Picking Flowers On A Country Lane
133.4 cms x 95.3 cms (52.5 ins x 37.52 ins)
Signed, dated and inscribed lower right "C. Alexander Smith, Paris, 1885"
made in 1885
Lot offered for sale by Sothebys, Toronto at the auction event "Important Canadian Art" held on Tue, Nov 23, 2010.
Lot 90
Lot 90
Estimate: CAD $6,000 - $8,000
Realised: CAD $16,800
Realised: CAD $16,800
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Smith is known professionally as Charles Alexander. He was born in Ontario and lived and worked in Montreal. He studied in Europe, first in Paris at the Académie Julian, where he won a bronze medal at a Salon show, and then in England.
In London, he was commissioned to paint the officers of the Life Guards whose colonel-in-chief was King Edward. King Edward also gave Smith personal sittings.
His early works were primarily landscapes, though when he returned to Canada, and for the rest of his career, he became renowned for his figure studies and portraiture.
Judging from the similarity in subject matter, he was probably aware of another Canadian artist in Europe at the time, Paul Peel. This painting could have been done in the Brittany area of France, either Concarneau or Pont-Aven where a number of artist's sought out fresh pictorial motifs.
Smith's works are scarce and rarely appear at auction.
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Smith is known professionally as Charles Alexander. He was born in Ontario and lived and worked in Montreal. He studied in Europe, first in Paris at the Académie Julian, where he won a bronze medal at a Salon show, and then in England.
In London, he was commissioned to paint the officers of the Life Guards whose colonel-in-chief was King Edward. King Edward also gave Smith personal sittings.
His early works were primarily landscapes, though when he returned to Canada, and for the rest of his career, he became renowned for his figure studies and portraiture.
Judging from the similarity in subject matter, he was probably aware of another Canadian artist in Europe at the time, Paul Peel. This painting could have been done in the Brittany area of France, either Concarneau or Pont-Aven where a number of artist's sought out fresh pictorial motifs.
Smith's works are scarce and rarely appear at auction.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Sothebys auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Sothebys auction house for permission to use.