L'homme attablé
88.9 cms x 88.3 cms (35 ins x 34.75 ins)
Signed and dated 1947 - 1951
made in 1947
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Fall 2009 Live auction" held on Thu, Nov 26, 2009.
Lot 010
Lot 010
Estimate: CAD $50,000 - $70,000
Realised: CAD $152,100
Realised: CAD $152,100
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
After being incarcerated in the Saint-Denis Stalag in a Parisian suburb from 1940 to 1944 during World War II, Jean-Philippe Dallaire and his family were repatriated back to Canada in 1945. Despite his incarceration, his years spent in France (1938 - 1945) were very formative in his artistic evolution. He was exposed to numerous modern European influences such as the work of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and André Lhote, as well as that of his fellow countryman Alfred Pellan, who was already part of a promising new generation of artists working in Paris. When Dallaire returned to Canada, he had acquired his own rich vision of the world that he brilliantly expressed through his work. At the time this work was painted - around 1947 - Dallaire was 31 years old and teaching at the École des beaux-arts de Québec in Québec City.
This classic canvas demonstrates why Dallaire has earned such a unique place in Canadian painting. Modernist and Cubist influences are present, but Dallaire has gone beyond the limits of any stylistic art movement by forging his own individual style and aesthetic language. This strong, theatrical composition, a faceted two-figure mise-en-scene, is quite refined, with distinctive yet subtle lights and shadows, and is harmoniously rendered with diverse brush-strokes and patterns.
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
After being incarcerated in the Saint-Denis Stalag in a Parisian suburb from 1940 to 1944 during World War II, Jean-Philippe Dallaire and his family were repatriated back to Canada in 1945. Despite his incarceration, his years spent in France (1938 - 1945) were very formative in his artistic evolution. He was exposed to numerous modern European influences such as the work of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and André Lhote, as well as that of his fellow countryman Alfred Pellan, who was already part of a promising new generation of artists working in Paris. When Dallaire returned to Canada, he had acquired his own rich vision of the world that he brilliantly expressed through his work. At the time this work was painted - around 1947 - Dallaire was 31 years old and teaching at the École des beaux-arts de Québec in Québec City.
This classic canvas demonstrates why Dallaire has earned such a unique place in Canadian painting. Modernist and Cubist influences are present, but Dallaire has gone beyond the limits of any stylistic art movement by forging his own individual style and aesthetic language. This strong, theatrical composition, a faceted two-figure mise-en-scene, is quite refined, with distinctive yet subtle lights and shadows, and is harmoniously rendered with diverse brush-strokes and patterns.
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 Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.