Henri Leopold Masson
(1907 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Automne dans la Gatineau
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “c. 1967” to a gallery label on the reverse
22 x 28 in ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: September 24th 2024
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Fishing in the Gatineau River
oil on masonite
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,150.00
Sale date: June 18th 2013
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Conversation
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and dated “Sept. 1971” on the framing
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,150.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Papineauville
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the reverse of the stretcher; titled and dated 1975 on a gallery label on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
View of Quebec
oil on board
signed lower left
14 x 18 ins ( 35.6 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
La Lievre River, November
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,093.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Choir Singers
oil on canvas
signed lower right
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,035.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Two Women Reading
oil on masonite
signed lower right
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Passing Scene, St. John’s
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
La Montagne en novembre
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label attached to the reverse
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: December 10th 2024
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Autumn Landscape
oil on canvas
signed lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
White Choir Boys
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse of the framing
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Autumn Rain, Hull, Que.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Untitled (St. Francis)
oil on board
signed upper right
12 x 10 ins ( 30.5 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: February 1st 2022
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Altar Boys
oil on board
signed lower right and inscribed “White Altar Boys” on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
Henri Masson Biography
(1907 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Henri Leopold Masson, Canadian, (OSA, CGP, GSPWC)was born in Namur, Belgium in 1907. He came to Canada with his family in 1921 and settled in Ottawa. He was employed as a silver engraver for several years as a young man and became a master engraver at the age of 25. Visiting the National Gallery of Canada around this time he discovered the work of the Group of Seven. Inspired by their style and use of colour he was inspired to try painting himself. He studied for a time at the Ottawa Art Association, but was mainly self taught. Two years later, in 1934, he was already emerging as a painter of importance. By 1945 he could devote most of his time to painting and exhibited extensively with good success. He painted genre scenes in the Hull area and landscape in the Gatineau Valley. He also painted on trips to Europe and the United States. He exhibited at the Robertson Galleries and Wallack Galleries in the 1960’s and 70’s. A significant collection of his work is housed in the National Gallery of Canada. He died in 1996.
