Landscape with Cabin
1,972 cms (776.38 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Oct 27, 2020.
Lot 36100
Lot 36100
Realised: CAD $1,121
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
Born in St. Maurice valley, Quebec, he started painting in his thirties. His style is masculine, modern, but of representational subjects that include landscape and dock scenes of boats, houses and water. He travelled to Europe in 1963 where the resurgence of realism greatly influenced his own form of expression. A catalogue sheet from his exhibit, which included works from the group of 50 artists at the Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, carried these comments from his friend, a French Canadian poet François Hartel, " . . . Léo Ayotte's works, I consider, above everything, his extraordinary pictorial understanding of the Canadian feeling. In our country, light is strong, direct, implacable. To express gently, poetically, is an artistic challenge. Ayotte has faced and overcome this challenge."
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
Born in St. Maurice valley, Quebec, he started painting in his thirties. His style is masculine, modern, but of representational subjects that include landscape and dock scenes of boats, houses and water. He travelled to Europe in 1963 where the resurgence of realism greatly influenced his own form of expression. A catalogue sheet from his exhibit, which included works from the group of 50 artists at the Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, carried these comments from his friend, a French Canadian poet François Hartel, " . . . Léo Ayotte's works, I consider, above everything, his extraordinary pictorial understanding of the Canadian feeling. In our country, light is strong, direct, implacable. To express gently, poetically, is an artistic challenge. Ayotte has faced and overcome this challenge."
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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