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LOT 111

ARCA
1888 - 1970
Canadian

Ste. Rose, Winter, Quebec
oil on board
signed and on verso signed, dated 1936 and inscribed “Acheté à Ottawa 1938" / “Antoine Monette” / “Peint en 1936, Ste Rose”
18 x 23 7/8 in, 45.7 x 60.6 cm

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD

Sold for: $34,250

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Montreal
Important Canadian Art, Sotheby's Canada, October 30, 1990, lot 69
Private Collection, Toronto

LITERATURE
Michèle Grandbois, editor, Marc-Aurèle Fortin: The Experience of Colour, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 2011, page 157


Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in Sainte-Rose, and his birthplace would remain tremendously meaningful to him throughout his life. Fortin established himself in Montreal in 1910, exhibiting with the Art Association of Montreal, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and many other venues. But although he painted Montreal’s urban neighbourhoods, he also painted the Quebec countryside, rambling by bicycle with his paint materials. Fortin’s magnificent paintings of towering elms backed by cumulus clouds in towns such as Sainte-Rose launched his career in the mid-1920s.

In this exuberant winter scene, the land rises in snow-covered layers behind the town, sprinkled with conical evergreens. Building the hillside with masses of white to the top of the picture plane, Fortin created a strong, indirect illumination. He depicted the unique architecture of the houses, with their dormer windows, chimneys and bright colours, presided over by one of Sainte-Rose’s lofty elms. The man chopping wood and the horse and sleigh traveling down the road bring life to the scene. Fortin believed in the love of terroir – the land – stating that Quebecers should draw “inspiration from the rustic scenes of [our] country and [evolve] toward a deeply national art.” In this painting, we can feel the strength of Fortin’s communion with his beloved Sainte-Rose.


Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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