Henri Leopold Masson
(1907 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Piazza del Campo, Sienna
mixed media on paper
signed, titled and dated “June 13” lower right
13.75 x 16.5 ins ( 34.9 x 41.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $408.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Anse au Griffon
watercolour
signed lower left; titled lower right; signed, titled and dated 1978 on the reverse
8.25 x 13.25 ins ( 21 x 33.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $408.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Rocky Landscape
charcoal
signed lower right
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $374.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Woman with Mandolin
mixed media on paper
signed lower right
16.25 x 13.25 ins ( 41.3 x 33.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Untitled (Horse and Buggy )
ink and charcoal drawing
signed and dated 1942 lower right
9.5 x 12.5 ins ( 24.1 x 31.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Village in Winter
charcoal drawing
signed lower right
17.75 x 22.75 ins ( 45.1 x 57.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Three Scenes
three lithographs
each signed and inscribed “B.A.T” (bon à tirer) lower left
15 x 22 ins ( 38.1 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $173.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Three Winter Scenes
three lithographs
each signed and inscribed “B.A.T” (bon à tirer) lower left
15 x 22 ins ( 38.1 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $173.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Portrait Study
ink and wash
signed and inscribed “To Paul Duval, a friend and real critic”; unframed
24.75 x 19 ins ( 62.9 x 48.3 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Landscape; Ice Skaters; Six Girls at the Lake
three lithographs
-”Landscape” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
-”Ice Skaters” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
-”Six Girls at the Lake” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
14.25 x 21.5 ins ( 36.2 x 54.6 cms ) ( each sheet - sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
L’offrande
oil on panel
signed lower left; titled on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: October 10th 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.
