Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
1911 - 2002
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Stanley Morel Cosgrove was born in 1911 in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the École des beaux-arts in Montreal from 1929 to 1936, and attended drawing classes at the Art Association of Montreal under Edwin Holgate from 1936 to 1938. Around this time he painted in the Gaspé and Charlevoix regions of Quebec.

In 1939, Cosgrove had his first solo show at the École des beaux-arts de Québec, and also exhibited with the Contemporary Arts Society and the Musée du Québec. At the end of 1939 Cosgrove travelled to New York, then on to Mexico, where he studied from 1940 to 1944, notably working on fresco painting under José Clemente Orozco. Upon his return to Canada, he took up a part-time teaching position at the École des beaux-arts in Montreal, and in the following years participated in numerous exhibitions. He was exclusively represented by Dominion Gallery, joined the Canadian Group of Painters, and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists. He traveled to France and Spain with fellow artist William Goodridge Roberts in 1953 on a Government Fellowship, where he studied and painted for two years. In 1962 he moved to La Tuque in north-central Quebec for five years, followed by Coaticook for three years, before returning to Montreal in 1970.

In 1985 he retired from teaching to devote his full attention to painting. His works centered on the human figure, still life and landscape, and he is particularly known for his paintings of trees, which the artist stated were not so much trees, but verticals and horizontals on a forest background. He died in 2002 in Montreal. Cosgrove is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Mendel Collection, Saskatchewan, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others.
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Early Autumn by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $43,125
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Early Autumn
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CDN
Sold for: $43,125 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2005 on Thursday, November 24, 2005
La robe rouge by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $26,325
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
La robe rouge
30 x 24 in, 76.2 x 61 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 CDN
Sold for: $26,325 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2012 - 1st Session on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Nature morte au pichet by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $25,000
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Nature morte au pichet
31 x 43 in, 78.7 x 109.2 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $25,000 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2017 - 1st Session on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Still Life with Apples by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $18,400
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Still Life with Apples
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
circa 1959
oil on canvas
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $18,400 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2006 on Friday, November 24, 2006
Femme en Gris by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $18,400
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Femme en Gris
24 x 20 in, 61 x 50.8 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $18,400 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Spring 2003 on Thursday, May 15, 2003
Forêt Laurentienne by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $17,250
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Forêt Laurentienne
24 x 36 in, 61 x 91.4 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $17,250 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2007 on Friday, November 23, 2007
Trees by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $17,250
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Trees
25 x 32 in, 63.5 x 81.3 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $17,250 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2002 on Thursday, November 14, 2002
Trees / Portrait in a Landscape by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $17,250
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Trees / Portrait in a Landscape
26 x 40 in, 66 x 101.6 cm
double-sided oil on board
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $17,250 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Spring 2002 on Thursday, May 02, 2002
Underwoods in Autumn by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $14,040
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Underwoods in Autumn
28 1/4 x 36 in, 71.7 x 91.4 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CDN
Sold for: $14,040 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2012 - 2nd Session on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Anne by Stanley Morel Cosgrove sold for $13,800
Stanley Morel Cosgrove
Anne
20 x 16 in, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $13,800 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian and Irish Art Fall 2003 on Friday, November 28, 2003