signed and dated 1887 lower right; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
18 × 14 in (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Auction Estimate:$6,000 - $8,000
Sale date:November 22, 2021
Price Realized
$28,800
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Halifax
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibited
“Spring Exhibition”, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1888, no. 52
“William Brymner: The Artist in Retrospective”, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, May-November 1979, no. 18
Throughout his career, William Brymner remained deeply committed to teaching. Many of his students later established themselves as leading figures in Canadian art, counting among them several members of the Beaver Hall Group. Brymner’s devotion to his students tended to limit his own painting time to yearly vacations and travels. Having trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, Brymner’s work combined the influences of French academicism and Impressionism.
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