for posterity ~ the disappearing gentle, peaceful villages of Southern Ontario.”

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