Collection of Eleven Works by Paul Fournier
Paul Fournier
Collection of Eleven Works
gouache and etchings
eleven works including:
-“Untitled Abstract” (gouache on paper, signed, dated “81-5” and inscribed “To Jack - Love & Prayers” in pencil in the lower margin; also signed on the reverse, 8.75 x 6 inches);
-“Bat #1” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered AP, sheet 7.5 x 5 inches);”
-Bat #2” (etching, signed, dated ‘68 and numbered 16/50 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 11 x 7.75 inches);
-“Bat #3” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered AP in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 8 x 5 inches);
-“Mouse Skull” (etching, signed, titled and dated ‘68 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 8.75 x 6.75 inches);
-“Prophet Emerging” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered 38/40 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 7 x 9 inches);
-“Mole #3” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered 25/50 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 7.5 x 10.25 inches);
-“Crow Claws” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered 14/25 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 12.5 x 11 inches);
-“Landscape 67” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘67 and numbered 73/100 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 11 x 19.75 inches);
-“Shell Ensemble” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘83 and numbered 12/100 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 11.5 x 18.5 inches);
-“Paul Fournier” (signed, titled, dated ‘67 and numbered 21/35 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 13.5 x 19 inches);
all unframed
13.5 x 19 ins ( 34.3 x 48.3 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
Private Collection, British Columbia
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Paul Fournier
(1939)
Born in Simcoe, Ontario, he spent his early years in Hamilton, Ontario. Mainly self-taught, he studied with Jean Wishart at Central Secondary School, Hamilton (1955-59); Ontario College of Arts, Toronto (autumn, 1959); and with George Wallace for etching as a guest artist at McMaster University. He emerged as a gifted artist, whose representational pen and ink drawings and etchings of natural subjects were further enhanced by his imaginative renderings. His subjects included: insects, tree limbs, mushrooms, animals including birds, and others. An additional feature of his work was his dramatic depiction of myths and legends.
Literature Source:
"A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 1: A-F, 5th Edition, Revised and Expanded", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1997
