Snow Shadows, Grouse Mountain
55.9 cms x 61 cms (22 ins x 24 ins)
Signed and on verso titled and dated 1930 on the gallery label
made in 1930
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Spring 2014 Live auction" held on Wed, May 28, 2014.
Lot 117
Lot 117
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $21,240
Realised: CAD $21,240
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Heffel Gallery Limited, Vancouver, 1991
Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Heffel Gallery Limited, Vancouver, W.P. Weston, 1991, catalogue #4
Literature:
Ian M. Thom, W.P. Weston, Heffel Gallery Limited, 1991, pages 6 and 7, reproduced page 13 and listed page 37 and the 1936 large canvas entitled The Summit reproduced page 19
Notes:
William Weston moved to Vancouver from England to take a teaching post in 1909, and as well as teaching art to children, he taught generations of their teachers. He built his artistic legacy through powerful paintings of towering mountains, heroic trees and the seacoast. His explorations of the mountains and forest around Vancouver, which many artists found simply overwhelming, led him to the conclusion that he could not depict British Columbia with the same approach he used for the pastoral English countryside. His vision of the landscape was that "The mountains and forests are so gigantic that man seems puny." As he undertook to paint this vast wilderness, he stated that "always I came a little closer to my own language of form and the expression of my own feeling for this coast region; its epic quality, its grandeur, its natural beauty." Situated at the top of Grouse Mountain above Vancouver, this scene glows with light, from the brilliant snow to the translucent, overarching blue sky. Trees rise from the snowbanks, surrounded by a peaceful and magnificent solitude, in this striking example of Weston's mountain works.
Heffel Gallery Limited, Vancouver, 1991
Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Heffel Gallery Limited, Vancouver, W.P. Weston, 1991, catalogue #4
Literature:
Ian M. Thom, W.P. Weston, Heffel Gallery Limited, 1991, pages 6 and 7, reproduced page 13 and listed page 37 and the 1936 large canvas entitled The Summit reproduced page 19
Notes:
William Weston moved to Vancouver from England to take a teaching post in 1909, and as well as teaching art to children, he taught generations of their teachers. He built his artistic legacy through powerful paintings of towering mountains, heroic trees and the seacoast. His explorations of the mountains and forest around Vancouver, which many artists found simply overwhelming, led him to the conclusion that he could not depict British Columbia with the same approach he used for the pastoral English countryside. His vision of the landscape was that "The mountains and forests are so gigantic that man seems puny." As he undertook to paint this vast wilderness, he stated that "always I came a little closer to my own language of form and the expression of my own feeling for this coast region; its epic quality, its grandeur, its natural beauty." Situated at the top of Grouse Mountain above Vancouver, this scene glows with light, from the brilliant snow to the translucent, overarching blue sky. Trees rise from the snowbanks, surrounded by a peaceful and magnificent solitude, in this striking example of Weston's mountain works.
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.