Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
Literature
Albert H. Robson, “Cornelius Krieghoff,” Toronto, 1937, pages 5-7
Albert Robson noted that it was in Quebec that Krieghoff “published his finest and most significant work” and that “without question, Krieghoff fell in love with French Canada and the Canadian people... His keen mind and fertile imagination enjoyed to the fullest the picturesque life of the habitant, the Canadian winters with sleighing and tobogganing...His wide-awake intelligence overlooked nothing of significance, and has left a valuable record of a picturesque people and a passing age.” Robson discusses the varied subjects which Krieghoff captured in his work and, although the painter created many depictions set in the autumn, “it was the snow-covered landscapes of winter, with the bright Quebec sleighs and the colourful costumes of the habitants, that he painted with the greater artistic success. He realized that winter was the most typical and picturesque season, as it was also the period of sleighing parties, snowshoeing and dances, and it was with these subjects that he reached his highest levels of excellence.”
