Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Nova Scotia
By descent to the present Private Collection, United States
In childhood, Maud Lewis had loved watching the train from her home, taking in the scenes of activity with interest and amusement. Likely painted in the mid to late 1950s, this work depicts the bustle of village life with the artist’s intuitive knack for colour and form. Village folk in traditional dress rush for the train while a figure in the foreground comically struggles with an excessive load of baggage. Lewis has filled this scene with vital, endearing details.
