A Gentleman of Quebec
38.7 cms x 28.6 cms (15.25 ins x 11.25 ins)
Signed with initials and dated 1856 to the left
made in 1856
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)" held on Thu, Jun 8, 2023.
Lot 42548
Lot 42548
Estimate: CAD $8,000 - $10,000
Realised: CAD $3,500
Realised: CAD $3,500
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
P. Labranche, Montreal
Walter Klinkoff Gallery, Montreal, 1977
Acquired by the present Private Collection, November 1977
Exhibitions:
"Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; travelling to Musée du Québec, Quebec City; Vancouver Art Gallery; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 14 May 1988‒7 May 1989, no. 4
"Home Truths", The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; travelling to Mississauga Living Arts Centre; Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, 4 September 1997‒22 February 1998
"Hommage to Walter Klinkhoff (Part I)", Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal, September 1988, no. 11
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 29 October 2015‒5 September 2016
"Highlights from ‘Embracing Canada’", Annual Loan Exhibition, Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, 22 October‒5 November 2016, no. 3
Literature:
Joan Murray, "Home Truths: A Celebration of Family Life by Canada’s Best-Loved Painters", Toronto, 1997, plate 28, reproduced page 49 Dennis Reid, "Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Toronto, 1988, no. 4, reproduced page 17
Ian Thom, et al., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver/London, 2015, page 200, reproduced page 15
Notes:
Born at Ste. Foy, Lower Canada, the son of a farmer, he entered the studio of Antoine Plamondon at the age of 17. There he served his apprenticeship (learning drawing and painting). After working in his chosen field for several years he went to London, England, and then to Rome where he studied at the Academy of St. Luke. He sketched in Florence, Bologna, Venice and Paris and did copies of a number of paintings in the Louvre. Hamel had secured commissions to do this work before leaving for Europe and financed much of his trip in that way.
P. Labranche, Montreal
Walter Klinkoff Gallery, Montreal, 1977
Acquired by the present Private Collection, November 1977
Exhibitions:
"Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; travelling to Musée du Québec, Quebec City; Vancouver Art Gallery; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 14 May 1988‒7 May 1989, no. 4
"Home Truths", The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; travelling to Mississauga Living Arts Centre; Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, 4 September 1997‒22 February 1998
"Hommage to Walter Klinkhoff (Part I)", Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal, September 1988, no. 11
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 29 October 2015‒5 September 2016
"Highlights from ‘Embracing Canada’", Annual Loan Exhibition, Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, 22 October‒5 November 2016, no. 3
Literature:
Joan Murray, "Home Truths: A Celebration of Family Life by Canada’s Best-Loved Painters", Toronto, 1997, plate 28, reproduced page 49 Dennis Reid, "Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Toronto, 1988, no. 4, reproduced page 17
Ian Thom, et al., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver/London, 2015, page 200, reproduced page 15
Notes:
Born at Ste. Foy, Lower Canada, the son of a farmer, he entered the studio of Antoine Plamondon at the age of 17. There he served his apprenticeship (learning drawing and painting). After working in his chosen field for several years he went to London, England, and then to Rome where he studied at the Academy of St. Luke. He sketched in Florence, Bologna, Venice and Paris and did copies of a number of paintings in the Louvre. Hamel had secured commissions to do this work before leaving for Europe and financed much of his trip in that way.
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