Nature morte aux pommes de terre, 1898
40.6 cms x 53.3 cms (16 ins x 21 ins)
Signed lower right; dated "Montreal 1898" on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
made in 1898
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Mar 25, 2025.
Lot 44324
Lot 44324
Estimate: CAD $2,000 - $3,000
Realised: CAD $4,560
Realised: CAD $4,560
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
"Max Stern: Montreal Dealer and Patron", Montreal Museum of Fine Art, no. 69 (plate 1)
"Max Stern: The Taste of a Dealer, Works From Private Collections Acquired through the Dominion Gallery", Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, 1 September-9 October 2004, no. 69 as "Still Life with Potatoes"
Notes:
Born in Montreal, he studied drawing at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, from 1887 to 1894, under Jean Paul Laurens and Gustave Moreau and won a prize in the evening school. He returned to Montreal and taught drawing at the Ecole du Plateau (1894-1910) and Westmount public schools (1912-1915). He did landscapes of the Laurentian area as well as other subjects. He decorated the Sacred Heart Chapel of Notre Dame Church, Montreal. Some of his work has passed through the hands of the Dominion Gallery, Montreal. Larose died in Montreal at the young age of 47.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
"Max Stern: Montreal Dealer and Patron", Montreal Museum of Fine Art, no. 69 (plate 1)
"Max Stern: The Taste of a Dealer, Works From Private Collections Acquired through the Dominion Gallery", Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, 1 September-9 October 2004, no. 69 as "Still Life with Potatoes"
Notes:
Born in Montreal, he studied drawing at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, from 1887 to 1894, under Jean Paul Laurens and Gustave Moreau and won a prize in the evening school. He returned to Montreal and taught drawing at the Ecole du Plateau (1894-1910) and Westmount public schools (1912-1915). He did landscapes of the Laurentian area as well as other subjects. He decorated the Sacred Heart Chapel of Notre Dame Church, Montreal. Some of his work has passed through the hands of the Dominion Gallery, Montreal. Larose died in Montreal at the young age of 47.
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