Sold for: $8,125

PROVENANCE
Kastel Gallery, Montreal
Dr. & Mrs. John Fry, Ontario
By descent to Private Collection, Ontario

EXHIBITED
Art Gallery of Windsor, Art for All, 1976, catalogue #187
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Collects: 150 Years of Canadian Art, July 19 - September 27, 1997, titled as Lake Warmish, catalogue #84

In spring of 1920, Savage was one of the nineteen founding members of Montreal’s Beaver Hall Group, who held their first show - organized by Group of Seven artist AY Jackson - in 1921.

Savage almost exclusively painted landscape, developing a romanticised vision of the Laurentians and lower St. Lawrence where she spent much of her time. Savage had her cabin and studio on Lake Wonish. Savage became well known in the village, whose houses and church were frequent subjects for her painting. She would visit throughout the year, not just in the summer high season - making her a favourite among the locals who lived there year-round. The beauty of life in the Laurentians during winter is captured here, the trees brimming with light and casting their shadows on the snow. Savage notably would paint her sketches regardless of the weather, preferring to execute her views quickly but meticulously - capturing the essence of the landscapes she was so familiar with. At her core a modernist interested in the formal techniques of painting, this view contained all the elements of rhythm, form and lyrical texture that Savage needed in her painting.

In 2021, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection presented the exhibition Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment, including 15 paintings and over 60 drawings by Savage.

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