Paul Duval, “A.J. Casson, His Life & Works / A Tribute”, Toronto, 1980, pages 225-227; page 236, for a work of similar handling and palette (”Afterglow”, 1965)
Paul Duval, “A.J. Casson”, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, 1975, page 115.
Listing the artist’s “main painting places”, Paul Duval notes that Casson visited Moose Lake in 1967 and 1968, also painting in Grenville, Quebec during both years. Sharing similarities in handling and palette, “Afterglow, Moose Lake” and “Afterglow”, a 1965 oil by Casson, both depict dusk, the transitionary time of day not encountered with great regularity through the painter’s career. In both paintings, Casson handles the tranquility of the atmosphere perfectly, the scenes glowing through his use of masterfully combined yellows, oranges and pinks. The sky above the landscape appears ready to burst as the sun provides a final salute to the stillness, the approach of darkness mere moments away.
In 1967, the year which “Afterglow, Moose Lake” was painted, Casson was awarded the Silver Centennial Medal and his work was included in “Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art”, an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.
Alfred Joseph Casson - Afterglow, Moose Lake | Cowley Abbott
