Rita Mount

Canadian (1888 - 1967)

Rita Mount was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Rita Mount's estimated art value is C$3,000 (*)

Rita Mount's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$250 - C$25,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Rita Mount (1888-1967) was C$20,060 - paid for "A Gathering Crowd, Winter" at Waddington's in Toronto on Mon, Nov 23, 2015.
ArtValue.ca has 92 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$250 to C$25,000.

Fleeting Clouds, Port Daniel
oil on canvas
Dimensions - 76.8 cms x 87 cms (30.25 ins x 34.25 ins)

Lot for sale by Heffel Auction House, Vancouver
Lot# 145
Thu, Nov 25, 2010

Estimate $15,000 - $18,000
(Not sold)

Heffel Auction House Biography and Notes

Rita Mount was an anglophone Montreal artist known for her Quebec landscape painting, particularly seascapes. Mount's art education included studies in Paris at the Cercle international des beaux-arts and Atelier Delécluze, and at the Art Association of Montreal with William Brymner, as well as at the Art Students League in New York with Frank Vincent Dumond. Following this, she returned to Montreal, establishing a studio there. She was attracted to the ambiance of Quebec's Gaspé coast and painted fine seascapes there, such as Fleeting Clouds, Port Daniel; the port is located on the Gaspé's south shore. This evocative work with its soft, pastel treatment of sky and water is reminiscent of French Impressionist handling of subjects such as Brittany, but is painted with a bright, light-filled palette that reflects the uniqueness of the Canadian atmosphere.

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