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Lower St. Lawrence by Albert Henry Robinson

Artwork by Albert Henry Robinson, Lower St. Lawrence

A.H. Robinson
Lower St. Lawrence

oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00

Price Realized $4,255.00
Sale date: June 13th 2018

Provenance:
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Nova Scotia
While working with A.Y. Jackson, Robinson travelled through the areas of the St. Lawrence, capturing the landscape and surrounding communities. Here, the artist has depicted a winter scene along the St. Lawrence with blocks of ice floating on the river surface flanked by the shoreline blanketed in snow. The soft mountain forms in the background create a calm ethereal stillness within the composition both with the soft blue and lavender hues and the loose brushstrokes. One can imagine the calm that is brought by a new snowfall in winter, quieting the surroundings and establishing a natural tranquility.

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Albert Henry Robinson
(1881 - 1956) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA

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Albert Henry Robinson (RCA) was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1881. Robinson studied in Hamilton with John S. Gordon and left for Paris in 1903. He continued his training at the Julian Academy with Bouguereau and Bachet, and then with Ferrier at the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts. During his time there he travelled to Normandy and Corsica. After returning to Hamilton, John S. Gordon hired him as an assistant and Robinson exhibited his work for the first time in 1906. In 1910 he met and befriended A.Y. Jackson. Between 1918 and 1933 Robinson travelled along the shores of the St. Lawrence and in the Laurentians painting many landscapes, which constitute the bulk of his work.